Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Mausers and Military Rifles New bolt handle for 98

The part of your skill set I'd like to see is one of your forged and stretched bolt handles

Well now, thanks for the compliment. I shall return one as soon as I find one!. But, wait, here, I don't think any less of you today than I did yesterday

This all went sideways over bolt knobs nonetheless.

Dans40X,

Don't see welding new handles on Mauser bolts on your webpage menu. Did I miss something or have you stopped working on Mauser bolts?

Another one on an FN 98

DF

Mr personality considers Mausers Junk!

The original Oberndorff bolt knob is a nice shape so I like to keep it. In order to alter the handle, I'll cut 3/4 through the handle, heat it and bend it down, then fill in the gap. This way, the handle ends up the right length and the shaft can be shaped as desired. Might not work as well as a bolt handle stretcher but it works for me! A caution: if shaping the handle, don't just look at the handle in relation to the bolt but in relation to the rifle. I've seen a lot of bolts which were made too slim and dainty. In recent years, bolt handle welding, barrel contouring, and even scope mounting , has become more and more closely related to aerospace engineering or, in some cases, voodoo. Ordinary gunsmiths used to do this stuff all the time. GD

Would still like to see what a Mauser bolt handle looks like after it's been stretched a half an inch.

This is absolutely true in many cases. We had a gunsmith, now departed, who could handle the problem. He could make great bolt handles. On the other hand I saw a custom Mauser recently where the bolt handled looked like it was an inch and a half long. I had the bolt handle welded on my last conversion. The guys that could do the great job around here are gone.

I'm happy with the job done by Jim Robert: Jim Robert

Wish I would have seen this 3 days ago.

Hello. What is the pushbutton under the safety on the 2nd photo down? BTY you have some beautiful rifles.

Why, they're not particularly attractive.

That has got to be one of the best bolt handles I have ever seen.


Never tire of seeing it.

Thanks, like it myself.

Guess I was in the right place at the right time when that action came up on the Classifieds.

No one knows who did the work, but it's first class.

I think Brownells sells those or very similar checkered bolt handles, but they're expensive.

The bottom metal was prepped, the whole thing ready to go in the white, including the Canjar trigger and swing safety.

It did turn out nice after Jkob got through with it. I got one of the last McWoody Edge stocks, as McM quit offering marble finishes with other than black backgrounds due to the black carbon shell occasionally showing thru the finish. No show thru with this one. I have 3 McWoody stocks, this one with the nicest pattern.

It's a Swede with a Shilen and it's a shooter. It loves 139 Scenars over a good dose of MRP in Lapua cases. I guess it's a Lapua snob of sorts...



DF

Looks like that would have been the easiest option for my project Mauser

This is a Glimm’s engraved Talley (IIRC) installed by z1r on my Mexican SR98 on which he did an awesome job:



This is a Brownells-supplied Ruger-style knob installed by Dave at IT&D:



Unfortunately both of these gentlemen are no longer doing business but both of these and the others pictured in this thread demonstrate that the style is less important than the skill of the craftsman doing the work.

Drop Skip Baldwin an email. He does a masterful job of bolt jeweling and installs bolts on a limited basis. Based upon his jeweling work I’d say he’d be well worth talking to.

https://www.baldwinboltjeweling.com/custom-handles.html

EFW, love that stock on the Mexican 98! Nice '03 as well.