Mauser 96 - 12/14/19
I’m working on a Swedish Mauser build for a lightweight sporter. Reading an old issue of the GunDigest (2000) there was an article were a guy cut off the top of the magazine box on a Spanish Mauser lowering the profile making a lighter and slimmer rifle overall.
The article had pics but not any info on the how of the modification. Looking at the 96 one piece bottom metal removing a 1/4” would be easy enough, but what about the length of the trigger? Are there shorter triggers or could a 1/4” be cut from the middle of the steel trigger and rewelded? The guy in the article removed 1/2” from the magazine which is a little too much imo. 1/4” would reduce capacity by 1 round but slimming the stock by 1/4” would make a big difference in overall profile without removing too much. Anybody done this or have an idea on the trigger issue? There is a company in Germany doing this very thing and there mausers are supposed to be around 5 pounds, they are really trim looking rifles. The Swedish Mauser bottom metals are very cheap 15$ would be worth the try if I could figure out the trigger depth. Inletting the action 1/4” deeper into the stock would not be much of a hassle either. Can not figure out how to post pics but the German rifles can be seen at Waffen-Kessler rifles. ( sorted the pics out lol)
The article had pics but not any info on the how of the modification. Looking at the 96 one piece bottom metal removing a 1/4” would be easy enough, but what about the length of the trigger? Are there shorter triggers or could a 1/4” be cut from the middle of the steel trigger and rewelded? The guy in the article removed 1/2” from the magazine which is a little too much imo. 1/4” would reduce capacity by 1 round but slimming the stock by 1/4” would make a big difference in overall profile without removing too much. Anybody done this or have an idea on the trigger issue? There is a company in Germany doing this very thing and there mausers are supposed to be around 5 pounds, they are really trim looking rifles. The Swedish Mauser bottom metals are very cheap 15$ would be worth the try if I could figure out the trigger depth. Inletting the action 1/4” deeper into the stock would not be much of a hassle either. Can not figure out how to post pics but the German rifles can be seen at Waffen-Kessler rifles. ( sorted the pics out lol)