Mauser Project

[Stob]

What strikes me, dulltool is making do with with many scrap parts in setting up and doing the job he wants to get done.Pipe coupling, unistrut angles, many more. Very inovative, and well thought out. Many of us plug into the "need it.buy it", but he's working completely around that. Good job sir!

 

[Rbeckett]

Wish I had 1/2 of your ingenuity, looks like you are pulling off a real winner. The Lothar/Walther barrels are known for high quality and accuracy so I am really interested in your accuracy and grouping at distance. I am willing to bet they too will be quite impressive. I really like the jeweling and especially like the rust bluing splotches and all. What are you planning to seal it with or is it going to be OK the way it is? Looking forward to you shooting it and the reports of how well it does. What is your max planned target distance for game? Or is it going to be strictly a rarely used target/show piece?

Bob

 

[dulltool17]

Wish I had 1/2 of your ingenuity, looks like you are pulling off a real winner. The Lothar/Walther barrels are known for high quality and accuracy so I am really interested in your accuracy and grouping at distance. I am willing to bet they too will be quite impressive. I really like the jeweling and especially like the rust bluing splotches and all. What are you planning to seal it with or is it going to be OK the way it is? Looking forward to you shooting it and the reports of how well it does. What is your max planned target distance for game? Or is it going to be strictly a rarely used target/show piece?

Bob

Thanks for the complements.. A lot of Questions, there, Bob.

Honestly, in .366 cal, I don't have any expectations of supreme accuracy, but "minute of hog" will suit me. I do plan on checking it out to 150 yards.

Once I get the bluing right, and it may take a bit, there isn't any "sealing" needed. Just multiple cycles of rust, Boil, card-off the excess, clean. Typically, the last boil is one that includes baking soda as a neutralizer to the nitric acid in the bluing chemical. Then a liberal coating of gun oil. I think I mentioned somewhere in the thread that I'd only done this one other time, on my Grand-dad's SxS Stevens. It was a "Barn Gun, " no prize, but turned out nice. About 6 cycles and then a coating of oil. It has a nice, deep black-blue satin finish.

At this point, I've basically re-polished the barrel with successive "grits" of scotchbrite and 0000 steel wool in anticipation of starting over.

We had really high humidity and I left it overnight in the "humidor" and you'd have thought it was out in the rain for months- almost pitted. I think I took some pics. Anyway, pretty much starting over and will stick with multiple, but short, rusting cycles.


Long Weekend coming up, so we'll give it a whirl..

DougW

 

[Rick Leslie]

Ditto on the ingenuity! Your homemade tooling is top notch. I'm anxiously following along. Hope you have a safe and happy Labor Day weekend.

 

[dulltool17]

What strikes me, dulltool is making do with with many scrap parts in setting up and doing the job he wants to get done.Pipe coupling, unistrut angles, many more. Very inovative, and well thought out. Many of us plug into the "need it.buy it", but he's working completely around that. Good job sir!

Thanks, Stob- completely scrolled past your post the other night. Thanks for the compliments! Yeah, I definitely look to use what I have to get the job done. Sometimes, this means failing, but more times than not, it means success. You can't have one without the other. Good news is I'm not in a big hurry.

I spent a little change on the Grizzley and the tooling...If I fell back on the "need it. buy it" approach, I might be looking at my second divorce....

Doug

 

[dulltool17]

As I mentioned in the opening post of the thread, I've dropped the FP on a live primer to test function.

BTW, The Timney trigger literally takes less than 30 seconds to install.

While I was at it, I took a couple of "spoiler" pics, shown below.



Everyone please have a safe and happy Labor Day!

Doug

 

[Rick Leslie]

I saw the posts on the barrel band and front sight, but I'm wondering how I missed the express rear sight install.

 

[dulltool17]

I saw the posts on the barrel band and front sight, but I'm wondering how I missed the express rear sight install.

Wasn't really much to post- drilled, tapped 5-40 and installed the sight. Had to shorten the screw a bit, but really wasn't much to see.

 

[Rick Leslie]

I was curious as to the manufacturer. Did you buy new or used? I've got a Siamese 45/70 and a P14 in 416 Rigby on which I want to use the guide/express style sights.

 

[dulltool17]

I bought both the front sight and rear from NECG: http://www.newenglandcustomgun.com/Gun_Services/Sights.asp

This one is the "Masterpiece" fully adjustable sight. not cheap - $99 Then again, none of their stuff is cheap.