a few weeks ago i got a parts gun, fn mauser reciever sporter stock and barrel. it appears bubba had been practicing his drilling/tapping skills again. eleven
holes on the top of the ring and bridge, four on the bridge, seven on the ring. the barrel turned out to be a 257roberts (whole new shell for me). douglas with
a little rust inside, it cleaned up very well. the safety was gone, trigger had a peice of an allen wrench for a pin, and so on. trigger guard had met bubbas
file although he didnt destory it(amazing isnt it). stock had been stained (i hate stain) has a cheack peice, missing buttplate. wonders of all wonders theres
no cracking in this stock like we ussaly see in after market sporter stocks. theres two odd light colored streaks in the wood. i dont know if these are from
missing stain or something else, kind of neat looking. looks as though two drops of water hit the freshly stained wood and ran down, but not quite. the grain
in the light streaks looks just a tiny bit different so maybe i will get lucky and its not stain there. bolt is bubbas attempt at forging and welding...why
both? why 11 holes in the reciever, who can tell.
i will be replacing the reciever with a 1918gew. i had been saving this reciever for something "speical" so this is it. redo the stock and of course fix all of the goofs and missing parts. i have hopes this trigger guad will clean up into a nice sporter guard. i may even try a hinged floorplate. back when arky started his trigger guard i got to thinking on making one. my problem has been a suitable latching mechanism, i can do the hinge fine its the latch thats held me back. over a couple of hours of thinking it over i came up with a too simple latch, nothing more than one peice of metal. i may give the leaf spring idea a try on this or do something more ornate. i wish i could do dons latches but i try to stay with things i know i cant mess up. i have several aluminum remington buttplates, but they have rounded front sides, means i will have to make the butt rounded to fit the plates. i tried this on the tiger maple stock and it didnt come out as well as i had hoped. no doubt it will get a bold trigger at some point, if it really turns out well and shoots equaly will get a sporter shrould too. if i have to ream the chamber i will get an improved reamer, again doing something different with this gun.
if bought new the stock is worth no less than $95, the barrel if new and an adams&bennett would go for $90. got to love those $50 parts guns.
i shall add pics soon.
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i will be replacing the reciever with a 1918gew. i had been saving this reciever for something "speical" so this is it. redo the stock and of course fix all of the goofs and missing parts. i have hopes this trigger guad will clean up into a nice sporter guard. i may even try a hinged floorplate. back when arky started his trigger guard i got to thinking on making one. my problem has been a suitable latching mechanism, i can do the hinge fine its the latch thats held me back. over a couple of hours of thinking it over i came up with a too simple latch, nothing more than one peice of metal. i may give the leaf spring idea a try on this or do something more ornate. i wish i could do dons latches but i try to stay with things i know i cant mess up. i have several aluminum remington buttplates, but they have rounded front sides, means i will have to make the butt rounded to fit the plates. i tried this on the tiger maple stock and it didnt come out as well as i had hoped. no doubt it will get a bold trigger at some point, if it really turns out well and shoots equaly will get a sporter shrould too. if i have to ream the chamber i will get an improved reamer, again doing something different with this gun.
if bought new the stock is worth no less than $95, the barrel if new and an adams&bennett would go for $90. got to love those $50 parts guns.
i shall add pics soon.
SAC22PPC
