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Started Working On My 98


bert01

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hey guys, a little background and some questions. i started on my GEW 98 today, doing some practice stuff for shooting up some surplus ammo before i start on the sporter project. scrubbed the bore it looks pretty good. recrowned the barrel on the lathe. removed the military rear site. disasembled the whole thing , scrubbed it out with LPS orange degreaser, hit it lightly with a fine scotch bite pad to briten it up for some cold blue. its a 1917 with so little pitting it would have come out with the scotch brite, all matching numbers no electro pencil. someone had done a hack job on the stock and buggered up both action screws, but i got it for $80. i shot it a couple of times before i started, hit what i was aiming at, functioned well.

 

now for my questions, i hope its an easy answer that i think i already know. when i reassembled it, i put a little outers gun oil on the bolt and raceways, its the only oil i had at that moment. when i tried to work the bolt rapidly it kept wanting to hang if i didnt pull exactly straight back. same thing going forward, i hope i just need to put some better lube on it. it has some play when the bolt is out of battery but i dont think it is any more than the other couple mausers ive handled. the other thing i notice was that now when i take up the the first stage of the trigger the shroud and cocking piece move down with the sear, it may have always done this just never noticed it. dose any of this sound like a real problem?

 

thanks for the help, bert

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are you cycling it out of the stock? sometimes not having enough to hold onto has caused binding for me. if it's in the stock and it's binding, make sure you have the actions screws torqued correctly. not too tight, not too loose... :P

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