GA1dad

Great Posts!!!! I guess my year was successful,,,,,,,, I never squeezed a trigger. I saw a total of 14 deer, 3 were bucks. But none were what I was looking for. That's OK though,,,,,, I'm not out there "JUST" to shoot. I like being out there. If I never shoot another one,,,,,, it'll be alright. I've shot enough,,,,, now it's my sons turn. Thanks again for the posts and pics. Rojelio,,,,,, I'd have dropped that deer too. That's what I'm holding out for.

As deer season is wrapping up across the country,,,, I was wondering how many of you took game with your sporters this year??? Please share pics. Jay

By the way,,,,,,, why can't I get an avatar to show?? I've tried and tried,,,, proper sizing and everything. I figure there must be some setting that I'm missing somewhere. Jay

I got my first South Carolina earlier this year. Not with a sporter though, Vanguard in 308. Congrats on yours Clemson.

I can see the end of my first sporter in sight now,,, sorta. My question is,,,, how to remove the rear sight and base to which it is mounted. Clearly the sight is held on with a pin,,, but is the base soldered to the barrel?? If so, then I should simply heat and remove I guess. What will this leave me,,,,, a nasty spot of solder left on the barrel?? What is the process of removing residual solder. This is a critical decision for me. I originally planned a iron sighted gun (peep sight). If I leave the base on, I can later install a scout mount. If I take it off,,, I ruin an already nice blue job. Thoughts???? Jay

Good Job!! I like the looks of that stock also!

10-4 Guys!! I dug around some more last night looking for pressure values. Your numbers are actually higher than I found. 7X57 = SAAMI average was 46,000 While this would be an EASY number to stay under if reloading the 7-08, factory loads would for sure screw the pooch. And I cannot guareentee that my boy would ONLY shoot reloads throughout his life. And what if he gave it to his child one day,,,,,,,,,, and the grandkid loaded some factory stuff in it????? Nope, I can't risk all that. Was a nice thought though. Would have had some meaning to it.

I'm thinking of getting my 14 year old son a project gun. I am trying to teach him to do things for himself. Carpentry,welding, auto repair and such. Anyway, this would be right up his alley. He was born on July 8, 1993. (07/08/93) So that got me to thinking,,,,,,,,( dangerous I know) could a Spanish M93 handle the 7-08 cartridge? If so, we could build a "7-08-93" to commemorate his birthday. I gotta dig around and find some pressure values for comparison, but thought I'd start by posting here. Any opinions??

What is the "De Haas" book??

Barnacle Bore????????

OK, I just got a PM from the guy after I requested more info. He says it's cock on open. Says it a BRNO 23 or 24. I can get it for a hundred bucks, unregistered. Would this be a good buy. Anybody got a picture of one sported?

What type of Mausers are cock on open?? I keep running across stuff on line that is priced cheap, but I don't have a clue what it really is. And usually the owner doesn't either. Example: I have a guy wanting to sell me a Chezk 8mm Mauser, and that's all he knows.

Guess I've just lost it??????

Well after sleeping on it, I still feel like something is out of synch. I know that the gun will fire with the safety to the right. I'm positive that it was working that way when I first screwed the assembly back together yesterday afternoon. Come on guys, surely I can't be the first to run into this???

Maybe I'm losing it???? I just ran across an old picture of the gun and it is in the uncocked position with the safety all the way left.

Well, I made my first bolt handle this weekend. Got it welded on (actually tacked on for fitting). It functions. After I put the pin and spring in, it dry fired as it was supposed to. But in tinkering with it, somehow I've gotten the safety out of sync. As long as I've had the gun (my first and only mauser) it fired when the safety was in the right hand position. But now it only fires when it's all the way left. I'm sure I've simply got something out of whack, but try as I may, I can't figure it out. Secondly, when I cut the old bolt off I was scared to get the stem too short. But now it seems to sit off the stock a little too much I think. Do the stocks that you guys get from Microfit come any wider than the military stock? If it will be a little wider, my bolt will work OK.

Brad,,,,, can we see some pics of your 45-70's??

Thanks Kenak! I actually took the bolt with me to work today. After I got under some good lighting and was able to see, I figured out that it unscrewed. I kinda felt like a Goober for posting the question,,,,,, but Anyways, when in doubt,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,just ask. Thanks again.

This may sound silly to some of you who have done lots of sporters,,,,,,, but for us newbies???? How do you take apart a Mauser bolt in prep for welding. Mine is a 95 Chilean, but I'm guessing that it would be similar on other Mausers. I am sitting here looking at it, and the process doesn't jump out at me. So before I pull a "Bubba",,,,,, maybe someone could offer guidence and a pic or two. Thanks in advance, Jay

So,,,,,, since I work at a warehouse with 11 miles of conveyor in it,,,,,,,,,, I should be OK fabricating one from a worn out conveyor shaft???????? If that's the case,,,,, I got lots of material handy.

I was going through my tool box at work and noticed a certain 3/8" extention. My imagination saw it as a butterknife bolt handle. Not in it's present form, but as the base material for one. My question is,,,,,,, would this type of metal be suitable for the use as a bolt handle???? How do you think it would handle the heat needed to forge it into shape? And for that matter,,,,, what type of metal do you figure it would be?? It's a chrome Proto brand.

Alright, I got the info I was looking for. I had a Kimber/Mauser in 308. It was very nicely done, but it was cock on close and I couldn't stand it. So I guess all swede 96's will be that way, huh? Haven't I seen a replacement kit that makes a mauser bolt cock on open? Any of you installed one? Like it or not?

Here's a link to some info. If nothing else, it's good info on Swedish Mausers http://www.northcapepubs.com/swmauser.htm

You're right, my bad. I was only quoting what it was called on another site. That would explain why my search found nothing. I was looking at a load manual last night and it says that the case diameter is .48". And it was the only case that I could find that size. All the similar sized cartridges were like .47 or smaller. How small would you say is functional without altering the bolt? Thanks again Vladymere

Come on now, educate the newbie,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I did a search on Carl Gustad and found nothing but prices of guns. Didn't give me any info on the history.