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Can't see enough detail in the pics to make a call.

That sounds like a sound plan of attack. I'm sure you won't have any problems. Just go slow, and clean & oil often. Oh yeah, measure a lot too!

Rethreading of Remingtons is done all the time. The prefered method is to single point them. However, there is a fixture involved, that I doubt anyone would have for a mauser. Provided the smith did have the know how to set up a mauser action properly it could be done but as has been said, it would be much cheaper to simply buy a new receiver, whole gun for that matter. Like pedestal said, "The first rule of this kind of work-DON'T TAKE CHANCES!"

As far as color case hardening, good luck finding anyone anymore. Doug Turnbull used to do it but stopped. Warpage rate was too high. To smooth up your action polish it.

Oh how true. Any REAL gunbuilder must learn this one sooner or later, lol. Good one Clemson! Speaking of the 100 year anniversary, I saw a BMG in .30-06 today and a BAR yesterday, all being photographed for upcoming articles on the .30-06. I was told I missed out on viewing a very rare '03 variant with a retractable bayonet and the nicest Garand the photographer has ever seen. Long live the .30-06! Mine may be finished in '06, maybe a I should incorporate something that marks the anniversary? Something subtle maybe engraved.

Ditto what Morgansboss said. The round is squarely in the middle of the 8x57 and 8x63 (8mm-06). No huge advantage but it does offer greater capacity over the 8x57 and longer seating of heavy bullets than the 8x63. I'd be interested in one if I could get a rifle originally chambered in it but doubt I'd go through the effort to build one. That's just me.

Practically speaking, the 7.65x53 is midway between the .308 and .30-06 in terms of power. Factory loads usually being nearly equal to or slightly less than the .308. Handloads will put it square in the middle. The sensible thing would be to pick the .30-06 as it is still cheap to feed it factory ammo, and is the ballistic champ of this crowd. You hit on a good point in that there is a better selction of bullets available in .308 vs .311 and there is plethora of factory loads for either the .308 or the .30-06. Not so the 7.65, but, good factory ammo can be had by Norma, Prvi Partizan, Grafs, & Hornady and the slimmer selection of bullets is at least a good one. Bullet selection not being so important if you don't hunt. Now, nostalgia & romantic ideas have a way of crowding out practicallity. In that case, what's a mere $100 extra to build in the caliber you want to get exactly what you want? If it's not what you want, why build it. I'd rather have one rifle exactly as I wanted it than twenty run of the mill versions. I've been amassing a smallish Sporting Mauser collection of metric calibers lately. Just added the 9.3x57 to the stable including the 6.5x55, 7x57, 7.65x53, 8x57, 8x68S and 9.3x62. The US cartridge sporting mausers include the 6mm rem (.244 rem), .270 Win, .308 Win, .30-06, and .338-06. The one rifle I wouldn't want to be without is a .30-06. I can't wait untill mine is done.

Method 2 with these changes. Subtract .0015" to .002" from your original reading dependingon how tight you like things to allow for crush. Simply put, the chamber should indicate that it is a bit deep so that when you cinch things up your account for the crush. An extension allows for too much side play IMHO.

Machining a press fit rim or one soft soldered is the way to go. Real silver solder is hot enough to draw the steel. In school we welded off center firing pin holes and pitted bolt faces all the time, however, we also sent them out for heat treating (carbon augmentation) afterward. Isn't the boltface on the M95 a seperate piece? If so, weld it up and get it heat treated.

I do not have any first hand experience with the 7x57 AI but I can tell you that if I wanted more velocity than the 7x57 provides, I'd just go with the .280 Rem or 7x64. One nice thing about the 7x57AI is that you can still fire 7x57 ammo in it if you chamber it correctly. That can be a nice plus. Usually the AI can add up to 100 fps. Many of the reported AI velocities come at the exense of much higher pressures than the parrent cartridge. Loaded to equal pressures the AI's usually provide less than 100 fps extra velocity.

Go real slow with that die grinder. Best of luck!

Chuck it up in a lathe gently and rut the remainder of the stub away as close to the threads as possible. Then use a dental pick to remove the vestiges of the thread from the receiver. Relief cuts on mausers rarely work. Why, because the are SUPPOSED to bear only on the inner torque ring. Sometimes both will bear but not usually. A good solid barrel vise and a good receiver wrench will get a barrel off intact and unscarred no matter how tight. Always has for me. This is not a slam against you so please don't take it that way but I get tired of all the piss poor advise regarding barrel removal. It doesn't require vodoo just proper tools.

Norma loads the 7.65x53 to 52,000 psi. The .308 is loaded to 62,000 psi. The published velocites in a 24" bbl are almost equal to the .308's. If loaded to equal prssures the 7.65x53 would best the .308 just like the .30-06 does. Accurate Arms 7.65x53 Data

One other middle weight caliber you didn't mention is the 9.3x62. Practically speaking there isn;t much difference between it, the .35 whelen and the .338-06. If you ever plan on going abroad with it then consider the 9.3x62 as it is legal for more big game in Africa and much easier to find ammo for. If you are staying stateside I'd opt for the .338-06 or perhaps the AI since you can also get factory ammo for it. I just like the plethora of bullets available in .338" vs the rather spartan selection of .35 bullets. Since i have a 9.3x62 and a .338-06 I have no use for the Whelen.

I think Morgnsboss is right. Better to point out that rifles are already prohibited. Does anyone remember when .22LR boxes used to have that warning printed on them about the 1 mile+ range the rounds had?

I used to know this info but have forgotten it. The action is investment cast. Seemingly a good value for the components it is equiped with.

If you've already opened the feed rails then I'm afraid you are likely to be stuck witha magnum cartdige. The rails will be too wide to go back to the smaller -06 cased cartridges. The 8x68 may work in that action sinc ethe dimensions are pretty close to those of the Win mags. If the bottom metal is already set up for the .243 then you are right that any .308 based case should work. It's just that the 7x57 holds an advantage over the 7-08. You may want to block the magazine though, after of course removing the existing block.

Welcome back. For starters, on the donated 300 Win Mag action, if you couldn't get it to work you don't want to try the 8x68S. A good non magnum cartridge that throws a heavy bullet and shhots pretty flat to 300 yds is the .338-06. It will propel 250 grainers at between 2500 and 2600 fps depending on whose manual you read and which gods you pray to. About 150 fps slower than the .338 Win Mag factory loads. I am finally almost done with mine. The stock required way more work than I expected. For the lighter weight rifle a 7x57 is always hard to beat. It shoots pretty well wih shorter barrels giving up less velocity per inch than its larger .280 Cousin. I'd opt for the 7x57 over the 7-08 because feeding issues are less. but, to get the max performance out of it you will need to handload. Do you have the Mark X bottom metal? If so, you can go with the larger .30-06 based cases.

Glad to hear you came out ok. I wonder if the full extent of the damage will be covered as intensely as Katrina? I fear not because quite simply, the visuals of houses under water aren't as intense as those of damaged houses. My Dad will have to buy a generator in order to go back otherwsie they won't have any water to drink. I told him he should have gotten one of those hand pumps, lol.

Well, My kin didn't fair too well. They are all uninjured but their homes not so. My Aunt, her husband and kids all weathered out the storm in her Father in law's new log cabin style home. They spent most of the time in a closet as the storm tore the log roof off. My Dad had four trees fall parallel to the house but three others fell on it. My sister's husband's family also sustained major damage to their house. Luckily both my Dad and my Father in law's families high tailed it to Texarkana to stay with my sister before the storm. That will be one crowded house for a time. I suppose the good news is that since this was wind damage and not flooding the bulk of the repairs should be covered under theior insurance policies. They all live near Jason but further south. They are expected to be without power for up to three weeks. I hope Jason fared better!

Dude, are you still hanging around? I suppose it wouldn't do much good to hit the rode since the traffic is apparently worse than that here in LA? Hang Tuff! We'll be pulling for you!

A recent thread on this very topic.

I was in AZ over the weekend (Fri-Mon). Went to scout out possible locations to live. I was impressed by Prescott at least with regards to the shooting sports. Ruger has a facility there, the Gunsite acadamy is there, Wolfe Publishing is there, and the local JC teaches gunsmithing, mostly as a feeder to Ruger. I may have missed some. Also made it to Flagstaff and the Phoenix area. Saw the biggest set of Elk Antlers in the back of someone's truck in fountain Hills. It was a huge rack. Now, if I could just find a job there.

Es heißt ein Raddler. It's very popular and quite refreshing. Also very smart of the girl to drink it that way. The beers are typically served in liter steins in Munich. After a couple of those most teenagers would be flat on their butts. Some adults too. the oddest mix I ever saw was in The Slovak Republic, they were mixing Coke and red wine, yuck! No, not the kind that goes up yer nose, coca-cola. I couldn't imagine a worse combo.

That's an awful lot of material to be removed by hand. If they advertise them as being only .050" short I'd call them on it and ask them to make good. Good luck, they will likely say these were on sale or clearanced and thus no returns. I'd try to have the chambers finished in a lathe if I were you.