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Sounds good. That is the best thing you can do with a tiny used tap. They are cheap, break easy, and are a pain to remove the broken pieces. Avoids the temptation to reuse them. I buy them 12 at a time. One use per receiver. The ones for non hardened parts get bagged and the bag is marked with the amount of holes. 25 or so and they get tossed.

Looks good. The hole just has to not scratch the lug to be in a good spot. Actually the top bolt lug is split at the exact spot of the home so a nick isn’t the end of the world.

I line my with 1/4” hardboard. And replace it when needed. That way you can drill into it or screw things down for jigs and economically replace it when it gets too beat up.

I’m no pro. I just stayed at the holiday inn

I went to the store yesterday morning and it was there. But sold out within 20 minutes. It’s not that stores don’t have it it’s people are grabbing it faster than they can stock the shelves.

Must Turks I came across weren’t that hard. Which is why I recommended a colbalt drill and a center punch. Watch the drill carefully for walking. A carbide center drill can be used if it is too hard. Hopefully he has a drill press with a decent vise. If not I would invest in one. Get it lined up and clamp everything in place each hole. I get spoiled because I drill them in my cnc mill. I drill manually but can dial in the exact spot and start each hole with a 3mm carbide center drill then the rest of the way with a 31 cobalt jobber drill. Then I can use the same reference point to mill the dovetails in the bases to keep everything inline with the bolt raceway.

Really you can get away with a plug tap and drill the hole a little deeper but not too deep and after tapping all the holes grind the tip down on the tap and finish the front hole. That’s the only hole that is blind and you should throw the tap away anyway and replace it with each receiver.

#6 #31 drill get cobalt #6-48 tap

That base is fine. If you don’t pull the barrel drill the front hole about .250 deep that is more than deep enough but won’t get into the chamber.

https://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools-supplies/general-gunsmith-tools/punches/hole-center-punches-prod834.aspx link to punches

See how holding the base on with a caliper will put it at top dead center. This is a punch made to fit the holes. Ignore the partially made homemade base, i didn’t have any factory bases as I make all my own from scratch.

This is my ideal screw placement. See how it misses the lug and is in the recess.

A Mauser has a flat bottom so using a caliper you should be able to easily put the base at top dead center. Just use it as a guide and you will see. If you pull the barrel drill through. It not drill a blind hole in the front ring. I can measure one tomorrow for you to let you know the depth and how far to put the front screw. If you pull the barrel the front screw should be where the hole is inside the lug recess. You can measure this easily if the barrel is pulled. I’ll look for a punch tomorrow. It’s small enough to drop in the mail.

Looks like I might have some free time as work is slowing with the current situation. I think I got the one of mills up and running. All new electronics and cpu. I will be making some cocking piece holding jigs for a test run. Modified design for sear and angle cut in one piece. It’s a simple piece but with the radiuses and angles I should be able to work the bugs out. Other than that I need to make some floorplates. Anyone need anything that I might be able to squeeze in? Trying to take advantage of the slow time.

Never tried it. We generally go meijer, a larger store like Walmart. I did find some all purpose at a small local grocery. Still no bread flour.

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Still no tp here whenever I go to the store. But did get paper towel, water, and disinfectant at Home Depot this morning, when I got material for so projects around the house. Still can’t find flour, might have to use the frozen pizza dough instead of making it for pizza night.

Where are you? Maybe someone can help with the drill and tap. I’m in SE Michigan and could drill it for you in a few minutes on the mill. I dont use a jig. Or if going to a one piece base, you can superglue it than use a punch to mark the holes. Brownells used to sell a punch sized just for that. But easy enough to grind one out of a pin punch.

For the stock, easy off oven cleaner. It will pull it down to bare wood.

I time of need brew your own!

No they are spoken for. But I will leave you something even more valuable. My hoard of toilet paper!

Looks good! That park came out pretty dark. I’ll have to look into it.

I agree

29 here.