ken98k Posted March 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2019 Test fired today! Fired 3 rounds via a string on the trigger then one from from my shoulder. No problems. I made a short video but it's too big to post here. Now it's just a matter of installing a new sporter style trigger, wing safety, and fitting it all in new stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwade7551 Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 Ken, Do you have a picture your setup is for machining off the charger lip? How did you decide to remove the boo boo's? Since you are coating the gun I guess it doesn't matter how you are filling it. I found it very interesting that you rethreaded the action to take Remington barrel threads rather than re-thread the Remington Barrel. Was there a technical reason you chose to go that way? Dale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donmarkey Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 Not to speak for Ken but I think it is a magnum. I wouldn’t consider rethreading a rem barrel to small ring threads safe for magnum pressures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwade7551 Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 I was wondering if it was a chamber wall thickness concern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donmarkey Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 That would be my concern. The minor thread diameter since Mauser have such a coarse thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken98k Posted October 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 6 hours ago, dwade7551 said: I was wondering if it was a chamber wall thickness concern. Don was correct regarding my concerns for thin chamber walls. This is the fixture i used for removing the stripper clip hump https://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools-supplies/rifle-tools/bench-vise-blocks/receiver-contouring-fixture-prod985.aspx I never had any problem with it before. I filled in the boo boo with epoxy putty, then painted over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken98k Posted October 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 12 hours ago, dwade7551 said: Ken, I found it very interesting that you rethreaded the action to take Remington barrel threads rather than re-thread the Remington Barrel. Was there a technical reason you chose to go that way? Dale Quite a while back when remington take off barrels were cheap and plentiful, I picked up this stainless 300wm barrel with the idea of rethreading it to fit a sr turk action. About that time, there was a was heated debate going on regarding the safety of this course of action so, I said why not open up the receiver instead of reducing the barrel shank diameter. Well no one offered a good reason not to do it other than it was a big job. so over the next 12 or so years I collected or constructed the tooling and fixtures and finally got up nerve enough to attempt the feat. It's almost done now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzRednek Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 Been following this thread for a long time. I’m really looking forward to photos of the finished project and range report. I’ve said it here numerous times. I’m really envious of the skills, know how and above all the patience I have observed in this group. With new in the box bolt actions selling cheap and mil-surp rifles drying up. I hope the rifle building art doesn’t ever end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwade7551 Posted October 24, 2019 Report Share Posted October 24, 2019 On 10/19/2019 at 9:09 PM, ken98k said: Don was correct regarding my concerns for thin chamber walls. This is the fixture i used for removing the stripper clip hump https://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-tools-supplies/rifle-tools/bench-vise-blocks/receiver-contouring-fixture-prod985.aspx I never had any problem with it before. I filled in the boo boo with epoxy putty, then painted over it. Thanks Ken. I was wondering if you were using the brownells fixture or, given your obvious machining skills you had made something up. I enjoyed the pictures of the spider you made for rethreading the action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken98k Posted January 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2020 Getting close! The fiberglass stock is bedded and primed. I'm hoping to have time this weekend to mount the butt plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken98k Posted January 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2020 -35 f here this morning! Too darned cold to work out in the shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzRednek Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 4 hours ago, ken98k said: -35 f here this morning! Too darned cold to work out in the shop. GOOD GRIEF!! It’s high 60’s here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donmarkey Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 29 here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken98k Posted May 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Okay, finally got it put together! Still needs a little metal finishing but it feeds and shoots. I'm going to estimate it at 7 lbs with scope. Not the prettiest rifle but very functional, and it's been one heck of a leaning experience. I'll test it out for accuracy this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzRednek Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 COOL!! Ok it won’t win a beauty contest but as pictured a might prettier than the plastic stocked cheapies common today. Like I previously mentioned. I hope the art of building bolt action rifles doesn’t stop. Guess I’m getting bitter in my old age. Seems the best projects currently by the young’uns are AR-15’s with every kind of gizmo imaginable that can be adapted to the rails. I’m still trying to figure out the use of a light/laser combo on an AR-15 to shoot a 1-200 yard target in daylight. Seems like I see a few every time I go to the outdoor public range. No telling where it will be 20 years from now since the last of the Eastern European Mausers have dried up. Even if a cache of thousands of Mausers showed up in a forgotten and obscure Hungarian village. The prices of any mil-slurp rifles of any kind today, Mausers especially are beyond ridiculous. Priced a Nagant lately?? Been a few years since I attended a real gun show but I did come across a few reasonably priced unfinished projects. Maybe more will begin to show up as the incomplete sporter projects get passed down to millennials. Hopefully before the millennials have a chance to end all massacres, suicides and gang crime by trading them for a $25 Walmart or Starbucks gift card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken98k Posted May 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 8 hours ago, AzRednek said: COOL!! Ok it won’t win a beauty contest I really regret painting the ferns on the buttstock but I guess that can be fixed. So here's what it is- Turkish k-kale receiver, bored and re-threaded to 1 1/16 - 16 24" Remington stainless barrel in .300 win mag Six Enterprises ultra-light fiberglass stock Pachmayr 500B recoil pad Timney trigger for kar98 w/ safety FN style bolt shroud Leopold 1 piece base w/ low rings Tasco world Class 3x9 Wheeler Engineering bake on coating on receiver and bottom metal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzRednek Posted May 9, 2020 Report Share Posted May 9, 2020 I think the Ferns look good. Gives the rifle some character and makes it unique to you. I say no, leave them on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken98k Posted May 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2020 Went to the range today. I was getting about 2" groups at 100 yards with Federal factory ammo. I'm pretty certain a better shooter could get much better results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzRednek Posted May 10, 2020 Report Share Posted May 10, 2020 Just curious about the bullet weight? I read an article on the net awhile back about the 30 cal mags. The author claimed 1-12 twist was more accurate for 180 on up and 1-10 for 165 on down. He claimed 30 mag rifles made for the European market were 1-12 and 1-10 for USA. The majority of his comparisons were 300 H&H and 308 Norma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken98k Posted May 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 I was shooting 180's. I couldn't tell you what the twist is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzRednek Posted May 12, 2020 Report Share Posted May 12, 2020 22 hours ago, ken98k said: I was shooting 180's. I couldn't tell you what the twist is. Chances are good it’s 1/10 but as long as it shoots good it’s not important. I never checked checked it on my Voere Mauser factory chambered in 308 Norma Mag is by far more accurate with heavier bullets. Years ago I worked up hand loads with 165 and 200gr slugs. The 200 clustered while 150 and 165’s opened up on paper. I even tried 220 but the recoil was unbearable. At the time and possibly still in effect. A 220gr slug is minimum weight of any caliber required by Az G&F for Bison hunting. I never got drawn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken98k Posted May 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2021 On 10/23/2019 at 4:38 PM, dwade7551 said: Thanks Ken. I was wondering if you were using the brownells fixture or, given your obvious machining skills you had made something up. I enjoyed the pictures of the spider you made for rethreading the action. I used 1/4" bolts in the spider but have vibration problems to contend with. I will increase them to 3/8-32 before I use it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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