Left Hand Mauser-35 Whelen progress

10 January 2007, 04:26

Iron Buck

I went to see Gary stiles the smith whoâ€™s making my Left Hand Mauser 35 Whelen the other day. The project is not yet complete but he wanted me to see the stock & progress on the action so far. I canâ€™t wait to see it finishedâ€¦.about 2-3 more months. So far he has the stock shaped, from a Turkish Blank I bought from Ray Atkison. The action is a left hand mauser by Zastava. I bought 2 actions, this one is a 35 whelen, the other will be a 280 rem. Gary put on a new 3 panel boltâ€¦.with a MUCH nicer contour & feel than the original. He also made & installed the floor plate release in the trigger guard as opposed to the ugly stock button. He still has to put the 3 position Gentry safety back together, reshape the trigger guard, add a barrel band front sight, install QD Talley rings with a pop up peep sight & have it blued with a satin finish. The checkering will be Flur-de â€“Lies (sp?). All in all a very nice rifle. I am glad I grabbed up those left hand actions while I could, before Remington bought out the distribution rights. I canâ€™t wait to see it finished! I will be hunting with this one next fall. He will then start my 280, it will be built into a light & handy mountain rifle with a mauser pattern B type stock with Schnabel fore end. But that one is a good 18 months away! I can only afford one at a time lol.

10 January 2007, 04:33

ROSCOE

looks great! Does the CD action have the 3rd lug on the bolt?

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10 January 2007, 04:34

vapodog

Well done sir....please post again when the gun is complete with the checkering.....
I like the wood as well!

10 January 2007, 04:46

Iron Buck

Roscoe

Yes it has the 3rd locking lug. Here is a picture I took of one of the bolts a while back. At the time someone was saying that the Zastavas did not have the undercut....which it did.

For $230 bucks an action I consider them steels. Especially when you consider any other LEFT HAND option would have run 10x that to start.

10 January 2007, 09:32

jens poulsen

Hi Iron!

Thats a pretty gun your getn`there..

I have a model B Mauser so if you need the stockdimemtions or pictures for that matter just say "when".

10 January 2007, 10:01

.366torque

Damn it Iron Buck!!! I had to wipe drool off of my keyboard!!!

~~Nice rifle!!!~~ Nope very nice rifle!!

10 January 2007, 10:21

Idaho Sharpshooter

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!

the man does nice work.

Rich
NRA Life Member
DRSS

10 January 2007, 11:39

Snowwolfe

Very nice. I love the classic shape of the stock

10 January 2007, 16:37

Iron Buck

Thanks to everyone for the accolades

This is my first full custom rifle, it has been a very fun process. But it sur edoes take a while lol. Gary is on an 18 month schedule with his projects, but it looks like mine will be done 3 months faster than that.

Jens

I sent you a PM. I'd love to see some pictures! Thanks.