Fully stock, with decent barrel. Could a chap modify the bolt face, set back the barrel and rechamber to .325 Winchester, or are these barrels just not goo d enough to justify this vs. rebarreling?
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Posts: 16698 | Location: Las Cruces, NM | Registered: 03 June 2000
Could you? Yes. Should you? No. Would I? No. Setting back Mauser barrels is not easy as there is not enough material for new threads once you cut the old threads off. And picking up threads from existing ones is not fun. Get a new barrel; It will be stronger than an original, which aren't all that fat in the breech area. And new ones are chrome moly instead of plain carbon with maybe some manganese and nickel.
Posts: 17440 | Location: USA | Registered: 02 August 2009
Yes, they do. Setting back Mauser barrels are hard/impossible since the thread shank is bigger than the outside shank. If you cut the threads off, there is nothing left to thread at 1.1 inch OD. I like vz24 actions; very uniform in quality, unlike others...
Posts: 17440 | Location: USA | Registered: 02 August 2009
I got a catalog in the mail the other day and this supplier has 325 WSM's at a marked down price in Win M70's. So cheap you couldn't buy a Mauser and rebarrel it and come out anywhere close.
Posts: 5604 | Location: Eastern plains of Colorado | Registered: 31 October 2005
