Here is a new project just getting started
rough but it has a lot of potential
going to be a 250-3000

Great start. Keep the pics coming!

suddenly the front of my pants are fitting tighter!

I have read about a few of these and seen pictures of them. I think they are very cool. Can't wait to see the end result.

probably a camera illusion but the bottom bolt looks like a banana

What's going on with the rear bridge, did you fill it in?


Adam

More pictures please! Great stuff.

Yes Bolt handle is ugly it will be replaced by one of Duane Wiebe's.
Yes rear bridge is being reshaped and will be square bridged.
Lot's of work ahead going to make new custom bottom metal as well. The one that is there is just to make sure everything works.

Thanks for looking

Banana ? Spherical distortion is seen first at the edges of the field making things appear curved. Wide angle lenses often have the problem.

Nice start. Have you foreseen any issues with the bolt internals? I remember a similar project done on a Mauser a few years back and he ended up getting the bolt too short (goal was to shoot .45acp) and it wouldn't cock or something. Definitely didn't work correctly and I think he abandoned it.

I've got an O3-A3 action that might be a good candidate for this treatment when I clear the first two pages of my To-Do list.

Here's the bolt of the one I have here. The bolt was done a little different.
Don

Holy crap that thing is tiny. What caliber?

Adam

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Originally posted by ab_bentley:
Holy crap that thing is tiny. What caliber?

Adam

218 bee

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Originally posted by Don Markey:

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Originally posted by ab_bentley:
Holy crap that thing is tiny. What caliber?

Adam

218 bee

As my little boy says,

"I want. I want!"

Nathaniel you have a saw and welder don't you? Have fun!
Don

[QUOTE]Originally posted by michaelj:
Yes Bolt handle is ugly it will be replaced by one of Duane Wiebe's.
Yes rear bridge is being reshaped and will be square bridged.
Lot's of work ahead going to make new custom bottom metal as well. The one that is there is just to make sure everything works.[QUOTE]
I have pics of a square bridge ed Lapour's did for a friend of mine 35w around here somewhere. I'll try to find then for you. He removed the 3rd lug like yours is, made a nice trim bridge.
Don

Thanks Don.
Is that an original Winchester shroud. I have one laying around I was thinking of fitting to mine.

There was a young man in the SLC area named Steve Fotou I met in the late 1980's. He was the best gunsmith/machinist I have ever met.

He wanted a benchrest rifle, but was on a budget. He shortened a 98 Mauser about like this, to just fit the6 PPC cartridge. Made a solid bottom single shot out of it, fit a third lever to the trigger, and had it down to the sub-2oz pull. He was competitive.

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Originally posted by michaelj:
Thanks Don.
Is that an original Winchester shroud. I have one laying around I was thinking of fitting to mine.

No a gentry. Now I need to fit the thing up if I can figure out Dennis's directions and find or make the missing pieces.
Don

Rear bridge done by Ed LaPour

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Originally posted by Don Markey:
Nathaniel you have a saw and welder don't you? Have fun!
Don

Ha ha! Maybe someday when I have some free time.

Don,

Is that Winstons 35W?

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Originally posted by Nick Hughes:
Don,

Is that Winstons 35W?

Yep I had to take pics while I had it in the shop. He should know better than to have me work on his stuff. I keep photos.
Don