No warping of the receivers was detectable. Hardness and case depth on the bolts was not an issue.

Well I did have one warp, but to be fair it was one that I had welded on a square bridge

Subsequent actions with this modification, I bolted on a pretty stout rail. Blanchard was fine with this, just heat treated the whole shebang...No warp!

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Originally posted by Duane Wiebe (CG&R):
Well I did have one warp, but to be fair it was one that I had welded on a square bridge
Subsequent actions with this modification, I bolted on a pretty stout rail. Blanchard was fine with this, just heat treated the whole shebang...No warp!

Mr. Wiebe:

Your resourcefulness never ceases to amaze me!

Duane,
That thing is sick....as the kids say.
I guess that means really good...in English.

Simply a graceful rifle!

Zeke

Warpage seems luck of draw. I have a theory on it.

Mauser cased the receivers and some warped some didn't.
The ones that did where straightened, basically bent back to straight, stressed to hold straight.

Re-case releases that stress and the part goes back to bent.

Normalize/anneal, inspect with alignment rod, adjust if needed. Fixate part re-case.

Beautiful rifle with real classic fiddle back walnut.

It would cool to have an optional peep sight for the rear ring base and stored in the grip cap cavity.