Custom Mini Mauser Finished

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08 September 2010, 06:29

Trax

Custom Mini Mauser Finished

Like diamonds, flaws in high grade rifles are visual relative to the power of one magnifying glass....

12 September 2010, 04:14

Bent Fossdal

Amazing.
But why a lowpowered scope on a .223?

12 September 2010, 21:46

jaegerfrank

@CASII: please have a close look at current H&H bolt (!) Action rifles, I would like they take a 20k GBP plus rifle much more serious.

05 October 2010, 06:11

buffalobreath

TC1- have you got a range report for us yet? hope your hand is healing well. i just wanted this one back at the top cause when i need a gun porn fix this is where i go.

05 October 2010, 09:16

Howard

quote:
Originally posted by Bent Fossdal:
Amazing.
But why a lowpowered scope on a .223?

Hi Bent, just a guess on my part but I would say both for the look of the straight tube objective and also the fact that 5X is plenty on a light "stalking" rifle.

05 October 2010, 11:00

JBrown

Howard

I think it is a fixed 2.5X.

Jason

"You're not hard-core, unless you live hard-core."
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05 October 2010, 15:58

TC1

It's a light stalking rifle made for fast shots around 150yds or less, it's not a prarie dog gun. The 2.5 fixed power Leupold has almost 5" of eye relief and is very forgiving on eye placement. It's a "fast" scope for aquiring a target. I thought/think it was a good match for the rifle and the type hunting I'll be doing with it.

I bought a 1.75-5X20 also but decided I liked this one better.

It has been to the range. The only load I had was some Hornady 55gr SP's which I could get to stoot around 1" at 100yds. I'll try to fine tune later when time permits.

Terry

07 October 2010, 03:55

johnnyreb

Stunning rifle. I would love to have something that looks like that in 6.5 Grendel...

07 October 2010, 21:41

BigUglyMan

Yes.

SCI Life Member
DRSS

"In those savage countries success frequently depends upon one particular moment; you may lose or win according to your action at that critical instant."

Sir Samuel Baker

23 October 2010, 23:19

Craig Nolan

good god that's one beautiful rifle !

Regards,
Craig Nolan

23 October 2010, 23:37

Beautiful work!

24 October 2010, 22:36

Captain Finlander

OK, I want one now.

24 November 2010, 22:16

Henry Buck

With all that time and effort I would have hoped you would have chosen a better piece of wood.

That has to be, in the top two or three best looking pieces of wood on a rifle I have ever seen. Thanks for posting!!!

02 December 2010, 14:38

tendrams

With that quarter rib and english look, it looks like the perfect weapon to knock over a rock chuck when he charges out of the thick jesse. FABULOUS looking weapon!

05 May 2014, 14:30

Dick Wright

Butch,

Thanks for sending me this link. The gun is wonderful...

The only thing I want more than an Anderson rifle is a Ferrari 250GT SWB and I can't afford that either.

Dick Wright

05 May 2014, 21:47

JPK

Very lovely rifle, congrats to all involved in it's creation!

JPK

06 May 2014, 23:20

Texas Killartist

This is THE definition of gun porn !

11 May 2014, 04:14

capoward

quote:
Originally posted by ForrestB:
Correction. I would change one thing...slide the scope forward just a fraction of an inch so the gold bands line up.

13 July 2014, 21:16

chasengineering

Beautiful workmanship, I am considering buying one of these M-85 mini mausers in .223 REM. Did you modify or upgrade the trigger, and there are complaints on the web of the bolt being gritty and sticky. Did you polish your bolt. Any Information you could give about smoothing the action would be appreciated.
Thank You,
Chas.

13 July 2014, 22:14

TC1

quote:
Originally posted by chasengineering:
Beautiful workmanship, I am considering buying one of these M-85 mini mausers in .223 REM. Did you modify or upgrade the trigger, and there are complaints on the web of the bolt being gritty and sticky. Did you polish your bolt. Any Information you could give about smoothing the action would be appreciated.
Thank You,
Chas.

The trigger was replaced with a Timney Featherweight. After that James Anderson took out the the trigger shoe and made another from scratch to match the contour of the trigger bow. It's the little things like these that make a true custom so special.

As for the polishing, when I got it back from Shane Thompson there wasn't a piece on it that hadn't been polished and worked over.

13 July 2014, 22:27

TC1

Here is a thread that shows a lot of the work in progress. Shane Thompson, James Anderson and Roger Kher put thier heart and soul in this project.

Mini Mauser work in progress

Terry