Guys,

Got a copy of Mark Stratton's book ... is very, very interesting!

Looking at the section on quarter ribs I notice several that extend over the receiver ring. At least is on a bolt rifle. You can't see the bottom part of the action ... so one cannot tell if the barrel could be turned off of the action after the installation of the rib.

Leads to two questions for me:

1) Doesn't seem to make sense to me to extend a quarter rib over the receiver ring of a Mauser action as the barrel could not be removed from the action. True?

2) Does the presence of an attached quarter rib change the kind of wrench needed to remove a barrel? How does one hold the barrel when turning it off of the action?

Thanks!

That type of 1/4 rib must be held on with screws. There's no way to turn a barrel on with a quarter rib attached.

Roger, you might want to rethink the second part of that answer, I've several barrels around here that have integral quarter ribs.

OK ... question really should have been more clear ...

Do standard action/barrel wrenches allow the installation of barrels having quarter ribs that do not extend over the front ring of a Mauser action?

Thanks Guys!

Steve,

Do those ribs extend over the reciever? I thought that was what he was talking about.

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Originally posted by mstarling:
OK ... question really should have been more clear ...

Do standard action/barrel wrenches allow the installation of barrels having quarter ribs that do not extend over the front ring of a Mauser action?
Thanks Guys!

Action wrench yes, barrel vise maybe. The vise would have to use thicker bushing to allow you to mill a slot in it to go over the rib.
-Don

Off topic and I'll be the first one to admit no one asked for my opinion but this has been bothering me for a while. I've got a couple of rifles, in smaller calibers, with very expertly done one piece barrels and quarter ribs. That is, the quarter ribs are integral with the barrel metal, not added on. Everytimg I look at them I'm reminded of the saying about teats on a boar hog. Given that 95% of the shooters that I know don't use open sights EVER for hunting, the expense and look of quarter ribs and front sigths on a scoped rifle both just seem kind of dumb to me. In my case my eyes have gotten bad enough with age that I'd have to use the end of the barrel as a reference point and shoot it like a shotgun if I couldn't use a scope. It's kind of like carrying a bicycle tire pump on a modern car, the old ones used to have it to pump up the tires, so why not keep up the tradition? Like I said, just my opinion and needless to say, if someone admires quarter ribs, I certainly think they should have them along with the fins on their Cadillac.

If I'm not mistaken I remember seeing a few rifles on Mark's website that had a quarter rib and custom front base (mock bridge) and it was all from one piece of metal. Unusual to say the least but some of Mark's stuff is very unique.



Terry

Actually Gat, I was thinkin' I'd try to build a quarter rib with two tops ... one being a rail to hold a holosight for jump shooting DG.

Is just in the thinkin' stage, but could prove to be interesting on a .458 AR. Would certainly not be a traditional approach to the problem of sights for a DGR