I have a customer who wants a bolt handle with a round knob on a Mauser sporter. I usually use Talley handles, but he doesn't want a teardrop. Do any of you have a source for a handle with a round knob?

I have 50 of them; PM me your address and I'll send you some. You will have to lengthen the shank, depending on how long you want it.
I know of no commercial source because no one wants the military ball.
Get it, Military Ball. Been to many of them.

Thanks for the offer. I have a sack full of military cutoffs. I was hoping to find something already "put together". The bolt has a forged military handle now that is way too stubby to suit the customer, but he likes round knobs. He is also economy-minded, so firing up the lathe and making one doesn't fit the equation either.

Unless you are purely a DIY person, (or bubba) I didn't think the terms "economy minded" and "Mauser sporter" went together?!

By the way, the last military ball I attended was in college (ROTC). When I picked her up at the girls' dorm, my date gave me a flower to wear on my uniform. Faced with uncertainty and a possible court martial if I wore the boutonniere, I took the only chivalrous course of action available: I chose to wear the damn flower! I got a lot of stares, and a few choice comments from the officers there, but they secretly sympathized with my plight and let it go. It was, subsequently, a GREAT night!

buy a bolt with an unaltered handle ,
cut handle off,
sell bolt for $10,
Use handle.

from that famous site. M96 bolt

how hard would it be to take the teardrop out of a talley seems to need a lot of mods anyway.

For $9 WTH

https://www.gunpartscorp.com/products/104120

Looks plenty long enough. Cheap too.

A talley and 15 mins in a lathe.

I remembered I had some Talley-like handles I got off fleabay and just went and did it for the hell of it. I'm a round ball kinda guy myself. If you're interested, 2-7/8" long and ball is a bit over .70"

My Balls are kinda oval!

Hip

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Originally posted by Hipshoot:
My Balls are kinda oval!

Hip

I've heard they get that way from lack of use.. wouldn't know myself, but...

"Balls!", said the Queen, "If I had them I'd be King!" But the King
only laughed, not because he wanted to but because he had two.

I ordered a couple of those bolts that Bobster found on Numrich. I'll let you all know how they look when I get them in my hands.

YOU'D HAVE BEEN MONEY AHEAD TO TELL HIM YOU'RE BUSY THAT DAY.

Duane, speaking of bolt handles, where are you getting your square shank handles these days?

Here are the bolt handles as received from Numrich:

Bolt3 by jakefromclemson, on Flickr

A 13/32 collet will hold the handle shank for turning off the collar:

Bolt2 by jakefromclemson, on Flickr

This shows a preliminary polish on the handles. I have not tried to weld on one yet, so I can only hope they weld OK.

bolt1 by jakefromclemson, on Flickr