Come to the point I need to cut the slot for the bolt handle in my new stock for my 98 mauser. How do the pros go about cutting it?
Thanks

I use a carbide burr in a die grinder. Put inletting black on the bolt handle and take your time.

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Originally posted by Toomany Tools:
I use a carbide burr in a die grinder. Put inletting black on the bolt handle and take your time.

Damn, and I thought I was the only one who did it that way. Way to go Johm!

I've done a small fraction of what John and Jim have done but I use a burr on a flex shaft grinder with inletting black.

Hi,

Contrary to most, I use a Pfeil #7 10mm gouge sharpened to shave with and go slowly. Takes a half hour or so, but makes for a perfect metal-wood marriage and removes the worries some of us may have using power tools for inletting. Of course, I do not make a living doing stock work.

Just can not tolerate Ruger and Remington canals dug for shipping. Ugly.

Another country heard from,

Stephen