I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!!

I would like to add a thanks to Harvey King at www.hkcustomguns.com and Pac-Nor...















Mike

Nice,
You'll enjoy a whelen lots... great warm up gun for a bigbore!!!

jeffe

Thanks jeffesso!

My next Mauser will be a .458 Win Mag

It'll be polished blue and a regular wood stock, traditional mauser safety and some good iron sights..

Mike

Nice work Ready -- a fine choice of action to start with.

Todd

Good job!!! Fantastic cal.!!!! I have the same set up and I love it!!!!
You will LOVE the Whelen!! I just rechambered one of my 35 Whelens to a 358 Norma Mag. I'm not sure about it yet. It kicks more, Yells louder, and uses more powder. The Whelen kills them Dead now!

Nice rifle you got there, Mike. Half the enjoyment is choosing the features you want on a custom rifle, the other half is shooting it.
Which is why we start a list of features for the next custom rifle even before the previous one is done! Enjoy. ~~~Suluuq

ThanksRusty!!

For some possible clarification I didn't do any gunsmithing work on this rifle except pull the old barrel off..and fitting some on the stock, cutting bolt slot etc..

Mike

Well I bought a box of Rem Factory rounds today to see if this thing would feed....It feeds in typical Mauser fashion..perfectly

I did a little more work on the stock as well. The safety didn't have a full range of motion so I sanded under the lever more and relieved the inside wall of the the stock beside the safeties flat plate that the lever is hooked to.

I still have one problem though..sometimes the shroud catches the safety lever and pushes it forward into the OFF position when I work the bolt sloppily...I want it to be safe in all circumstances so I am wondering if others have had to remove a very small amount of metal from their shrouds under similar circumstances...

going to call it a night for now!

Mike

please forgive my tardiness, but what kind of finish is that?

It is matte black teflon and so far I really like it..I've yet to get to the range with this rifle..I cannabalized the 3.5-10X40 VXIII Leupold off of my .270 to test loads with, but it's been raining A LOT lately..

Mike

ready_on_the_right
Nice work. Your inletting looks precise and you did a nice job with the finish.

Thanks Mr. Worthing..

All I did was cut the bolt slot and remove wood so the barrel shank would drop into the stock. A very, very little sanding around the bottom metal and around the safety lever and the inside wall to clearance the safety mechanism. The tools I used were sandpaper, dremel tool and a new round chainsaw file and the hardest part was patience so I didn't do too much too fast..

I would like to thin the grip a little and checker it and the forearm, but I've never tried checkering so I'll wait. I have an old wood sportsman 78 stock that I may practice on some day..

I also need to bed this thing...do you guys drill holes in laminates to add some mechanical locking for the bedding?

Mike

Thanks John

Mike