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Makeshift Magnum Mauser

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13 October 2008, 05:00
JBrown
Makeshift Magnum Mauser
Once upon a time it was common to hear of Mausers being modified for long magnums by welding two receivers together. I know that there would be quite a bit of work, but I would think that a master metal-smith could produce a nice "magnum Mauser" using this method. Is anyone still doing this, and what is the approximate cost?

Jason


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14 October 2008, 06:30
ColoradoMatt
I don't know who does them, but I suspect that buying a super high-quality 98 action from Granite Mountain Arms, Satterlee Arms, or Prechtle would be less expensive.


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15 October 2008, 04:16
tiggertate
Probably about the same money; but if you stagger the cut you end up with one short action and one long action. So its a two-fer one. Short actions are much harder to come by from any source.


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15 October 2008, 18:51
Timan
Right now I've got five extra actions that will be made available for sale during and after Reno SCI '09. They are inventory actions.
2 Ribgy actions magnum length
2 standard actions small ring 375 Ruger
1 standard action samll ring 06

These actions are all right hand actions.

The smiths that can cut and weld an action toghether to make a good magnum are few and far between. I saw a 375 back in '99 done by Martini, it was very well executed.
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