I am fooling with kind of a wreck of a 30 06 Mark X mannlicher. The barrel channel has been hogged out pretty good and it will need some glassing. I am wondering how far down the barrel channel from the reciever I should glass.

Also the flat bolt is slightly "swept back" Is this standard for a Mark X or has it been "customized". I like them at 90 degrees.

Thanks,
Pete

The Mark X bolt was swept back. When I need to repair a hogged out channel I put a couple of layers of electric tape on the barrel then bed. That fills the gape and free floats. I ed the first 2" of the chamber without tape. MIx some saw dust with the epoxy and you can hide the gaps pretty well.

I glass the entire length, clamping the tip of the stock to the barrel as the muzzle cap will do when assembled. I have relieved some of the glass from touching the bottom of the barrel in a section between the barrel shoulder and about a 4" pad prior to the muzzle cap. A couple layers of tape in this area prior to glassing would likely accomplish the same thing.

Removing a barreled action after glassing the entire barrel is sometimes tricky. There isn't any free barrel "extension" to tap on with your rubber hammer. I glass the action and barrel in seperate operations, and use headless action screws to tap the action up.

In a full-stocked rifle there is no pretense in making a free-floating barrel. I prefer full wood-to-metal contact anyway, but it's really the only pratical solution in a mannlicher.

The mannlicher Mark X's I'm familiar with had the butterknife handle and double-set triggers. The handle was angled slightly to the rear.

GV