I posted this in the Introduction forum but I figured no one looks at threads there so I'd post it here. Got this for a good deal on gunbroker German Model 98 Mauser sporterized w/bull barrel : Bolt Action Rifles at GunBroker.com . the walnut stock was cracked when I received it (obviously from the idiot PO who free floated such a heavy damn barrel). I bought a new stock for it and it came with a tiny barrel channel, so getting the barreled action to fit was a chore. I have never worked on a laminated stock that was so hard to sand as this one was. after that was done I bedded the entire action and barrel channel with devcon, and installed a rear action pillar. the bluing was F'ed so I refinished the barrel action, bottom metal, and the entire bolt minus the extractor with KG flat black. It came with a 2 piece scope base and as my luck would have it none of the 1 piece bases I looked at matched the mounting holes, so I got an EGW undrilled 20MOA base and had a smith drill it for me. after I got the rifle back I was installing the base and discovered the rear of the base needed to be bedded so I broke the devcon back out and got that knocked out. Here's a couple pictures
I'm hopefully going to go to the range sometime this week to see how it shoots.
I'm hopefully going to go to the range sometime this week to see how it shoots.