Recent content by mrh477

This is very sound advice. There are a lot of internet warriors out there, including plenty on this site (I don't mean to call anyone in specific out by this comment, by the way), that don't have the experience or knowledge to give the best advice. I am by no means an expert but I have spent...

Thanks for all the replies, fellas. A couple things ended up doing the job. Raising the grain and whiskering the stock did seem to help get a decent amount of dust and crud out of it. And I did also note that some of what appeared to be white and powdery was maybe just very dry wood as beag_nut...

Hey folks, I have an old LC Smith side by side stock I am currently refinishing. It had some old gun oil in it so I used Brownell's "Old Fashioned Whiting" to get the oil out. It worked very well for removing gun oil from the wood but now some of the whiting powder seems to be caked into the...

Hey folks, Background here--I have a Mexican Mauser project action that I need a trigger guard for. I really like the hinged ones seen on nicer Mauser sporting rifles but finding one in the intermediate length is very difficult and having a custom one made is above my budget. So I got this...

Hey everyone, I posted a similar thread in the "Long Gun Accessories and Optics" forum but I just realized that I should have posted the thread in this forum. Anywhoo, I have a Mexican Mauser (small ring 98) sporter action that I need to fit a scope base for. I'm pretty sure the front...

Thanks for the info. I took a look at some of the scope base blanks available, and it looks like they're all flat on the bottom so they'd need to be contoured to the action. Is this something I could do by hand, without expensive milling equipment? If so, any good gunsmithing books that touch on...

Hey folks, I had another thread a week or so ago looking for a scope base for my Mexican Mauser sporter. I've done a lot of reading and tried a handful of bases/rings but nothing fits. The Mexican Mauser is a small ring 98 so it's a bit odd and some of the parts don't interchange with...

The plot thickens. A guy on gunbroker has a Redfield Jr mount for a small ring Mauser and he measured the screw hole spacing for me. It's the same as a Leupold--0.86" between the front holes.

That's quite the collectors item. 7x57 is my favorite cartridge. I have to say that is probably the nicest 7x57 military Mauser I've ever seen.

Yep, it's gotta be for a one-piece. That's why I figured maybe an old Redfield. Those are the only one-piece mounts I know of that were used a lot 20-40 years ago or so. But a newer Redfield won't fit so I'm wondering if they changed their screw hole spacing at some point.

I have no idea when this thing was originally began. The gunsmith who started it died in 2001 so maybe he started this thing in the 90's. Anyway, the screw hole spacing will not fit a Leopold, Talley, or any other current scope base that I can find. Distance between the two front screws is 0.75"...

I've been very happy with my Skinner sights. In my opinion they are the most aesthetically pleasing sights for a Marlin lever action. However, they don't adjust quite as easily as they don't have hash marks or any sort of reference on the adjustments like a Williams.

This argument is honestly the way I'm leaning. Pragmatic? No. But aesthetics is clearly more of a priority than pragmatism given that I'm building a Mauser 98 sporter in 7x57. If I go with NECG sight components (best-looking new components I can find) I'll probably be spending $300 or so by the...

Yes, I know this topic has been covered before. Yes, I know there is some dogmatic thinking/strong opinions on the subject. But the threads I saw on this in my search didn't have a poll or many folks that spoke up for the necessity of iron sights. So I want to see if there are any folks out...

To be clear, was it a standard Model 98 sear spring that you ordered?