bought a Cougar today to play with its beaten up some but still has a bite ;)

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saiga308 said:
not this dig more like a :eek:galge on the top of the cheek rest some one used this as a TRUCK gun in the back of the pickup?
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Are you sure it was in the pickup and not tied to a rope?
That just the type of gun I love. When you finish with it, no one believes is the same one.
 
troy fairweather said:
for cracks that need gluing, i like to cut some wood out to make a better bond with the wood. i have a old set of feeler gauges. i cut saw teeth into them with a file and have different size hand saws to follow the crack. i works for me.
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That's genius. I always just used a hack saw blade. I also drilled across and doweled it with tiny hardwood dowels.
 
Loctite is a brand. They make several types of CA. Most of us old farts call thread locking material " Loctite".

The thinner ones (CA) can creep into cracks pretty well. IIRC you keep adding to maintain wet and creep. This for wood repair on recurve risers. Sometimes it worked.
 
Bfh_auto said:
That's genius. I always just used a hack saw blade. I also drilled across and doweled it with tiny hardwood dowels.
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Or run a fine thread die over a 1/8" brass brazing rod and thread that across the crack.

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Bfh_auto said:
Are you sure it was in the pickup and not tied to a rope?
That just the type of gun I love. When you finish with it, no one believes is the same one.
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lol yeah looks like it was drag over gravel and sand will see how good i can get it i got the spray can gloss down very good now and staining i like the darker oak look like this i te%2Fnirefinishingservices%2F_%2Frsrc%2F1284460673267%2Fgun-stock-refinishing%2Fmikersamp067x640.jpg on it
 
Cool thread. I debated buying the one at the LGS too long. Now this is a bit of salt in my wound
 
Good find. A little bit of elbow grease and it should clean up nicely. Only thing I'd say is to stay away from any cold blue - it doesn't look good and I've never found one that doesn't make the gun stink permanently (literally stink - as in a bad odor :)). Refinish the stock though and put on a new recoil pad and it should look great.
 
While in the army, we bought two similar Voere rifles in the Rod&Gun club while in Germany. This would have been the late 1960's. These rifles were made up on converted military actions. One we had to take since the stock was badly split through the front action screw. I'd not get serious money tied up in one of these rifles. This is based very limited experience.
 
Mowgli Terry said:
While in the army, we bought two similar Voere rifles in the Rod&Gun club while in Germany. This would have been the late 1960's. These rifles were made up on converted military actions. One we had to take since the stock was badly split through the front action screw. I'd not get serious money tied up in one of these rifles. This is based very limited experience.
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well the crack in mne firm up real good tight will lock tite LOL it was thrown around hard my someone in the past the top of the barrel had a 2 inch scape in the metal i smooth it out will a drimel as best i could and put some bluing on that area i know this isnt going to be a classic :neener:but its a good for some plicking around like a i do my 308:) heres the final stain job i put another coat on it a hr ago to darken it up more i didnt like the lighter first choice in the shade its darker next to the table and lighter looking in front of the wall?
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mgmorden said:
Good find. A little bit of elbow grease and it should clean up nicely. Only thing I'd say is to stay away from any cold blue - it doesn't look good and I've never found one that doesn't make the gun stink permanently (literally stink - as in a bad odor :)). Refinish the stock though and put on a new recoil pad and it should look great.
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I've used Birchwood-Casey's cold blue on several occasions and never had either problem. I wonder what factors might cause the permanent bad odor.
 
Mowgli Terry said:
While in the army, we bought two similar Voere rifles in the Rod&Gun club while in Germany. This would have been the late 1960's. These rifles were made up on converted military actions. One we had to take since the stock was badly split through the front action screw. I'd not get serious money tied up in one of these rifles. This is based very limited experience.
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see those 1960s /70 stocks barrels where not freefloating! mine will be doing some prep work for the bedding compond you see DSCN0080.jpg
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mustanger98 said:
I've used Birchwood-Casey's cold blue on several occasions and never had either problem. I wonder what factors might cause the permanent bad odor.
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Standing it in the corner where a dog can pee on it might ;)
I've had acceptable results from it also. Followed by coats of Johnson's paste wax.
 
mustanger98 said:
I've used Birchwood-Casey's cold blue on several occasions and never had either problem. I wonder what factors might cause the permanent bad odor.
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It's the selenium that's in most of them. Same stuff is in Selson Blue shampoo and I can small that badly too. Could be that some people are more sensitive to it, but I can instantly smell a cold blued gun when I pick it up.
 
btw now i know why the barrel number doesnt match the receiver barrel marked #195237 receiver P25587 because they are made in two diffrent countrys
then latter matched up in assembly
The action's on the Voere M98 rifles are normally spanish made. The Barrels are mostley made of "Böhler Laufstahl" or standarized "STL" steel.
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These rifles did have there origin in Austria IRC. These actions are most commonly found on Parker Hale rifles of the era. Those Spanish action were used fairly widely. It was possible to buy a barreled action in the US with no brand name. Others were sold as kit guns. There should be Austrian proofs on OP's rifle.. He found an interesting restoration project. It was not too long ago that I traded one these actions with magnum bolt face for some work. Looks like OP is one of these people who ,"could have fun sitting on flat rock." That is a compliment in the local dialect.

Addendum: The Spanish action did have a clunky trigger. The one in OP rifle was similar to my rifle. The trigger appears to be one that maker used. These were working rifles and were not fancy.
 
couger mauser gets a new recoil pad :)
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its a little shorter then the other orginal best i can do with a match ,i might just leave the way it is or find a filler latter to match the over size part of the stock first coat of Helmsman® Spar Urethane and i had to work on the crown and barrel it was smashed as if someone drop it on the :eek:end and out of shape did a lot of small filing and dremel polishing pads to make it correct again:thumbup:
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