Turk Mauser restoration
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BowStreetRunner
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Dave Markowitz
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Very pretty! Let us know how she shoots.
GM7RQK
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Sweet.
ojibweindian
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Very nice rifle 
Don't forget the range report!
Don't forget the range report!
spacemanspiff
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you didnt happen to take any "before" pics, did you?
looks really pretty...
looks really pretty...
BowStreetRunner
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i didnt get to take any befores but i do have some before pics for the next one lined up for a trip to the family arsenal
cant wait to shoot it
BSR
cant wait to shoot it
BSR
DMK
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Beautiful job! That's a nice looking rifle.
I need to get a Mauser, but I'm afraid. I know once I get one, I won't be happy until I collect the whole set.
I need to get a Mauser, but I'm afraid. I know once I get one, I won't be happy until I collect the whole set.
HarryB
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impressive!
Spieler
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Good looking rifle. Maybe there is still hope for mine then too. Bought it for $40 from SOG a couple years and it looked so bad I just put it in the gun case and forgot about it.
Blackcloud6
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Very nice job sir!
I started doing one of these a few years ago and had nothing but a comedy of errors with it. First I broke the pin off the front sight while trying to take it off. So my neighbor and I silver soldered it back on. But I didin't think and the rear sight needs to go on and can fit over the front sight. So it got put on the back burner and was sitting on my shelf when a bottle of plum brown burst without my knowledge and severly rusted parts of the bolt and barrel. I don't know if I'll ever get back to it.
I started doing one of these a few years ago and had nothing but a comedy of errors with it. First I broke the pin off the front sight while trying to take it off. So my neighbor and I silver soldered it back on. But I didin't think and the rear sight needs to go on and can fit over the front sight. So it got put on the back burner and was sitting on my shelf when a bottle of plum brown burst without my knowledge and severly rusted parts of the bolt and barrel. I don't know if I'll ever get back to it.
Looks like the Birchwood Casey blue worked pretty good. I used Brownells Oxopho Blue on mine and didn't get that good of results.
Nice wood too, I spent days on mine, it came out OK but never did get it all the way to bare wood - too much oil in it.
Nice wood too, I spent days on mine, it came out OK but never did get it all the way to bare wood - too much oil in it.
BowStreetRunner
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to prepare the wood for finishing, my dad removed the cosmoline (i think using some mineral spirits or something-i didnt help with that part) and sanded the stock well
there was no real other finish on the gun other than the cosmoline, so iafter the sanding it was time for tung oil (we put on four coats)
i think i put something together wrong in the bolt because it would not touch of the primers at the range
the gun worked before we redid it though so i think i didnt tighten a part of the bolt enough or something
we did borrow a blot from another mauser and used it and i shot about a ~4~ in. group maybe cutting out a flyer at 50 meters with turk surplus ammo
shot a postal match target with our mosin M44 and did horrible as well
not sure why............
im not really much of a rifle marksman..........
but i did hit a 2 liter soda bottle at 50 meters with a little .380 beretta so they day wasnt all bad
BSR
there was no real other finish on the gun other than the cosmoline, so iafter the sanding it was time for tung oil (we put on four coats)
i think i put something together wrong in the bolt because it would not touch of the primers at the range
the gun worked before we redid it though so i think i didnt tighten a part of the bolt enough or something
we did borrow a blot from another mauser and used it and i shot about a ~4~ in. group maybe cutting out a flyer at 50 meters with turk surplus ammo
shot a postal match target with our mosin M44 and did horrible as well
not sure why............
im not really much of a rifle marksman..........
but i did hit a 2 liter soda bottle at 50 meters with a little .380 beretta so they day wasnt all bad
BSR
Okiecruffler
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Exceptional job on that one. I've been considering that Birchwood Casey Blue paste, now I'm sure I'll give it a try.
PlayTheAces
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A really nice job, especially considering what most Turks look like before the clean up begins. That wood really turned out beautiful.
BowStreetRunner
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thanks for the compliments guys
i hope i get that bolt fixed with no trouble
i hope i get that bolt fixed with no trouble
La Pistoletta
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How many different Mousers are there?
BowStreetRunner
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im no expert but the germans made at least two main models for use in the 20th century
czechs made several models
yugoslavians had a few models not to mention a line of captured german guns
poles made some i think but they are rare
spanish models
turkish models (several of those)
i dont know how many south american countries used them
swedish mausers are particularly prized for quality and accuracy
i cant think of any more but i think there are more
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czechs made several models
yugoslavians had a few models not to mention a line of captured german guns
poles made some i think but they are rare
spanish models
turkish models (several of those)
i dont know how many south american countries used them
swedish mausers are particularly prized for quality and accuracy
i cant think of any more but i think there are more
BSR
Okiecruffler
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Can't forget the Persians, my personal favorite. Not to mention all of the commercial models out there. Anyone looking to collect all the different Mausers had better have alot of room and really deep pockets.
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