
These problems have been primarily with small ring bolts that are a hundred years old or more and I'm thinking I'd Ruby Red the notches if they got flabby. Do you lose the case in the cocking notch? I have your standard heat sink and even made an aluminum one that lasted ONCE. (prime example would be cock on open mausers) on cock on open guns. Oxy-fuel maybe shrugs these off where TIG has a pig about it. They allow the user to operate the bolt with much more force than a bent handle. This is from a commercial rifle, not a military conversion. If your bolt looks different, don’t fret. In this presentation, Larry Potterfield, Founder and CEO of MidwayUSA, explains how a bolt a.
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It ain't fancy but it does the job and doesn't take up a lot of room when I am not using itI'm thinking to coming around to the old oxy-fuel method what with the problems I've had that I think are from ancient oil and grease along with a case that can be here or there in thickness. Below are a series of pictures showing how to disassemble a Mauser bolt (small ring, not a K98). When cycling a bolt action rifle, eight different things happen. My Torch is just a Small Port A Torch that they mostly use for doing Air Conditioner repairs and installs.

I do sometimes just use Standard gas welding rod and it works fine. The bolts are worth more than what I have in them. Keeping them as wall hangers or maybe a future custom build. Thats why I had so many bolts to swap and try. Mauser parts use to be like buckets of nails sitting around. It is a higher nickel content and blues well. Ive had plenty of Mauser parts around for 40 years so I dont need any recouping. Standard length ' 98 bolt, fits German 98K, Czech VZ24, Argentine ' 09, etc. Lots of pit-falls to be avoided that can ruin a bolt, making it completely un-usable. Complete bolt assembly with firing pin, extraction, bolt sleeve, etc. On surplus military rifles my personal opinion after long discussions with gun smiths on the matter and many also agree is that it's not something as critical to check.For welding the handles on, I use the same Gas welding touch that I use when I forge over the bolt handles on other bolts. When forging a bolt handle, lots of problems and unintended consiquences can be encountered along the way, besides ending up with an unsightly handle. Modern rifles, and when rebarreling older rifles head space is important. ATI MSS1500 Mauser K98 Stock With Scope Mount Fits Standard mauser Bent Bolt, Large-Ring German K98 mauser rifles, Czech VZ-24, Yugo 48 48a, Turkish 1903 1937 1938 1946 etc. It is a Yugo K98 with a standard bent bolt (not wide arch) and no wood. Brno has always been known for quality as is Mauser. Mauser K98 Sniper ZF39 Scope & Mount Reproductions All Steel RSM 360.00 From. Actual accuracy for minute of man w/ open sights was 500 meters for all. Steel of the time was about equal in strength. This was not a concern when assembling military rifles as #1 the ammo was not being reloaded and #2 by giving the chamber of the rifle looser tolerances it allows the rifle to function reliable in chambering and extracting when in dirty combat conditions. Weight of the rifle was still in the same range as the K98. Keeping headspace in a certain range limits the amount a case can stretch when fired, this is more important to someone that is reloading their brass like someone that shoots in matches.

A rimless case head spaces on the shoulder of the case. 13" shorter than commercial meaning that if you are checking with a modern head space gauge it is likely to the specs of commercial ammo not surplus ammo which can vary quite a bit in length. Head space gauges need to match the ammunition being fired not the chamber of the rifle. Otherwise you are really wasting your money on head space gauges. The only time where it is really need to be checked is you are installing a new barrel.

K98 Clamp Bolt On Tanker Style Muzzle Brake Triangular Baffles For K98 Mauser. Mauser Trigger Assembly Spring- Bolt Action Rifle Model 98 - 18653. I have yet to find a 98k with head space issues in any of the 300+ I have owned I have tried switching bolts between many and still no change.Īs a whole headspace is really this American thing and on a military rifle is not particularly relevant as many military rifles chambers are made to looser tolerances to all so the rifle to function with dirty ammo/dirty chamber. 1 Mauser K98 1898 Mauser 98k Mauser Bolt Shroud And Safety Yugo Check C79. With this handle, you can weld and change your straight bolt into bent bolt. Headspace is actually not that critical to check on 98k, or really. This is a bolt handle for Russian Mosin 91/30 PU sniper bolt or any Mauser.
