never knew my grandfather owned a butcher shop

[mr. frog]

found this old mauser with a handle/scopemount welded on the action, the barrel was shortened and shabally recrowned, the bolt handle was grinded on and welded on, and the stock wasn't original for sure. hopefully i can save the barrel... it's kindof rusty in there

 

[Goatwhiskers]

You might give some thought to scrapping that thing. Welding on the receiver, especially the front ring, is a particularly bad idea as it destroys the heat treat which leads to all sorts of problems. Novel idea to put on a carry handle, never saw one before, but it should have been attached by screws. Not bad mouthing your grandpa, but that is basically a Bubba'd piece of junk. GW

 

[LACamper]

Goat! That was his grandfather's! OP, Get a gunsmith to re-heat treat the front ring and re-crown it. When its a family heirloom you do things that you would not do to a pawn shop special. If you don't want to spend the money then plug the chamber with a chunk of lead so that no one shoots it and make it a wall hanger. You can always melt the lead out if you change your mind.

 

[Gator 45/70]

Ehhh, Wrong ! Did you not note the bullet casting handles on the top right ? Someone at this location knows how to melt lead, Now a steel rod down the barrel ? You have something !

Goat! That was his grandfather's! OP, Get a gunsmith to re-heat treat the front ring and re-crown it. When its a family heirloom you do things that you would not do to a pawn shop special. If you don't want to spend the money then plug the chamber with a chunk of lead so that no one shoots it and make it a wall hanger. You can always melt the lead out if you change your mind.

 

[mr. frog]

i seriously don't doubt grand dad's intelligence. he was on the cover of fortune magazine once . i've found some of the 7mm reload data in his books and plenty of spent 7mm cases that showed some signs of headspace issues. i'm pretty sure this was his project/practice gun from days of yore. i do think the barrel can be saved. not the action. probably not the bolt either.... but the barrel isn't in that bad of shape considering... even if i have to bore it out a little. anybody gotta good scope?

 

[audioshooter]

dont throw that receiver away. if you dont want to try and use it, ill take it and try re heat treating.

 

[bigjakewelch]

I can do the heat treating and repairs for you on her. Shoot me a PM and I'll get you the details.