| Woldan |
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| 24/03/20 11:54 AM |
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Re: New here & my Mauser 7x57 build
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Hope you don't mind me asking the price of the kit. I've never seen a "Kit" such as this before. I did not know they were even a "thing". Looks like a model 96 action by the length of the firing pin housing and pin protrusion.
Not at all - I bought it for 390 Euros. (Euros and Dollars are pretty much the same as far as I know). The company that sold them closed a gunsmith's shop and they found a couple of those kits in some dusty corner, made by Santa Barbara in the 70's in various calibers. Mine was the last they sold, and I immediately jumped on it despite having never done much work on a gun.
As a huge Mauser fan I just had to have it!
Its a true large ring Mauser 98 action, it is identical with the commercial FN Mauser 98 action.
Good thing they sold them all but mine, I would have bought them all!
The barreled action:
It also came with a certificate from the factory, it was inside the box. Date 1975!
With it came a manual in English that described the steps to finish the kit.
