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Grizzly
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Rolling Your Own
#63978 - 14/10/06 01:45 AM

As I was sitting around waiting for my knee to heal, I noticed that I have a beautiful stock from a Mauser Magnum M98 (built for a 416 Rigby) just gathering dust.

Since I generally need little excuse for a new project, I was wondering what it woould take to build a new Mauser around the stock. Just read an article about this and it seems doable.

I would like, like mind you, to end up with a 505 Gibbs or 500 jeffrey.

Midway has Dakota receivers, and barrels seem pretty easy to get from the maker. I would send it out for reaming and barrel fitting.

Where is the best place to get a good, solid receiver?

I know that there a few folks on here who have built their own. Am I biting off more than I can chew here?

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dondford
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Re: Rolling Your Own [Re: Grizzly]
#64047 - 15/10/06 05:35 AM

Grizzly;
I can't find the Dakota receivers on their web site; please advise the Midway catalog number for this item.

Thanks,
Don

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Re: Rolling Your Own [Re: Grizzly]
#64061 - 15/10/06 03:54 PM

Grizzly,

Olympic Arms offer both magnum Mauser actions and barreled actions in 505 Gibbs if you want them. Just download the catalogue - the product listing on the website is useless.

Cheers!

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Re: Rolling Your Own [Re: Grizzly]
#64095 - 16/10/06 04:20 PM

If I were looking for an action I would look at Granite Mountain Arms, Satterlee Arms (I have one coming in 416 Rigby) or Hein.

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Shanster
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Re: Rolling Your Own [Re: Grizzly]
#64378 - 21/10/06 02:00 PM

look at this site
http://rifleactions.com/index.htm

oly arms is by my house and i would not recomend the actions. And they are currently not available.

Edited by Shanster (21/10/06 02:03 PM)

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Grizzly
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Re: Rolling Your Own [Re: Shanster]
#64467 - 23/10/06 09:21 AM

dondford-the receivers at Brownells are kind of buried on their site. Here http://www.brownells.com/aspx/ns/store/catsearch.aspx?c=2457&p=4816

You can pick up a CZ for about $500 versus a Dakota for $2500. And people wonder why Dakota is in bankruptcy.

I have heard some great things about Granite Mountain. And Empire.

I ran across a good priced 510 caliber barrel, old but still new in the box. I passed though, since it was just a bit heavy. It was a 36" barrel for an M2 Browning Machine Gun!

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Re: Rolling Your Own [Re: Shanster]
#64638 - 25/10/06 02:40 PM

Shanster,

The link you have posted is to Waffenfabrik Hein whom other members have written about. They make absolutely beautiful rifles and have a true Mauser action scheduled to be launched in a few months. Karl Webber and Greg Hein are both members here and both are fine gentlemen whom I have met and hope to buy a rifle from. Considering that this would most probably be my only custom rifle, this shows how impressed I am by them.

Cheers!

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