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Dogfish858
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Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions
      24/02/18 02:43 AM

A question dear to my heart.

The three best actions I've handled were a Brazilian 08, a Greek Steyr, and a Zella-Mehlis 98.

The Brazilian felt like it was carved from axle grease. Now I have also handled 08s that felt like a usual Turkish k-mart special.

I suspect that it has to do with a very precisely skilled cycle of hardening, alloy, and polish relative to tolerance. Ie there would be the precise carbon (or other lubricating metals) level of the alloy, a precise hardening time and temp (depth of carburation), then a precise quality of polishing (ie dry vs oiled stoning; dry stoning gives higher polish at the same grit). Then polishing at a grit chosen that is enough to be slick but not so slick that it binds. All revolving around specific tolerances.

So for instance measuring the race with pin gauges instead of inside micrometers, using a specific hardening temp and time according to a known alloy. Incidentally it seems like the one constant among best actions is Sveedish steel and milled construction.

My speculations anyway.

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* Butter smooth Mauser actions Tentman 18/02/18 11:37 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions FlatTop45   18/02/18 08:47 PM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions CarlsenHighway   28/04/18 11:33 PM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions szihn   29/04/18 12:14 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions DarylS   29/04/18 12:33 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions MagnumHunter   28/07/18 09:32 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions Dogfish858   24/02/18 02:43 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions Dogfish858   24/02/18 02:47 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions *DELETED* redoak   24/02/18 02:53 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions FlatTop45   24/02/18 05:26 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions Dogfish858   25/02/18 02:54 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions Carpetsahib   28/07/18 10:53 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions cordite   29/07/18 03:21 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions CarlsenHighway   31/07/18 07:04 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions 500Boswell   02/08/18 08:16 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions 93x64mm   24/09/18 07:16 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions PatagonHunter   24/09/18 08:41 PM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions ducmarc   26/09/18 10:49 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions FrankS   23/09/18 03:41 PM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions justcurious   02/08/18 12:17 AM
. * * Re: Butter smooth Mauser actions 500Boswell   02/08/18 08:13 AM

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