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I stone the cocking piece edge where it mates to the trigger sear. Go slow and test often. You will not affect the 2 stage trigger as that is controlled by the trigger sear. You will get very good...

I hope you guys know that a brand new military 7x57 barrel is .286 in. not .284 in. as U.S. 7x57 bullets are. That is why long 175g bullets work so well in the old Milsurps, they don't pitch and yaw...

Larry: I am confused when reading your instructions for checking the bedding. I read it as you should have metal to metal contact when assembling the receiver, trigger guard and sleeve without the...

A little off subject but...what do you use for a seating die? I have a RCBS die but it only will seat to .004 r.o. I would like to get down to at least .002. I use PPU cases and the r.o. no more...

1893 not 1895 for Spanish Mausers. 1895 Mausers have a 3rd smi-locking lug behind the receiver and use a round bolt face as opposed to the flat based on the 1893. Just to be technically correct.

Hang Fire: It appears there is up-pressure on the end of the barrel on your rifle. If so, can you determine about how much? Also, is there any down pressure exerted by the hand guard? My M39 is a...

I have seen several articles about correct military bedding for short barreled milsurps but nothing on the long (29") models. Can anyone give a reference to articles or provide information on this...

copperlake: When you do your detailed exam, recommend you check for looseness in the receiver/barrel threads.

EDG: Can you post directions to that discussion?

Clearly its a model 1893 Mauser made by FN. I remember reading somewhere that there was a rule about shipping rifles back from the desert. The rifles had to be older than 189x something. The font...

Not trying to be a smart *** but what mauser has a 1:14 twist?

No more pictures at this time. I had a chance to examine the parts and took the Pic which shows the failed parts of the receiver laid out. The back part of the receiver was bent down and just...

Here's what 60g AA5744 will do to a 03A3 receiver. It came to the bottom of the neck in the 30.06 case (accidental double charge). The AA people estimated it would probably have produced around...

Thanks Ed. I was so engrossed in the content that I diddn't look at the date.
Larry, thanks for the great reply.

Larry: does the 2.9 oal get you anywhere near the lands with that 150g bullet or is it just getting the bullet well in the case for support?

Just find yourself an Israeli K98, already chambered 7.62x51 (308).

Thanks for the replys on the long freebore. I can't get a full bullet diameter on mind, the neck is only about .270 long, but the longer 180's with a flat base will fill most of it and get within...

how deep do you guys seat the bullets? It seems the 91's have a very deep throat and a 150 would require a heckofa jump.

+1 on the 175 rn from Hornady, works great in all my 7x57's.

Ran anouther slug down my SARCO barrel and it came out .2861 again. Believe what you want!

I picked one of those barrels on the cheap, it is pitted on the outside but looks unfired on the inside. It slugged .267 as it should. I read somewhere they were replacements made by mauser for the...

The only carcanos with gain twist are the older ones, the M38 (6.5 & 7.35) and m41's (6.5)don't. Also not true about the strength of the action, the Germans re-chambered the late model carbines to...

When an Engineer uses the term "fatigue", a crack is understood to be present. No crack, no fatigue.

Human error can certainly cause metal fatigue and that action HAS metal fatigue.

The term metallurgy can mean the make up of the material and/or its heat treat or to a failure analysis determining the cause of the failure as swdepew is referring to. A failure can have only 2...