I’ve had this rifle for about a year and a half now, and it started as just a sporterized barreled Receiver and cut stock. Barrel (shortened to 24”) and receiver are matched, with a manufacture date of 1900 while the stock came from 1892. Rifling was like new. From there, I hit the usual suspects to buy everything I needed to make it functional again. Next time I take it out I’ll document the groups.
I was just going to leave it as was, with the oddly placed long handguard, but I didn’t have any way of attaching a sling...soooo I bought some walnut blocks, asked my neighbor to channel cut one of them with his CNC machine (he’s a cabinetmaker), and a couple of weeks, some AcraGlass, and several hours of rasping later, here it is. Almost complete minus the front plate and cleaning rod: an 1891 Argentine Mauser “short rifle.” Also got my son involved with the rasping and filing at one point since he was curious...
Before
During
Finished-ish not the prettiest work, but it’ll do for my first attempt...