Mauser action screw question

[Remiel]

I'm not sure what Mauser model these came from but they are non locking head. Lots of Mausers over the years but none at the house currently. Let me know if you need one of these.

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Are the measurements from the bottom of the head to end of the thread?

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[gwpercle]

I just noticed that’s not an original trigger guard, is it? Don’t 1893/1916’s either have the side button release or the non hinged bullet release floor plate?

My military 1893 , all original , has a non-hinged , bullet released , floor plate .
Hinged and side button released floor plates are not military issue , I think...
With Mauser's nothing is a given .
Gary

[Remiel]

My military 1893 , all original , has a non-hinged , bullet released , floor plate .
Hinged and side button released floor plates are not military issue , I think...
With Mauser's nothing is a given .
Gary

This and 6 others were ordered as kits from old western scrounger. Who knows what was thrown in.

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[Texas by God]

Factory matching # side release 1916 Oviedo. A bullet tip fits in the cup button.
As stated nothing is a given in Mausers.

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[Remiel]

Factory matching # side release 1916 Oviedo. A bullet tip fits in the cup button.
As stated nothing is a given in Mausers.

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Thats the style that came with my frends kit and he had tje same issue with the short looking trigger and short action screws.

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[Texas by God]

I'm mailing the longest screw to you today.

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[Uncle Grinch]

I’ve had Mauser bottom metal that was bent down causing the screw to be too short. Gently force it back up and the screw should fit.

[JM7.7x58]

I had to make a rear screw for my Arisaka.

The screw started out as a long 6mm bolt. Grinding on the head was done with a 4 1/2” right angle grinder and a drill press. I rotated by hand until it was 12 sided, then turned on the drill press and ground it till it was round. Next I put a profile on the top of the screw. Finished it off with sand paper. Cut a slot by hand with a Sawsall blade.

Note: all the other screws had screw slots that where so messed up that even after peening the metal back I had to recut the slots with that wide Sawsall blade.

Used the proper die nut 6mm by .75mm to cut the threads. Then I cold blued (actually I used a cold patina called tri-black that I used to use twenty years ago when I was a blacksmith/architectural iron fabricator), this was followed by a heated application of Johnson’s paste wax.

Hope that helps someone, you don’t always “need” a lathe to make a gun screw.

JM

[Remiel]

I had to make a rear screw for my Arisaka.

The screw started out as a long 6mm bolt. Grinding on the head was done with a 4 1/2” right angle grinder and a drill press. I rotated by hand until it was 12 sided, then turned on the drill press and ground it till it was round. Next I put a profile on the top of the screw. Finished it off with sand paper. Cut a slot by hand with a Sawsall blade.

Note: all the other screws had screw slots that where so messed up that even after peening the metal back I had to recut the slots with that wide Sawsall blade.

Used the proper die nut 6mm by .75mm to cut the threads. Then I cold blued (actually I used a cold patina called tri-black that I used to use twenty years ago when I was a blacksmith/architectural iron fabricator), this was followed by a heated application of Johnson’s paste wax.

Hope that helps someone, you don’t always “need” a lathe to make a gun screw.

JM

Is the spanish mauser screws the 6mm by .75? I know they are not 6mm by 1.0 and I have the pitted action that's going to become a 35rem project and I may run into the same issue(both have identical mag/trigger assembly's)

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[JM7.7x58]

Is the spanish mauser screws the 6mm by .75? I know they are not 6mm by 1.0 and I have the pitted action that's going to become a 35rem project and I may run into the same issue(both have identical mag/trigger assembly's)

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The Japanese made the Type 99 with all metric threading. 6mm x .75mm is not a normal metric thread size however, I had to special order the tap and dies. Not something you can go to the hardware store and buy.

From what I have read the Spanish Mausers (and most other Mausers before 1945) use a 1/4" x 22 Whitworth thread size. Taps and dies can be obtained from Brownells and other specialty machine tool websites.

It sure feels good when you get an old basket case reassembled and get it shooting again.

Good Luck,
JM