MBTcustom
08-11-2013, 08:54 PM
This is the mauser I turned the bolt handle on in my earlier thread. The client wanted a Timney low profile safety, but the BS-A scope he wanted had such a big bell on the back of it, that the only options were to use high rings, or twink it with the 3700lb wand.
I chose door #2 and made this out of billet 416SS. I simply took a chunk of 2" diameter steel bar, threw it in the lathe, and drilled the center hole, and made a hook tool to reach inside and put the groove in there for the lip on the shroud that keeps it in place on the gun.
Then I took it to the milling machine and stood it upright in the vice, and sprayed it with layout dye.
Then I took measurments from the shroud and scribed it's exact profile on the end of the bar, using the hole in the center for a guide.
I then cut the periphery out by milling to the line, knowing that the files would take care of the survivors.
I centered the mill on the hole and offset the correct amount to render the finger that is used by the screw to keep the safety in place. It was a perfect fit.
The rest of the safety was shaped with needle files, and then buffed.
Finally, I checkered the tip of the safety so that the guy can get a good grip on it, and stoned it so that is has that buttery smooth, silent engagement, so the deer don't get skittish and nervous.
Obviously, bright SS would look like dookey on this beautiful Mauser, so I used a little trick I came up with that gives it a color case hardened look. Heh heh.
Best of all, it clears the bell of the scope just enough that I can see light between the two of them.
I'd say that's checkmate.
Observe:
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I chose door #2 and made this out of billet 416SS. I simply took a chunk of 2" diameter steel bar, threw it in the lathe, and drilled the center hole, and made a hook tool to reach inside and put the groove in there for the lip on the shroud that keeps it in place on the gun.
Then I took it to the milling machine and stood it upright in the vice, and sprayed it with layout dye.
Then I took measurments from the shroud and scribed it's exact profile on the end of the bar, using the hole in the center for a guide.
I then cut the periphery out by milling to the line, knowing that the files would take care of the survivors.
I centered the mill on the hole and offset the correct amount to render the finger that is used by the screw to keep the safety in place. It was a perfect fit.
The rest of the safety was shaped with needle files, and then buffed.
Finally, I checkered the tip of the safety so that the guy can get a good grip on it, and stoned it so that is has that buttery smooth, silent engagement, so the deer don't get skittish and nervous.
Obviously, bright SS would look like dookey on this beautiful Mauser, so I used a little trick I came up with that gives it a color case hardened look. Heh heh.
Best of all, it clears the bell of the scope just enough that I can see light between the two of them.
I'd say that's checkmate.
Observe:
78945
78946
78947