lreed
08-20-2008, 11:43 PM
Hello; I've been tinkering with a Chilean Mauser, sort of a freebie that I bought with some actions. The barrel looked good, no pits,shiney,strong rifling, blueing still good and the head space was passable. I installed sights, stock, all the military hardware,everything looked good to go,until time to sight the thing in. This ole mauser would be a Lib Democrats dream, shot left with every cast load I tried,even some of the storebought kind. I started with the easy stuff,bedding,checked the crown,still shot left with the front sight hanging way off to the side. Installed the action in a different stock, shot left, made a fixture for action, fired clamped in a heavy benchvise, still left. Named the thing lots of new names that I remembered from long ago,didn't change the leftness of the shooting but seemed to help myself!
I finally discovered that even though the bore seemed straight from the breach end, when you looked at it from the muzzle end, you could see a nice curve. Now I have come to the end of this sad tale with a bunch of questions.... is there a reasonable method of bending the long mauser barrels in a case such as this? maybe some heat then cooling outside curve? Any suggestions ???? Thanks lreed
I finally discovered that even though the bore seemed straight from the breach end, when you looked at it from the muzzle end, you could see a nice curve. Now I have come to the end of this sad tale with a bunch of questions.... is there a reasonable method of bending the long mauser barrels in a case such as this? maybe some heat then cooling outside curve? Any suggestions ???? Thanks lreed