An old friend returns

[Texas by God]

My 30-30 93 Mauser is back from the beauty shop. A friend slimmed and refinished the stock and GAVE me the Weaver K6W already mounted! He had it for 9 months - so after selling my lever 30-30 months ago- I was missing 30-30 bad. I moved the scope forward and square for my hold[emoji848]and tightened every thing. I used 3 shots adjusting the scope; the next four were almost touching at 40 yards. I managed 3 in 2" at 100yards. 20.2grs ( 1.6cc) IMR 4198, Lee C309170F (180grs)
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[rking22]

We’re pretty, I like it nice and clean! I use that same dipper only with RL7 , shoots good and kills dears too!

[richhodg66]

I really like that rifle. I've developed a thing for small ring Mausers the past couple of years.

[unclemikeinct]

Very classy looking, old school rifle...Well Done.

[Chad5005]

very nice rifle,ive got a few levers but id like a 30-30 or 32spl in a bolt

[Der Gebirgsjager]

Nice! :grin:

[smithnframe]

Very nice!

[Texas by God]

Thank you all. I’ll put the K10F back on with its lower rings when these loads are gone. Spring Turkey season is about a month away. Perhaps a gobbler will visit the smoker.
That K6W is heavier than it was 45 years ago somehow.....

[skeettx]

He he he
Totally understand
Well done, well done
Mike

[Bill*B]

A mighty nice looking outfit!

[RU shooter]

Nice slim looking rifle ! Tell us about the conversion to a rimmed cartridge . Is it a single shot? Or will it feed from the magazine still ?

[Murphy]

That has to be the sweetest looking 30-30 bolt gun I've laid eyes on.

Murphy

[Texas by God]

Nice slim looking rifle ! Tell us about the conversion to a rimmed cartridge . Is it a single shot? Or will it feed from the magazine still ?It feeds well surprisingly. It doesn't feed the Lee 113F very well or anything with a large meplat. The magazine will hold 4 cartridges at most and still feed.The minor modifications made are in an old thread in the Barrel Works section.(Barrel nut on SR Mauser) It looks good from a distance like lots of home sportered Mausers, but from the get go it shot beautifully; so minor things become unimportant. It's definitely a favorite shooter- I got lucky I believe!

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[rcslotcar]

I was not sure what the rifle would look like by your description. When I saw the pictures,I was surprised at how nice it looked!!! That is NICE!!!!

[725]

She's a beauty! Pure class.

[buckwheatpaul]

Absolutely beautiful.....looks like the ol' gal can still shoot as well....I would score this as a win win!

[hpdrifter]

I told ya that I stopped too soon. The slimming down looks good and I bet it feels better too.

[Winger Ed.]

Looks great.

I always like to see people get what they want.:drinks:

[GregLaROCHE]

Nice looking. What kind of wood is that? European walnut? Do you have a before picture?

[Texas by God]

I told ya that I stopped too soon. The slimming down looks good and I bet it feels better too.You were right and it does feel more lively. Do you know what kind of walnut this old Fajen is? A friend did a Mark X sigle shot in English walnut from Fajen(early 1980's) and it looked similar.

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[augercreek]

Did you rebarrel it or just rechamber it?

[hpdrifter]

You were right and it does feel more lively. Do you know what kind of walnut this old Fajen is? A friend did a Mark X sigle shot in English walnut from Fajen(early 1980's) and it looked similar.

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Sorry, I have no idea. I got it from a friends dad from work many moons ago($25). It was REAL bulbous then and the safety wouldn't work. If you cocked/loaded/cycled the bolt with the safety on, when you took safety off, the firing pin went bang.

[Texas by God]

Did you rebarrel it or just rechamber it?
I removed the 7x57 barrel. I had a Numrich 7.62x39 Large Ring 98 Mauser barrel, so my brother the machinist cut off the threads and rethreaded for Small Ring. I had him short chamber it on the lathe with the 30-30 reamer. I installed the barrel and finished the reaming by hand-in the Mauser the 30-30 must headspace on the shoulder due to the claw extractor. It was an idea floating around in my head until hpdrifter offered up that 1916 Oviedo sporter and we made a trade. After trying it with 7x57( it wouldn’t group well) the project began.

[TCLouis]

TbG
That is beautimous.

[Uncle Grinch]

Oh man..... I just hate it when you put ideas in my head. I was raised up on Mausers with a $15 Spanish Mauser back in 1974 and just got over another SR Mauser project for a 35 Remington. Now I want a 30-30.

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[curioushooter]

What a nice all around rifle!

[Texas by God]

Uncle Grinch, that .35 is a perfect woods rifle!

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