i'm done with the 98 mauser!!!!!!

[444ttd]

after alot of sanding, wood filler, more sanding, OOOO steel wool,minwax antique oil, rottenstone with 3 in 1 oil and johnson's paste wax on a richard's black walnut grade fancy wolverine 98 mauser stock, it is finished!!!!!! i did ok, it was first time i ever had the un-sanded stock. i learned alot of NOT what to do!!!!! the next un-sanded stock will be a 93 spanish mauser Apache gold wolverine stock.





i know where the mishaps are, but all in all, i go from a bad stock(water damage, bent to the left on rifle channel...) to a good one.

you want to know somethin' funny? i have never shot it!!!!!! i have the reloading dies and the brass, but not the boolits!!!! go figure.............

[Bull-Moose]

Looks pretty good to me.

[pworley1]

Nice work.

[para45lda]

Lotta love in those pics!!

Awesome

Wes

[kungfustyle]

With that much love invested are you going to sleep with it. Nice job.

[Cargo]

There's nothing like Old World BEAUTY and Craftsmanship.

[NEKVT]

That turned out nice! When I saw the title first thought "done" as in don't want it no more...oh no can't be if it's an M98!

Is it still 8X57?

[Texas by God]

Reading your thread title, I thought Good- you can sell it to me! It looks great, well done!
If it is an 8mm; holler. I have boolits.

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[hornady308]

That's too pretty to use! I'd be afraid to scratch it.

[Baltimoreed]

A very nice build. But I also thought you were ‘done with it’ and giving up on the project. Finished would be a better word.

[Finster101]

So, what boolits do you need?

[444ttd]

yes, it is a 8x57 mauser. also it was made in 1944 from Mauser AG Oberndorf(byf).

i do not know what it wants(boolit wise). i was thinking either the 170gr ranch dog or lee's 8mm karbiner. although........


i'm glad that some of you noticed my word pun!!!!

[725]

Beautiful job. Eager to hear the success stories at the range.

[Mk42gunner]

Nice looking stock, even though I don't care for roll over combs (sometimes I want to shoot from the other shoulder).

Robert

[444ttd]

Nice looking stock, even though I don't care for roll over combs (sometimes I want to shoot from the other shoulder).

Robert

this is my second rifle that had a roll over stock on left side. (the first was my savage m116....wow i'm getting old) i used "right" roll overs fer years(on my left shoulder).

the roll over is my only one, tho. i use "straight" stocks on my old mausers, krags and husky's.

[dh2]

nice !!!!

[oconeedan]

Beautiful rifle, and nice job! I am currently working on a 1903 sporter, it IS a lot of work.

[toot]

patiance does it.

[444ttd]

patiance does it.

yes it does!!!!

i started the stock sometime in the late summer last year. when i was done sanding it, i used lin speed oil. the stock looked good, but it just wasn't fer me. so i "citristrip"ed the stock, put on a dark oil wood filler(should have left for 2 - 3 days), sanded it and put on 4 - 5 coats of minwax antique oil. oh, i put on johnson's paste wax (2 days then i buffed it out).

i did the sanding about 1/2 hour to 5 hours, each day. it was a "labor of love" until i got mad of it or . then i put the stock away and i did something else.

[smkummer]

I sold a bishop walnut stock here for my 98. Went with a synthetic and rubber 3X9 Tasco and now it has a “modern” look.