I really don't know where to start this post. Firstly, it is my first even though I've been a board member for sometime now. Anyway, Here we go.
I have decided that I need (want) a small ring Mauser in 35 Remington, and I want to build it. I am familiar with what is needed to do the build, but have never done a rebarrel before. I am thinking that to confuse it even more I might like to do it with a barrel nut for a change barrel set up. I have a 7x14 mini lathe that I've been able to do some barrel tapering with, but can't begin to get anything more than about 0.750" into the headstock. I am guessing I can get the barrel blank part way into the headstock and ride it in a steady rest, but not sure. I can always get a machine shop to thread it if I can't. I need to get a .358 barrel. A pre-threaded one would be great, but so far I haven't found one that I can afford. If it were finish chambered that would be even better. Does anyone have any Ideas or comments. I would appreciate all the help I can get.
Many thanks, and I'm glad to be on board.
Bill