Finished my new mauser!

[Funderb]

I'm waiting on the bolt to return from the land of
when is it going to come back, though.

here are some pictures of the finished product.







I just put an NCstar I had laying around on top of it, and did a little woodwork to make it look nice. The hand guard was a last minute change, I like the way it looks, I may make it shorter, We'll see when the bolt gets here.

 

[Funderb]

oh yeah as a side note:
that is a different stock than the regular yugo stock,
but the original hand guard.

 

[Mauserguy]

It looks nice, though I would have just left it in the original condition. I hope it makes a good shooter for you.
Mauserguy

 

[Funderb]

Mauserguy:
If it makes me look any better,
The original rifle was a rearsenaled yugo, with either force match
or nonmatching parts. After finding out that the iron sights were so crooked that they had to be drifted to beyond their limits to correct, and then having two scout mounts fail on me, I gave up.
I usually cringe at the thought of murdering a good milsurp,
but the only redeeming value of this rifle was the bore.
You gotta do some crime some time.

 

[MikeH]

I'd recommend that you lose the handguard. Definitely won't hurt accuracy. Better yet if you free-float the barrel completely and bed the action.

 

[jpwilly]

I say butcher away! I enjoy making things interesting too!

My M44 Scout rifle:

 

[jrfoxx]

I think it looks really nice.I like it.Oh, and as an avid milsurp lover and collector, I wouldnt worry about altering a mismatched, messed up Yugo.They are like the Mosin M44's of the Mauser world.They made like 300 gazillion of 'em, they are dirt cheap, and are available by the crate load, if so desired, from most anywhere.so as long as it isnt some rare, odd date/code gun, I wouldnt sweat it one bit.

 

[JonB]

Nice looking rifle. Been contemplating doing that to my Yugo Mauser or M44 as well. I may grab another M44 as the one I have is all matching #'s and shoots great.
You said a you had a couple of scout mounts fail - what kind? I've been tempted to go with the S&K scout mount...

Did you order a bent bolt or send yours to be modified?

Have to agree with Jrfoxx as well - it's your gun, do as you please. M44's and Yugo mausers were made by the millions. I can't imagine them being all that collectible. Plus if you like it more this way - more power to ya.

 

[Funderb]

I sent mine to be modified. One of the services on gunbroker.
I hope I don't get screwed, but he did have good reviews.

I bought a bsquare and an ncstar mount (I think.) Neither were tight enough to hold zero, and eventually all the screws stripped from constantly retightening. Even with loctite. Oh well.

 

[JonB]

Everything I've read indicates that the S&K mounts are the way to go for a scout mount. They run around 75 bucks (+/-), but might be worth the extra. I like the idea of having a scope as my Yugo M244/47 shoots high and left. Plus I wouldn't have to do the bent bolt thing.

Anyway, let us know how it shoots once you get the bolt back and sight it in. I think it turned out pretty sharp.

 

[Float Pilot]

I too have felt compelled to hack up a few in the past. Most have been sold over the years. Except the first one I ever modifed back in 1973 when I was in highschool. (I worked in a gunsmith shop after school and on weekends)
I still have that one. Although the thumbhole part of the stock does not fit my hand like it did back when I was 16. The recoil pad is now starting to crack and the old all-steel Weaver 2 to 7 scope has something growing insdie the lenses.
Plus it seems awlfully heavy with that solid English Walnut stock. It was a big block from Fajen at one time.

 

[Funderb]

Pilot,
Thats a nice looking rifle,
what was it originally?

 

[Ash]

"They made like 300 gazillion of 'em, they are dirt cheap, and are available by the crate load..."

The same was said about K98k's, Krags, 1903's...

Ash

 

[Float Pilot]

It was a DWM 1930s export model made in 7x57mm for the Brazilians.
Back in those days it was $35 as a hand select in full military. In fact it was a short cav carbine model as it came, because I hunted with it in full military for a few years from 6th grade until highschool. Finally the badgering took hold and I sporterized it. I wish I would have left it alone...

At least when I rebarreled it from a 7mm barrel blank, I rechambered it in 7x57mm again. Although it has a very tight chambers and short throat. It was super accurate back in the 1970s and I won many a turkey with that rifle. It still shoots pretty good for 30 years of use.
You can still see some wavy-ness in the barrel finish from when I turned it down to a Douglas #5 taper.

 

[drednekhunter38]

to anyone who is interested, i found a link to an awesome site where the guy shows you how to do all kinds of mods to your mosins, mausers, etc. stuff like how to make a turned down bolt, removing sights, sll kinds of stuff, very useful and informitave site. http://www.gswagner.com/. thought id put it out there again.