cmars
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I am working on building a custom Mauser starting with a barrel from a Yugo m48, i am having a hard time finding the parts I need to build the gun and I am wondering if I can use parts from other Mauser rifles.
information on 8mm Mausers parts needed
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Twmaster
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Welcome to THR.
Many parts interchange between Mauser rifles. What sort of parts are you trying to get?
Many parts interchange between Mauser rifles. What sort of parts are you trying to get?
Gunnerboy
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depends on the reciever if its a yugo reciever only yugo parts may be used, if its a standard long m98 receiver than any standard m98 parts should work.
cmars
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I am trying to get all of the parts except the barrel, which is from a yugo m48
RPRNY
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Your barrel will fit other large ring Mauser receivers.
cmars
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Thanks
rcmodel
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The best place to start building a rifle is from a complete working action.
You go forward from there with a barrel, stock, scope mounting, better trigger, and whatever else you need to do.
Starting from a worthless Yugo barrel is Bass-Ackwards for any logical rifle building project.
rc
You go forward from there with a barrel, stock, scope mounting, better trigger, and whatever else you need to do.
Starting from a worthless Yugo barrel is Bass-Ackwards for any logical rifle building project.
rc
cmars
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Well it may be backwards but I do not have 300 dollars laying around to buy a Mauser and I do not want to damage a original rifle.
Twmaster
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You will have more than $300 in building a rifle....
Save yer pennies.
Save yer pennies.
aka108
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A 1909 Argentine Mauser has the most desireable action to start building a custom Mauser rifle around. You might want to contact Springfield Sporters as they have tons of parts and sub assemblies for many surplus rifles.
BBBBill
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On the cheap, this is what I come up with off the top of my head and you can bet there's more than I've thought of.
Barrel vise: $124 - $155
Action wrench: $68 - $115
Headspace gages: $55 - $60
Mauser action complete: $150 - $400
Stock: $100 - $500
Total: $547 - $1230
This is using the barrel you’ve got, the original trigger, safety, etc. Add a Timney trigger, Buehler style safety, finish on the stock and metal, etc... Well you can see where that's going.
Barrel vise: $124 - $155
Action wrench: $68 - $115
Headspace gages: $55 - $60
Mauser action complete: $150 - $400
Stock: $100 - $500
Total: $547 - $1230
This is using the barrel you’ve got, the original trigger, safety, etc. Add a Timney trigger, Buehler style safety, finish on the stock and metal, etc... Well you can see where that's going.
Twmaster
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OP, if you are just wanting an inexpensive Mauser rifle either go to a gun show or watch Gunbroker until you find a deal. I've recently bought complete Turkish Mausers for as little as $100 cash.
In the heyday of "sporterizing" in the 1960's, I calculated that sporterizing a milsurp Mauser 98 to the same standard as a new Remington 700 would cost at least $100 more than the Remington.
The advantage of the milsurp action was that the owner could take the work a bit at a time - drill and tap and bolt job one year, stock work the next year, and so on. But to just take the gun to a gunsmtih or buy the necessary tools, just buying the new sporter would have been cheaper and the result, unless even more money was spent for work by a top gunsmith, would have been better.
Jim
The advantage of the milsurp action was that the owner could take the work a bit at a time - drill and tap and bolt job one year, stock work the next year, and so on. But to just take the gun to a gunsmtih or buy the necessary tools, just buying the new sporter would have been cheaper and the result, unless even more money was spent for work by a top gunsmith, would have been better.
Jim
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