old mauser 98 bluing

[troy fairweather]

a friend of mine got his hot bluing tanks going. its been years. he blued a 20ga pump a 22 and the old marlin i gave him for deer season. he said bring over some stuff to blue. i did my old 98 mauser its a German sporter dated 1902 with the normal proof house markings on the side of the barrel and under neath.
its in 8mm mauser 24 inch barrel with express sights with one flip up. silver font bead. nice walnut stock with round German grip that is checkered.the action and sights are stippled and has some engraving the original barrel sling mount was missing i have one of those clamp on one for know.

id like to remake a new stock one day same shape there is a crack on the grip. its kinda like a chip only about a 1/4 inch on the one side seams solid. but i dont temped hot loads i shoot the 196 ppu soft points there cheap. and dont stress the stock to much.the gun shoots very well i have one 5 shot group thats jst under 1 1/2 inches at 100 yards. with the ppu ammo

the blue went nice i just hit every thing on a good wire wheel. no buffing i did not want the blue to glossy. i think i would look funny with the old stock and have a new blue. the hole bolt is blued but the extractor was blued like it was. it came out nice same for the floor plate and bottom metal and but plate. i left the double triggers in the white

all in all im very happy how it came out bringing it back to life some. i hope to bring here out for some deer hunting this year. thanks .troy.

 

[303 hunter]

Good job, looks great!

 

[troy fairweather]

Good job, looks great!

thanks

 

[LoonWulf]

Nice bluing....bad pictures!

 

[troy fairweather]

Nice bluing....bad pictures!

ya crap old phone i should have did them in black and white lol.

 

[Slamfire]

Interesting rifle, and great job!

 

[troy fairweather]

Interesting rifle, and great job!

thanks

 

[22250Rem]

I like it !..... (except for the picture quality, like Loon Wulf mentioned); but it still looks like your friend does nice work. For pictures that are to be posted I use nothing but my Canon DSLR for better resolution and general picture quality. Which bore size is that rifle? The early 20th century ( 1903 maybe?) was when the 8mm Mauser went from .318" bullets to .323" bullets. I've always admired classic old Mauser sporters and they just radiate "craftsmanship" and "old school cool" when you look at them. Good luck on the deer hunting with it; as you now need a nice photo of that rifle resting on the deer that you harvested with it.

 

[troy fairweather]

I like it !..... (except for the picture quality, like Loon Wulf mentioned); but it still looks like your friend does nice work. For pictures that are to be posted I use nothing but my Canon DSLR for better resolution and general picture quality. Which bore size is that rifle? The early 20th century ( 1903 maybe?) was when the 8mm Mauser went from .318" bullets to .323" bullets. I've always admired classic old Mauser sporters and they just radiate "craftsmanship" and "old school cool" when you look at them. Good luck on the deer hunting with it; as you now need a nice photo of that rifle resting on the deer that you harvested with it.

thanks she is a 318 the 323 ppu shoot fine there so low psi it wont hurt anything. i did the bluing just used my friends tanks that he got going after bout 20 years. i did not go crazy on the polish because. it would look funny with polished blue and old stock. it has a light polish to it. and yes i need to look on line for camera that is cheap of the pics. one day when i get the money id like to do a nice mauser in this style.