Yep, I just picked up a Turk Mauser from a friend I work with this morning. He bought it several years ago, fired fewer than 40 rounds through it, then put it away.
I brought it home and fired five rounds through it. It seems like a pretty nice shooting gun, though it needs a good cleaning. This is where my questions come from. I've researched online, but I have a few questions still. In order to remove the barrel band on the front of the handguard, I believe I need to take a file/ Dremel tool and grind down the non- head end of the screw, as it's cross peened in there and won't turn out. It will turn, but won't come out. Once I grind down the end of the screw, what do I replace it with, when I reassemble the rifle?
On the side of the stock, right below the serial number on the action there appears to be another screw. One side is flat, the other side looks like a nut with two small holes in it that some sort of spanner wrench might fit into. What is this fastener, and do I need to remove it in order to separate the action from the stock? If so, do I need to buy a special wrench to fit the two holes, or is there another way to remove it?
Lastly, I'd like to check the headspace on this rifle, just to be safe. It shoots fine and chambers ammunition smoothly, but I've read that the Turkish rifles can have issues due to being assembled from parts of various guns. I've read that there are two different angles in the chamber, for the same caliber, and the wrong gauge will act like there's a problem when there isn't. What angle do I need, and would it be common for a gunshop to have a set? I'll buy a set if I have to, but I'd rather try to check my rifle at a gunshop if I can, simply because I don't expect to buy many more rifles in this caliber. I think I'd use the gauges once, then toss them in a drawer to gather dust.
Thanks!
I brought it home and fired five rounds through it. It seems like a pretty nice shooting gun, though it needs a good cleaning. This is where my questions come from. I've researched online, but I have a few questions still. In order to remove the barrel band on the front of the handguard, I believe I need to take a file/ Dremel tool and grind down the non- head end of the screw, as it's cross peened in there and won't turn out. It will turn, but won't come out. Once I grind down the end of the screw, what do I replace it with, when I reassemble the rifle?
On the side of the stock, right below the serial number on the action there appears to be another screw. One side is flat, the other side looks like a nut with two small holes in it that some sort of spanner wrench might fit into. What is this fastener, and do I need to remove it in order to separate the action from the stock? If so, do I need to buy a special wrench to fit the two holes, or is there another way to remove it?
Lastly, I'd like to check the headspace on this rifle, just to be safe. It shoots fine and chambers ammunition smoothly, but I've read that the Turkish rifles can have issues due to being assembled from parts of various guns. I've read that there are two different angles in the chamber, for the same caliber, and the wrong gauge will act like there's a problem when there isn't. What angle do I need, and would it be common for a gunshop to have a set? I'll buy a set if I have to, but I'd rather try to check my rifle at a gunshop if I can, simply because I don't expect to buy many more rifles in this caliber. I think I'd use the gauges once, then toss them in a drawer to gather dust.
Thanks!