glass bedding a mauser 98, in origonal military stock

[brian923]

hey guys, i just recently bought a mauser, believe to be a motchells mauser, anyways, i have noticed that the stock is starting to crack just under the rear of the action and is working its way down the grip portion of the stock. i would like to repair this by pinning th stock., iwould like to keep it in the origonal stock because all the numbers match. even the upper handgaurd piece. anyways, i figured that since i had the bedding material out to fix the crak, why not bed the action. but.... all the info i can find on the web about bedding a mauser stock is all about new stocks....

so heres my question...

whats the best way to bed the origonal stock? and then, if i do so, is it going to be all for nothing since the upper handgauser is held in by pinching the upper piece, the barrel and the lower stock? (make sense)

how i was thinking of doning it.... bed the whole action, and maybe 2 inches up the barrel? does this sound good? or is there a better way!!!

thanks for the help guys, brian

 

[Horsemany]

Bed the full action with 2 in. of barrel as you suggested. Also heat up the cracked portion with a hair dryer and drizzle thin bedding compound into the crack. Once the action is properly bedded so the recoil lug is sending the recoil where it belongs you will have less stress on the tang/cracked portion of the stock IMO. I'd try that first. You can always add a pin later if you want but I don't think it will be necessary. The crack will dissapear if you drizzle in some acra glass and add a coat of tung or linseed oil over the whole stock. IMO the reason the tang cracks is because the gun needs to be bedded so the tang isn't taking the recoil as much.

 

[Loggerlee]

If you are worried about it being a numbers matching weapon,aren't you worried about lowering the collector value by bedding it?
I might be way off base,I am not a collector,so I'd just bed it or replace the stock.

 

[longdayjake]

If it is a mitchells mauser, then the serial numbers really don't matter. The rifle itself is not a K98 like they advertise but instead is a m48 Yugo. They out right lie about their product so that they can sell it for $300 more than what they are worth. Most m48 mausers you find will all be matching parts and stocks. However, the M48 rifle is not that bad of a gun. It will probably shoot well and keep you having fun with 8mm for a long time to come.

However if it is a true k98 german military rifle with all matching numbers then you have yourself quite the catch. You would probably be ruining the value of it by bedding the stock. The pinning however may or may not ruin the value. Depends on the collector.

If it is a mitchell go ahead and bed the stock since you will never be able to sell them for what mitchell charges. That and there is no real collector value other than about $150 to $250.

If you post a couple of pictures of it I can tell you whether it is a k98 or a m48

 

[Lovesbeer99]

Let's not start the Mitchelle debate again. It's been done 1000 times. If he says he has a K98, let's just assume he does.

If this is a collector piece leave it alone and by a cheap yugo, chilean, or other shooter grade rifle. If you intend to shoot it, please just sell it. I hate the thought of a numbers matching K98 being butchered. Some one who cares will buy it and you can use the money for another gun.

If you absolutely have to, just get anohter stock for shooting purposes, and keep the numbers matcher for the collector value. But please don't butcher it.

 

[longdayjake]

Let's not start the Mitchelle debate again. It's been done 1000 times. If he says he has a K98, let's just assume he does.

I have read threads about mitchelle's mausers but never read any debates. There was mostly a consensus that they misrepresented their rifles so that they could sell them for more. I am not saying that he does not have a k98 but rather that there is a good chance he did not get what he thought he paid for. As for it being done 1000 times, it shouldn't matter how many times it is done if a new gun owner learns a little bit more. Just because something has been said once or 1000 times does not mean its not worth repeating to someone that doesn't know.

 

[jpwilly]

The rifle itself is not a K98 like they advertise but instead is a m48 Yugo.

If he says he has a K98, let's just assume he does.

You must realize that they do sell russian captured K98's as well. They do misrepresent what they are selling though - Agreed. I actually picked up a Russina Capture Mitchel Mauser 2nd hand for $250.

 

[Heck]

My Dad bought one from mitchells a few months ago and it has a manufacture date of 1939 and is covered in german stampings. It seems legitimate to me

 

[brian923]

hey guys... thanks for the info.

as to LOVESBEER99... i think the true mis-use of the rifle would be to not shoot, as it were intended. (please do not take this as an assult on your point of view) i appreciate all the different opinions of the men and women on this site. so far, its ALOT beter than those on other sites.

i was looking through the numbers that are on the rifle and i have come up with this so far...


code start ser. end ser. units made yr. factory
dou 1502 9542nn 409502 1943 Waffen-Werke Brünn AG

it also has the eagle over the swastika on the barrel and the action, and says MOD 98 on the side of the action next to the thumb cutout.


some pics.....






let me know what you guys think. thanks again to all

 

[longdayjake]

Looks like a k98 with all the bluing removed from the bolt and butt plate. You got a keeper for sure.

 

[Lovesbeer99]

Brian923 - no offense taken an I agree that that gun should be shot. Shoot safe and enjoy. I do.

Lovesbeer99