Greetings everyone,
I'm proud to have joined yesterday, and am looking forward to posting and the responses!
I live in California, although I feel that once I graduate and begin to make some real money, I will move somewhere with sane legislators and decent constituency... I have lived in Ca. since my beginning, and I have never seen or heard of such belligerent conduct and freedom-impingement by politicians and special interest groups... anyways, I'm studying marine transportation at the California Maritime Academy, and cannot wait to go to sea. I love cowboy action shooting, plinking, target shooting, and political philosophy.
Maybe someone can help me with the following project I've recently got myself in...
I just bought a Siamese Mauser action for about a hundred-bucks. Serial number 33316 type B, chamber type B, floor plate latch is on the front of the trigger-guard, and it has the numbers 732 under the receiver and on the left side of the magazine well. I don't know what caliber it is, although some mentioned it was a 8x52... I compared the bolt-face to the rim of a .45-70 casing, and the bolt-face seems to be a smidgen too small to accommodate the casing. My goal is to construct a nice guide-gun sized, bolt- actioned bear-gun. I'm thinking putting the action on a straight-gripped stock, adding an octagonal or semi-octagonal barrel no longer than twenty inches or so. Iron peep-sights, and a forward-mounted scope.
If anyone has any suggestions, comments, and recommendations to where I can find parts, accessories etc... please let me know. I'll post pictures soon.
Thanks.
Esteban Ugarte.
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