Recrown an old Mauser

[ldlfh7]

I will try to get a better pic up showing the rifling. I did cut about 1 inch off of the barrel to get to stronger rifling. The bore still needs a little cleaning and that should help you to see the rifling. Got done last night at 2 am so did not do a complete clean - There is still a lot of chalk residue in there from filing which is obscuring the riffling in this picture.

 

[kwg020]

SAM1911 said:
A lot of military surplus rifles were counter-bored to solve the same problem. Drilled out oversized down an inch or so to create a new crown down inside the barrel.

I realize Sam just reported this. Under no circumstances would I counter bore. Take it to a gunsmith with a lathe and do it right. Brownells also sells some hand re-crowning tools that have been used successfully. kwg

 

[Sam1911]

Oh. Uh no. I don't think trying to counterbore the rifle on your own would work well. Maybe with piloted framers, but that's one I'd ask the smith to do.