Gewehr
Where'd you get the scope mount? I was just given one of these(might be Model 8, produced Nov. 1929, maybe you can tell me which it is?) in .35 Remington. Do you think the single point scope mount will hold up? Mine kicks like a
mule. I don't really have much use for this gun, but it was a gift, so I don't really want to trade it (not that its apparently worth much anyway.) I can't use iron sights due to vision problems, need a scope.
Now, as for reliability...Mine had been hiding in a closet for 30-40 yrs. It had 2 problems when I got it:
1) If you let the bolt close slowly it wouldn't go all the way into battery.
2)The magazine follower was stuck in the bottom of the magazine well.
We (my buddy had one long ago, so he helped) removed the barrel, the rear stock, and magazine assembly (Only a coupla screws required for all that.)
I then "hosed" the action down with brake cleaner, and then oiled it up. We did not completely dissassemble the action. And a little "fiddling around" got the magazine follower loose. So off to the range we went.
Now I had been concerned that some of springs and such would be bad, from sitting so long. However, it worked like a champ with only one exception. It won't feed the last round from the magazine. So either the magazine spring lost tension from being compressed all those years, or the follower is buggered up (which we might have done, when we freed it, although we were very careful to be gentle.) Any way,from what I see this is a real rugged(as well as interesting)design.