MilsurpShooter
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Parts, stocks, screws, slings, bayonets I have a general idea of where to get them. I've got bookmarks and am a pretty good web sleuth however trying to find a place to buy a Mauser Action seems to elude me for some reason.
Long story short I always had this idea of building a new Mauser Kar98 with scope but only look WWII on the outside. New Barrel and action, upgraded trigger etc on the inside. It'd look nice next to my Mosin with PU scope and 1903a3. The desire kicked into higher gear as of late due to a buddy having me put his K98 in a Boyds stock and giving me the old wood and metal as payment.
I have seen barreled actions for sale on my searches but they're mainly pre-WWII. Want to try to keep it large ring and long action. 8mm or maybe .308 (I reload for it and have quite a bit of it) ... I would try to steer away from an original Kar98 action, can never bring myself to alter originals. (A Project SKS that turned into an all matching Sino-Soviet that sits untouched proved that to me. I don't even really like the SKS but it all matches so won't touch it lol)
Granted doing something like this is outside my realm of expertise, minor stuff I can do sure, but something like this I want to use as a learning tool and for the experience. Bedding, free floating, I'm debating on Cerrakote too after seeing a K31 at the range not long ago with a Cerrakote job. Generally I'm looking for something I can build, make look like an original, but not mar up or destroy an ACTUAL original
So am I nuts? Unreasonable pipe dream? This is what happens when I think for too long
Long story short I always had this idea of building a new Mauser Kar98 with scope but only look WWII on the outside. New Barrel and action, upgraded trigger etc on the inside. It'd look nice next to my Mosin with PU scope and 1903a3. The desire kicked into higher gear as of late due to a buddy having me put his K98 in a Boyds stock and giving me the old wood and metal as payment.
I have seen barreled actions for sale on my searches but they're mainly pre-WWII. Want to try to keep it large ring and long action. 8mm or maybe .308 (I reload for it and have quite a bit of it) ... I would try to steer away from an original Kar98 action, can never bring myself to alter originals. (A Project SKS that turned into an all matching Sino-Soviet that sits untouched proved that to me. I don't even really like the SKS but it all matches so won't touch it lol)
Granted doing something like this is outside my realm of expertise, minor stuff I can do sure, but something like this I want to use as a learning tool and for the experience. Bedding, free floating, I'm debating on Cerrakote too after seeing a K31 at the range not long ago with a Cerrakote job. Generally I'm looking for something I can build, make look like an original, but not mar up or destroy an ACTUAL original
So am I nuts? Unreasonable pipe dream? This is what happens when I think for too long