for examination and determination of which direction they will go.
Up top is a 1915 Stevens Favorite, .22 LR Boys Rifle. Pretty good shape for nearly 100. Action is reasonably tight and functions. Tangs are slightly bent and hopefully they will reshape w/o breakage but its cast iron, we shall see. Heat in indicated in any event. Stocks are gone, not much good except for patterns. I have some nice walnut handy in the form of custom Mauser stocks that won't be used due to cracks and breaks forward of the wrist so I have some close measurements to do and see if a new buttstock and matching forend can be carved from this excess wood. One is very well figured Cali walnut....cross yer fingers. For now, I gotta scrub the bore and determine if its a shooter as is or if it needs a new barrel....some elbow grease and a bit of bench time will tell the tale. The future for this one, if sound, is a total restoration to shooter/hunter condition.
Down below, an 1893 Mauser bolt action and its rather poorly executed 1960s style stock. The action looks good, might need a fireing pin, we'll see, looks a bit short but it is possible to fix that as needed w/o welding up a new tip. Action is already drilled and tapped for scope and appears to be straight and even, lets hope it is, otherwise, that'll need fixed too or custom scope mounts. The bolt handle is well executed, appears professionally installed, and it already has the Dayton/Traister 70 degree scope friendly safety on the shroud. This is a Spanish Mauser and comes with the left side gas vent (which was pretty much absent on most any other mauser than the 93). Further examination should determine this is a fine action for a custom rifle and I think it'll be classic 7x57 Mauser caliber when finished. I plan to use a Richards Microfit blank, probably the American Classic style and a 21" barrel for a light handy rifle that can range to 250m with ease. Unfortunatly, the stock is poorly executed (and pretty much late 60s early 70s square forend and rather clublike overall- the thick clubby shape remeinds me very much of the factory Savage rifle stocks.) with gapped (undersize) maple inlays and heavily oversanded at the heel of the wrist and over the top of the MontiCarlo cheek piece. In addition, the stock was split thru the wrist at one time with a glue but no pin repair. Unfortunate because this stock could have been plained down to a slimmer style. It has pretty nice grain but with the damage, it'll probably serve only as a source of forends or pistol grip/knife grip blanks.
In the meantime, I need to make up my supplies list, complete planning the repair journies for both and offload a couple custom made tables that havn't sold yet and start gatherin supplies. I spect I'll get started on these in spades near mid Feb after the gun cabinet is completed and the Bat Cave thoroughly cleaned and dusted.
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Up top is a 1915 Stevens Favorite, .22 LR Boys Rifle. Pretty good shape for nearly 100. Action is reasonably tight and functions. Tangs are slightly bent and hopefully they will reshape w/o breakage but its cast iron, we shall see. Heat in indicated in any event. Stocks are gone, not much good except for patterns. I have some nice walnut handy in the form of custom Mauser stocks that won't be used due to cracks and breaks forward of the wrist so I have some close measurements to do and see if a new buttstock and matching forend can be carved from this excess wood. One is very well figured Cali walnut....cross yer fingers. For now, I gotta scrub the bore and determine if its a shooter as is or if it needs a new barrel....some elbow grease and a bit of bench time will tell the tale. The future for this one, if sound, is a total restoration to shooter/hunter condition.
Down below, an 1893 Mauser bolt action and its rather poorly executed 1960s style stock. The action looks good, might need a fireing pin, we'll see, looks a bit short but it is possible to fix that as needed w/o welding up a new tip. Action is already drilled and tapped for scope and appears to be straight and even, lets hope it is, otherwise, that'll need fixed too or custom scope mounts. The bolt handle is well executed, appears professionally installed, and it already has the Dayton/Traister 70 degree scope friendly safety on the shroud. This is a Spanish Mauser and comes with the left side gas vent (which was pretty much absent on most any other mauser than the 93). Further examination should determine this is a fine action for a custom rifle and I think it'll be classic 7x57 Mauser caliber when finished. I plan to use a Richards Microfit blank, probably the American Classic style and a 21" barrel for a light handy rifle that can range to 250m with ease. Unfortunatly, the stock is poorly executed (and pretty much late 60s early 70s square forend and rather clublike overall- the thick clubby shape remeinds me very much of the factory Savage rifle stocks.) with gapped (undersize) maple inlays and heavily oversanded at the heel of the wrist and over the top of the MontiCarlo cheek piece. In addition, the stock was split thru the wrist at one time with a glue but no pin repair. Unfortunate because this stock could have been plained down to a slimmer style. It has pretty nice grain but with the damage, it'll probably serve only as a source of forends or pistol grip/knife grip blanks.
In the meantime, I need to make up my supplies list, complete planning the repair journies for both and offload a couple custom made tables that havn't sold yet and start gatherin supplies. I spect I'll get started on these in spades near mid Feb after the gun cabinet is completed and the Bat Cave thoroughly cleaned and dusted.
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