May be of interest to those who appreciate the classic stalking rifle
Client requested a rebarrel - tidy up of a Mauser Stalking rifle, which was made by Bancroft in, I believe the 80's
The rifle is well stocked, but has been used for its purpose and was shot out, at some point the trigger has been replaced with a Timney unit - very nice release.
The rifle was stripped down once with me and a replacement CM barrel sourced of similar profile to the original.
Once the barrel was fitted and chambered in 6.5x55 it was sent to Proof.
A few weeks later it arrived back, all parts were then sent to Midcounties Blacking for a "best" finish
Another short wait - Darren and team are very busy (because they are excellent at what they do) at MCB
The finished parts arrived back and I have to say the finish is stunning.
I set about prepping the stock for bedding and machined a pair of custom pillars in stainless to support the forwards and rear action / bottom metal
The original stock maker has done a very nice job of inletting and whilst the mid area of the action was unsupported, I decided to leave this alone as the woodwork and action are relatively thin in this area and I do not believe would benefit from bedding (this rifle only in this instance)
The forward pillar was machined to fit the forward "pillar) of the bottom metal
The rear machined to fit the collar of the action and also fit in the recess of the bottom metal - avoiding having to machine a draft angle for this pillar to fit the bottom metal and contact effectively
Once prepared and everything tested for fit and operation, the metalwork was prepared with release agent, plugging material for the voids and bedding compound was applied.
The barrelled action, bottom metal, pillars were bedded in one operation.
Not a job for the faint hearted
24 hrs later, the bottom metal, barrelled action were removed from the stock.
Cleaned up and all reassembled, with some application of elbow grease to the stock and buffing wax compound
Some pics
Client requested a rebarrel - tidy up of a Mauser Stalking rifle, which was made by Bancroft in, I believe the 80's
The rifle is well stocked, but has been used for its purpose and was shot out, at some point the trigger has been replaced with a Timney unit - very nice release.
The rifle was stripped down once with me and a replacement CM barrel sourced of similar profile to the original.
Once the barrel was fitted and chambered in 6.5x55 it was sent to Proof.
A few weeks later it arrived back, all parts were then sent to Midcounties Blacking for a "best" finish
Another short wait - Darren and team are very busy (because they are excellent at what they do) at MCB
The finished parts arrived back and I have to say the finish is stunning.
I set about prepping the stock for bedding and machined a pair of custom pillars in stainless to support the forwards and rear action / bottom metal
The original stock maker has done a very nice job of inletting and whilst the mid area of the action was unsupported, I decided to leave this alone as the woodwork and action are relatively thin in this area and I do not believe would benefit from bedding (this rifle only in this instance)
The forward pillar was machined to fit the forward "pillar) of the bottom metal
The rear machined to fit the collar of the action and also fit in the recess of the bottom metal - avoiding having to machine a draft angle for this pillar to fit the bottom metal and contact effectively
Once prepared and everything tested for fit and operation, the metalwork was prepared with release agent, plugging material for the voids and bedding compound was applied.
The barrelled action, bottom metal, pillars were bedded in one operation.
Not a job for the faint hearted
24 hrs later, the bottom metal, barrelled action were removed from the stock.
Cleaned up and all reassembled, with some application of elbow grease to the stock and buffing wax compound
Some pics
