Recent content by AdamFromMN

Von Gruff, I've doing a lot of reading through past threads and came across a few of yours, mostly doing builds such as this, and I always seem to be at the edge of my seat when I read them. You do some truly beautiful work!

No, the trigger is the two-stage military style. Is it safe to use a flat-bottomed cocking piece with the two-stage trigger? I thought I had previously read that using a flat-bottomed cocking piece necessitated the use of a commercial trigger and sear set-up. My first go-around with the...

I checked and I'm not seeing any marks indicating interference between the firing pin and the bolt. However, I did notice the the trigger and seat are rubbing up against each other enough to wear the finish off of one side of the trigger, but not the other. I soaked them in some penetrating oil...

I notice it most when I dry cycle it. I changed the bolt shroud a while ago as the one that came with it had an impression that went perpendicular across a portion of the threads, and that seemed to help smooth things up a bit. But, while cocking the bolt, there is still quite a bit of force...

Hello, The bolt on my Mauser is a little tough to open, and I'm wondering if the contact area between the bolt handle root and the cocking ramp on the receiver is too narrow. I took some marker and drew over the area on the bolt handle and worked the action a few times. The bare spots on the...