Very Nice!! It is a desire of mine to acquire a true Mauser Action like yours & build something ......
Thank you Mr. X,
Ya, I waxed lucky for once with the extremely low price for the barrelled action and also for the pre-finished / mostly inletted but not quite “drop-in” stock as well.
Incidentally, my previous photos show the little 7MM with its original arsenal bolt handle still in place.
I’ll have to try and remember to post finished pics after the upgraded bolt knob is installed.
I don’t recall exactly what I paid for the stock.
It was not very expensive through Sarco or Brownell’s or some similar gun parts web site.
What I do recall is that having the Gunsmith to finish inletting that stock in fact cost way more than the stock itself cost.haha
But that having been said, the excellent work was worth every penny.
I am very fond of the 7x57 Mauser cartridge, especially ones built with long enough throats and magazines, plus fast enough rifling twist to work well with bullets longer and heavier than the typical 140 grain ones.
Not that there’s anything wrong with 140 grain bullets for quite a lot of shooting scenarios.
Today, it is perhaps the most popular bullet weight in this well balanced and historically significant cartridge.
I expect the 140 gr load would be particularly well suited for the shooting of such species as, N. American pronghorn, caribou, European chamois, ibex and Africa’s springbok, mountain reedbok plus many more similar open country habitat type animals, around the world.
The rightfully popular but now sadly passed Gun Writer, Jack O’Connor, once wrote that a particular 7x57 rifle of his was his “favorite windy day chuck rifle”.
For readers in other parts of the world, a “chuck” in this context is a house cat-sized rodent, known as a marmot or rock chuck or wood chuck or groundhog, Jurrasic hamster, whatever.
Regarding the handy hunting Mauser topic, I’d also love to own and use a pretty much mirror image duplicate of my snappy little 7x57, except in caliber 8x57 Mauser.
Unfortunately at this late stage for me, it’s not very likely to happen.
And that’s OK too because, I feel extremely fortunate to already have what I have.
Anyway, if you want a decent and serviceable hunting rifle in 7x57 caliber, without bankrupting you, I encourage you to attend gun shows.
Also, keep an eye on gunsinternational.com for an old surplus military one, such as the Venezuelan or Columbian or WW-II era Brno, etc.
Ones that someone has half heartedly tried to “sporterize” but only ruined the stock, and not having gotten around to ruining the metal yet, via drill press, electric grinder and other destructive measures sometimes have very good to excellent chambers and bores.
Such only partial vandalized rifles often aren’t expensive at all.
Then, you can shop around for a pre-finished, checkered and fully or mostly inletted, sporting style walnut stock.
When you get around to it, have a Professional Gunsmith fashion your parts and pieces together into something pleasant to own and use.
Good luck and
Kind Regards,
Mr, V.
