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Last edited by SKB; 05/16/15 11:15 AM.
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A very handsome rifle.
Question. Why a Mauser bolt stop on a Springfield?
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A good question really, just a stylistic choice really, no practical reason. I took a few Mauser features and blended them into this rifle. Knowing that the Springfield was really a Mauser design intrigued me and I had seen similar features on other custom rifles such as the "Mauser/Licher" Steve Nelson had built. I also square bridged the action in an Oberndorf style and added a 1909 Argentine bottom metal. The new bottom metal was reduced in height and then cut, bent and welded to match the profile of a Springfield bottom metal allowing me to match a more American classic G&H inspired stock profile.
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I like what you have done with the Springfield very much but I hope you are going to blue the trigger, safety lever & extractor to match everything else.
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Very nicely done....will be looking forward to those promised additional pictures when all completed
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Dang. That's a lot of work on that action just for grins. handsome rifle though. What scope are you using and any thought of a receiver sight for backup? Oops. Guess not the square bridge eliminates that option.
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Actually the sights will never get used. The client shoots only scopes but to my line of thinking a rifle is not complete until it has irons.
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Nice gun - subtle, understated, reeking of quality.
30-06, I assume?
fiery, dependable, occasionally transcendent
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yes .30/06, I also reshaped the tang in a Mauser style.
Steve
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