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From Brownells, I ordered Redfield steel base # 47156, JR - M Black Mauser 98, $20.49, and Redfield steel scope mount rings # 47230, Top Screw, 1' Med. I saved my expensive Redfield Widefield and bought a $30 Tasco 3X9 at Wal-Mart. I installed the mount and scope first because the purpose of both new safety installation and bolt handle alteration is scope clearance. Installing the mount and adjusting the scope If it is on my side of the tape, aim for center. If a deer is at or just past the tape, aim a little high of center. All I have to remember is 2, 4, 7, and all I had to do was put some red surveyor tape on the pipeline at 250 yardsВ—which happens to be very near the maximum shot range on my pipeline stand. With a bullet POI ~ 2' high at 100 yards (zero = 175 yards) both bullets are ~ 2' low at 200 yards, and ~ 4' low at 225 yards, and about 7' low at 250 yards. Note: loaded to those COALs both rounds fed perfectly from the magazine. (That's something else to play with when it's time to see how well the Nosler will actually shoot.) So I could use the same seating die setting for both bullets for ease of loading, I loaded the Nosler 180 to about 3.175' COAL or around. 010' off the lands or to about 3.062' COAL. Nosler 180 gr BT COAL to lands = 3.208'.Remington 185 gr COAL to lands = 3.071'.That's another pressure factor to consider if you duplicate my loads. Note: seated to the lands, the bases of both bullets barely traveled halfway down the case neck. Then I measured the total length of each round. I then chambered the rounds with the bolt and let the lands seat the bullet. I did that by partially neck-sizing a case and starting a bullet just enough to stay in the neck. There's more work ahead for those bullets!Д«efore I loaded the first round I determined the COAL to the lands with both bullets. And they had a tendency to put two of three shots touching at 100 yards, even with the pitiful 3X scout scope. But the Noslers were like a box of copper jewels. I decided to use mostly the Remington 185 gr bullet as it was 1/2 the cost of the Nosler 180 gr Ballistic TipВ—about $16 per 100 vs about $16 per 50. (No, I don't know where you can get some S4895.) Reduce before using my S4895 loads! If you use IMR4895 or H4895 and don't reduce and work up, you're a damn fool. 180 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip, also with S4895, 45.0grs/3.4cc dipped, 2416 fps.That's fine for hunting, but from now on when I buy bullets for shooting small groups I'm buying Noslers.Д¬ases were R-P 8x57 Mauser neck sized primers were CCI LR. The Remingtons averaged 186.17 grs and varied between 185.6 and 186.7 grs or 1.1 grs total variation. The Noslers needed no analysis as they all weighed between 179.95 grs and 179.9 grs or. First, I did a weight analysis of both bullets. But before we start the conversion, let's look at the loads I planned to use.ДЇrom work with the rifle in scout rifle mode, I had decided on two loads and two bulletsВ—the Nosler 180 gr Ballistic Tip and the Remington 185 gr PSPCL. The fact that I owned several other woods rifles, no long range deer rifle, and had access to a pipeline reinforced the conversion decision. All three projects were easily within the capabilities of a home gunsmith with a drill press, the proper drills & taps, a hacksaw, a file, and a propane blow torch and some low-temp solder. (1) I drilled and tapped three scope mount holes, (2) removed the military safety and replaced it with a low-mounted safety, and (3) performed major surgery on the military bolt handle. I decided to make a pipeline rifle out of it by getting rid of the forward mounted scout scope and installing a 3X9 in the normal spot above the bolt. It also showed the potential for good long range accuracy, shooting circa 2', 3-shot, 100 yard groups with a 3X scout scope with a 50 yard parallax setting.

Turkish mauser 1938 scope how to#

The links below take you to pages containing everything you could possibly want to know about Mauser riflesВ—including how to take them apart and how to cut, drill, weld, modify, and repair them.ДЄs readers of the first article in this two-part series will remember, my 1938 Turk Mauser was too heavy for a woods rifleв‰№ lbs 2 oz loaded.

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A Turk Mauser Scout Rifle Becomes A Pipeline Rifle A Turk Mauser Scout Rifle Becomes A Pipeline RifleД¬lick here for the first article about my Turk Mauser.Д¬lick thumbnails for full size photos Links