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This helped to raise any dents, and also raised the It’s amazing that this would be found on a militaryĪs much oil out of the stock as I could I took a wet T-shirtĪnd laid it on the stock, then applied a hot iron. Know much about wood, but this appears to be a dark walnut. Was so much oil that it took hours of heating and wiping. This was very dark from years of cleaning fluids andĭryer brought the oil right up out of the wood which I could The stock where the tang of the receiver sits. I took my wife’s hair dryer and applied heat to the top of Went over the entire stock and hand guard with mineral After applying and removing 3 coats of oven cleaner I Stuff worked like magic the old finish came right off.
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Took the wood outside and gave it a liberal coating of oven (I just couldn’t remove these no matter what I Removed all metal parts except the two barrel band springs. Internet research I used Easy- Off oven cleaner to strip the Rounding off any edges that joined metal. To sand the stock with those metal parts attached to prevent
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The stock before I refinished any metal parts because I wanted Refinish with Tru-Oil to bring out the luster and grain of the I wanted to strip off the old military finish and Looked like walnut and had a very nice grain. The stock had the original dark, somewhat sticky military Ok, so it will shoot standard 8mm Mauser. Slug measured 0.323” which is what I expected to see. 38 caliber pure lead round ball and drove it through Ok, this told me the chamber was within minimum The bolt closed easily on the go gauge, but would notĬlose on the no-go gauge. Purchased a set of 8mm Mauser go/no-go gauges from Midway Finally I applied a good coat of Breakfree CLP. Rinsed the barrel with brake parts cleaner to remove excelīrushed once more with the brass brush and gun oil and Took a brass brush with gun oil and brushed in and around Of the barrel just in front of the step, where the stock and Previously mentioned there was a deep pit on the left side The front and rear barrel bands, butt plate, trigger The barrel to squeeze a little more accuracy out of it. My restoration plan included the following: I had no plan to “sporterize” this rifle. Really just wanted a good looking shooter in close to original condition. Than the standard 98K Mausers, so I couldn’t use many of the receiver Internet told me that the Yugoslavian Mausers had a slightly shorter action Words not add any accessories or improvements that it didn’t originally come I wanted to keep the rifle as close to original as possible in other Haven’t seen anything that can’t be fixed. The top of the stock and the hand guard, soaked the stock, and sat against the The safety of the rifle, but at some point water seeped into the gap between The left side of the barrel just past the step was a deep pit with lots of Trigger guard itself looked almost brand new with very little wear, rust or Seriously buggered from someone using a standard hardware store tapered blade The trigger guard, butt-stock, and rear sling swivel mount screws were Pitted and rusted with virtually no finish left. It along with some cheap, surplus, corrosive ammo.Īfter purchasing the rifle I completely disassembled it to see justįront and rear barrel bands, magazine floor plate and butt plate were somewhat Went through an arsenal rebuild, but based on my friend’s recommendation, I purchased The numbers didn’t match on the parts indicating it The bore looked in pretty good shape, the action wasīutter-smooth, and the stock had no major faults. If he didn’t already have four other Mausers. Yugoslavian model 24 Mauser that he swore he would purchase At a recent gun show a friend pointed out a Me very much, and in fact I only owned one that I obtained To be truthful bolt-action rifles never appealed to Again, this article is for entertainment purposesĪnd firearms are the trademark/service mark or registered trademarkĭuring a 3-gun match my local gun club ran a side match for Warning: Disassembling and tinkering with your firearm mayĬlaim no responsibility for use or misuse of this article. Special tools and cannot/should not be performed without Some procedures described in this article require Just a shooting enthusiast and hobbyist, as well as aĪrticle explains work that I performed to my guns without
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