9.3x62 Mauser

[Lee Martin]

I started building a 9.3x62 on a Mauser 98 from 1908. Seemed fitting to use that receiver since it’s the same vintage as the cartridge’s introduction (1905). The action is in remarkably good condition for its age.

Step one was to machine a longer bolt. Bending the straight factory version comes up a bit short. We also knurled the knob.

TIG welding the new handle to the bolt:



Bolt in the bending blocks:



Heating the bolt:



Bolt handle after being flared out a few degrees. This puts ample space between it and the stock:



The main ring was trued using a home-built jig:



Another home-spun tool screws into the main ring and holds the bolt against the lug abutments. Clover 280 grit compound is applied to the lugs and the spud is tightened. The bolt is worked 50 times before more lapping compound is applied. Each time, the spud is tightened a little more. After 5 minutes of cycling, the lugs are trued.



The bolt face is clean, but I still wanted to lap it for an even, polished surface. My dad made a tool which is held in a collet. Inside is a brass lap that approximates the bolt face diameter. Clover compound is smeared on the lap and the bolt is held firm against it via the tailstock. The lathe is turned on and the action is pressed onto the lap. This is repeated 6 to 7 times.



More to come.

-Lee
www.singleactions.com
"Chasing perfection five shots at a time"

[Encore64]

Think that's exactly what Otto Bock would have wanted to see done.

I've got a really nice 98 action 9.3x57mm with the diamond shaped butter knife handled bolt.

Really look forward to watching this project unfold.

I have two rifles in 9.3x62. A Full Length stocked CZ and a Ruger #1. You'll enjoy the rifle.

Huey

[nolongcolt]

I have had so many 62's over the years not sure I can remember them all. Great round and usually very accurate. I think some guys get a little carried away trying to make a .375 mag out of them, but no doubt its a very capable round. I have twice taken one to Africa and it does the job.

[coldtriggerfinger]

I agree. I had one . A factory CZ 550 Medium auctioned 20" full stocked version.
Very nice little rifle.
Not a thing in the world wrong with a good 250 gr 9.3 bullet @ 2500 fps or a 285 gr @ A bit over 2300 fps.
I had to peddle mine years ago.
I've got over my 9.3 attraction in favor of the 375. Mainly due to better bullet selection.
And my 375 Whelan A.I. pushes a 250 gr TTSX at 2550 easily enough. Its nice and short and light. Good for roaming around. Mine is on a 98 Mauser military action. I just got a couple stripper clips for. Works great. I'm making a double clip holder /shell holder for them.
Very nice looking work Lee !

[z1r]

Nice Lee. Looking forward to the end product.

Here's my current "go to" 9,3x62.

This one was more or less just a rechamber of a GECO made 9,3x57. I restocked it with a takeoff stock I had.





This one required a good bit more effort. It was a guild gun that had been rebarreled to .30-06 with a takeoff 1903 Springfield barrel. The original octagonal barrel long gone. The action suffered from lug setback. I remachined the lug seats, lapped in the locking lugs, and sent the parts out to be carburized. I used a series of tools not unlike yours. The original stock now resides on the GECO above and I duplicated another for use on this one. I just need to finish the stock. This one is an open sight only rifle. It'll wear a Lyman #35 sight which was the main reason, and the stock, that I purchased it at auction.




My latest is a Husqvarna 1600 that I am currently restocking with Mannlicher style stock. Would make a great pig gun for the brush down in Texas.

[todddoyka]

lookin good!!!!


i have a husky m46 in 9.3x57. it will be "my" project rifle. well it will be Bill Gostomski's rifle ( www.gostomskisgunsmithing.com/ ). i'll just carry the rifle!!!  i have to d&t and bend the bolt handle. i'll probably put a 2 position safety on it. i have a leupold freedom 2-7x to put on it.








someday i'll restock the rifle. 

rifle-stocks.com/

[z1r]

Apr 3, 2019 15:18:02 GMT -5 todddoyka said:

lookin good!!!!


i have a husky m46 in 9.3x57......


someday i'll restock the rifle. 

rifle-stocks.com/

Love those M46's.

if you do restock and there is nothing wrong with the current stock, let me know, I'd likely buy it off you as I need a replacement.

[todddoyka]

the buttplate is oversized and there are some dents just forward of the toe.i think it was from the rear swivel. but what do you expect from a gun that comes from 1936 .  them swedish guys sure know their wood!!! i could believe how light it was. i'll keep your name when the time comes. 

[z1r]

Much appreciated.

[awp101]

I don't recall, what kind of wood was used on most Swede Mausers?

[z1r]

Most sporters had Beech wood stocks. Some had walnut. Pretty much the same for the milsurps with a few other woods being used as well.

[z1r]

All of these are walnut except for rge 2nd and 3rd from the right which are beech.

[awp101]

Thanks, I remember the m96's I've had were a lighter colored wood but I couldn't remember if beech was used or not.

[squawberryman]

Z1R nice brace of rifles

[bradshaw]

Apr 5, 2019 15:07:30 GMT -5 squawberryman said:

Z1R nice brace of rifles

*****

Correction: in this context, two is a brace, a pair.
David Bradshaw