96 Mauser bolt jewelling

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Got a custom M96/38 6.5x55 built from a TEC nos M38`barrelled receiver. I've tuned it to shoot quite well and would like the bolt (body and extractor) to be jewelled.

The action runs remarkably smooth - it would only be for "looks".

Anyone be willing to do the work or know someone who can do so for reasonable cost other than Ellwood or Mystic?
 
It's time consuming, probably at least an hour shop time plus a bit for consumable materials like a wire brush or a brownell's cratex jeweling rod. Its a mind numbing job but not at all difficult to do yourself.
 
I sincerely doubt it can be done in an hour when you consider set up and prep work time as well.

Several years back I decided to set up my mill to do jeweling with a nifty little jig I made up from an old article in GUNS magazine.

It isn't difficult to do once you've figured out how to keep the pressure even for each circle and carefully set for each overlap.

A wire tip is OK but the flexible cratex tips are better.

The first time I did a piece of drill rod for practice I used a piece of 1/4in Delrin rod, with the tip covered in Cloverleaf valve grinding paste.

This isn't something that should be attempted with a hand held drill or even a drill press that isn't equipped with a vice that has a precise adjustable vice, with enough travel to complete the full length to be jeweled.

I must admit I like the effect but that's just IMHO. Some people don't like it at all.
 
Prep work on the bolt wouldn't be much I think. It is already finely polished in the white and an hour of shop time sounds reasonable to me if the jig is set.

On the other hand what kind/size of cratex tips/rods do you use? Maybe I start out with the extractor. Any easy jigs set-ups?
 
I've done a couple, built my own jig

My time is otherwise free but it's worth $1000.oo an hour on the open market

if you screw it up just polish it again and start over, imperfections are awesome, they prove it was done by hand
 
If you want it to look professional, it needs to held in a manner where the swirls are indexed evenly all around the bolt and on the extractor.

Polishing the bolt really isn't necessary, removing blue, rust etc is.

I would really like to see a satisfactory job that was done in an hour, including set up and material gathering time.


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