Any Mauser fan, what should I do with this baby

[volks_r_us]

I have Old "sporterized" Chilean Mauser that blew a primer last year.
Gas went back in the bolt blew the Action back.
I wanted to fix it and shoot it for fun , but never did.
It need a firing pin and a spring. Firing pin could be optional but I don't know much about Mauser.
Sellier & Bellot factory ammo is way too hot for old Mauser, Some need to Tell Jimmy at Dante before he kill someone.

How do you think I could get for that rifle ? I am trying to decide what to do with it.

 

[smellie]

Okay, you need a new mainspring; that much is obvious.

Firing pin could be another matter. I would have to see the one you have; it could well be salvageable.

S&B ammo IS quite hot and some folks don't like the sharp recoil. Your pin doesn't look bad enough to have punctured a primer, so it is likely that you had a blown primer: not common, but not the end of the world, either.

Do you still have the fired case from the round which caused the damage? Do you still have the rest of the box of shells? I would think that making out a detailed report of exactly what happened (and keeping a copy of it) and returning the report with the fired case and the rest of the box of ammo, to the retailer, by registered mail, just might get you some very nice words (and possibly some other very nice things) from the ammunition company. Their ammo is NOT supposed to behave in this way and NOBODY wants their ammo to get the same reputation as a certain Canadian manufacturer got, about 30 years ago.

This is a nice rifle and it should be repaired properly and used with the best ammunition. Ideally, you should be handloading for something this pretty, just firing factory stuff when you need a box of brass.

But the factory ammo should not be wrecking mainsprings. Fortunately, the mainspring happens to be the cheapest part in the whole rifle (about $5, most places), so you are not out a great deal of cash. The shock alone, though, should be worth something.

 

[rgg_7]

You need to take this to a qualified person for repair....you're talking safety here and could have sufferred personal injury if the assembly had blown back.

I would like to see the fired cases. It is going to tell you how the failure occurred. Does the bolt match the rifle? Next you need to examine the bolt for lug damage. An immediate concern...from your picture of the bolt is that the handle "appears" to have a crack just where it sweeps down.....most likely the occurred when it came in contact with the rear lug. bolt has definitely been modified for sporter or scope clearance. Check the inside of the receiver contact area for damage....hardness could be an issue. If this all checks out then headspace and firing pin projection is the next thing to check. If Ok replace the spring and firing pin if no other damage found.

Be careful with this....this is not a simple little repair.

Ron

 

[Gun Lover]

I love the safety of these rifles! That must have been a pretty hot round, though. I have blown primes, as in more than one, in my CG M96 in 6.5x55mm and it still looks, works and shoots like new. What caliber is your rifle in?

If you find a good Mauser gunsmith, I'd be very interested in hearing about him. I am having a little problem with a sporterized M98 and would like to have one take a good look at it.

By the way, Jimmy is not with Dante anymore, I found him working at another store now, in the Monteregie region this time.

 

[smellie]

I rather doubt that anything came into contact with the third lug too hard, when you consider that the 95 action only has 2 lugs to begin with.

From the photos, I don't see any locking lugs bent forward or cracking off the bolt-shaft or anything like that. Any other extra lines could be almost anything; impossible to say without physical examination of the bolt and frame.

As to the mysterious 'headspace', it is hardly the universal bugaboo it is made into in the funny papers. If you understand what it is, you can work with it and there are few rifles better suited to this than the 95 Mauser.

Nice rifle.

 

[cosmic]

Well - I have a similar rifle, a quite well-done sporter. Unfortunately, one of the deficiencies of the 95 action is a lack of gas vent hole on the bolt body. This was implemented in the successor action, the 96 Swede.
The above incident demonstrates the vulnerability of that action and attached shooter to a primer failure. Note to self - remember to put on shooting glasses next time I have mine out!

 

[Baribal]

I totally agree with the above.
The S&B ammo is made to both CIP and SAAMI specs, so it's unlikely unsafe (wathever not impossible, but...). The M/95 is by definition a "weak action" because of it's poor escaping gas handling. The additional receiver vent holes seems not to be present on this rifle, too.
These rechambered rifles are also known to create llocking ug setback when using commercial .308 Win ammo.
You definitely need to bring it to a competent gunsmith for total verification before attempting to shoot it again.

 

[volks_r_us]

Here is the whole Story
ht tp://mausercentral.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29763

Do be honest with you guy I don't think I want to fix this gun. The rifle is in real good condition with a nice bore, but I want a another Marlin lever action maybe in 44 mag or another 30-30.
Knowing my self with gun project, this gun as been a safe queen since the blown primer case, I will never fix it. So I am trying to figure out how I could ask for it ?