Chilean Contract 1912 (Steyr M98 action) (Video Update!- Post #30)(Update- Post#38)

This thread had me curious, so I checked out my Chilean contract 1912.

I bought a long rifle, because of aging eyes and the longer sight radius.

The rifle, came from Tradex.

The bore in this rifle, is around 95%, bright, sharp etc. The rifle is very accurate in the right hands. Not even particularly fussy about ammunition.

Now, there is no way this rifle would have an ex 1903 Springfield barrel installed. It has a 29in tube. It also has a 5 groove bore.

I also called a bud that bought the short rifle and of course, it has the turned down two groove bbl.
 
albayo said:
My short rifle has two grooves, but the long rifle has at least 4 grooves. The short one has a real rough and barely any finish on the outside.
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My short one sounds the same as yours, two grooves, rough and hardly any finish. But it shoots quite well. :)
 
second on the advice to steam out dings-remember these are the result of the wood being compressed and by putting a wet rag on the stock and applying a hot iron will often pull most of them out.
 
CanadianAR said:
No rebluing! haha

Nice rifle review.
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Thanks. Any clue if the front band was made like that- as a bayonet lug? Also- what's your opinion on the stock?

I had the stock out of the Stack On all weekend (bolt locked up separate), and the more I looked at it, the more I wanted to strip off the finish and re-stain it. Should I fight the temptation?

Also, the stock has a date with the clothes iron sometime this week, as long as I can figure the damn thing out.
 
Do not restain. or sand. Leave the stock as is, except for a steaming.

The front band is made like that, its called a parade hook. Not sure the purpose but thats what it is.
 
CanadianAR said:
Do not restain. or sand. Leave the stock as is, except for a steaming.

The front band is made like that, its called a parade hook. Not sure the purpose but thats what it is.
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Anything I can do to the stock to make it appear lighter? I'm not too big a fan on the dark finish, but I suppose I can live with it.
 
The date with the clothes iron went better than expected. Picking up some Linseed Oil later today, and I'll start working on the stock next week. Going to focus on getting the bolt back up to standards.

When I got the rifle, the surface of the bolt was rough, although it was functional. I did a quick rub down with extra fine steel wool, and soaked it in WD40 for a few days, which collected all the gummed up crap, and fell to the bottom of the container. After removing from the WD40, I wiped it down, and went over it again with the extra fine steel wool. Getting smoother, but not as smooth as I'd like it.
Tomorrow I'm going to carefully apply some foaming glass cleaner, and with it on, rub with the extra fine steel wool. This is a bare metal technique I learned in college that removes wax, and smoothes the surface, although I'm used to using a rag, not steel wool.
After the glass cleaner stage, its going to be blown off with the air compressor, get any crap out of the edges, etc., then I'm going to hang it up vertically in the air all weekend to allow it to air & drip out any remaining residue. After all that, lube up the required parts, and it should be ready to go.

I'll update with a new video sometime early next week.

EDIT: Holy crap! Totally forgot about making that video. I'll quickly put it together tomorrow and upload either Thursday or Friday.
 
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