I rebarrel a Mauser broomhandle in my garage. To 9mm!

Ya, but what else can you do? ;)

Seriously, good job on that project, you must have some great patience and time to do that.

That's probably why the place he sent it to took so long and did nothing.
 
Excellent work, and thanks for sharing! FYI, your not the only one poor at remembering to take pictures... I'm restoring a 1902 Winchester that came to me with the stock in 3 pieces, and of course I took no before pics, lol.
 
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It has been a problem on this site for quite a few years. Several people have pointed it out, including myself, but no one seems to be able to fix it.
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If I post pictures from my iPad or iPhone they will post sideways or upside down.

To get around that, I edit my pictures on my iPad and iPhone to “square” and they post properly.
 
Great job saving that gun! I had a lead on a prohib broomhandle with a destroyed barrel that would have been a perfect candidate for this, with restricted barrel, but was too pricey to have done at the time..
 
Well done to say the least !
Outstanding ingenuity, Guts, patience and workmanship bringing this oldie back to Life.
As a Mauser Broomhandle enthusiast, Owner and Hobby Machinist I can say nope, I would not have the Skills and Nerve to take on a project like this especially while knowing how little material there is to screw in a new Barrel.

Cheers to you !
 
Hi guys,
Sorry for being late in this thread. I'm the owner of this broomhandle that has been saved !
The end result is quite impressive and is beyond my wildest dreams. I was able to shoot about 100 rounds last week with my gun and it was pretty much the first time that it cycled and shoot that well.
Here are some pictures of the final result. It will need some reblueing at some point but it looks actually pretty badass that way!
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I was going to have a original barrel rechambered to 9 mm but the profession in the USA (Redmanrifling) warned against it. I know some were originally made in 9mm but the metal in the chamber to barrel interface area is extremely thin.

To verify this, I mad a 10X drawing of the old chamber area and then overlaid the dimensions required for a 9mm round. Very little of the barrel/chamber thickness remains in one area (where the brass rim meets the barrel.) Out of round makes this even worse.

In my opinion, you need to be very, very cautious when firing..
 
Doing a relining job to 9mm is a dicey proposition. Not much meat in the liner due to the bigger bore diameter. But cutting off the barrel, tapping the receiver and screwing in a new barrel gets rid of the problem of the thin old barrel. And the new barrel being made of much tougher modern steel helps that along a lot more. I also made the new barrel with a heavier contour than the original. You wouldn't notice unless you put it next to an untouched barrel.
 
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This thread deserves a bump but do not look at the following pictures if you are pregnant or otherwise of a nervous disposition :p

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There really isn't much collectable value to this gun - it was heavily polished and refinished and the barrel has (had) no rifling left whatsoever. (I think it was a Taiwan export of some sort via USA - there is a rollmark on the bottom of the barrel Hing Long San Jose CA 7.63mm) So "off with his head" and on the way to Levon for some magic :)
 
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