Mauser wtf?!
- Thread starter EggMcMuffown
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The quickest way to check the firing pin protrusion is to put the safety all the way to the left (so you would be ready to fire), take the bolt out of the rifle, depress the plunger and rotate the bolt sleeve counter clockwise as if you were disassembling the bolt. The cocking piece will move forward and you should see the firing pin coming out the front of the bolt head.
To re-#### the bolt, use the middle portion of a screwdriver, place it perpendicular to the cocking piece on the underside where the track and pull back while rotating the bolt sleeve clock wise until you hear a "click". Double check to make sure the bolt is re-cocked properly.
As previous CGNers have stated, it seems the bolt sleeve is not completely seated. There could also be debris blocking the firing pin's movement or the firing pin spring. A disassembly and cleaning of the bolt components generally fixes these issues right away.
Here are some very helpful guides that add the visuals to the description:
Surplus Rifle: Mauser bolt disassembly
Surplus rifle: Re-cocking the mauser bolt
To re-#### the bolt, use the middle portion of a screwdriver, place it perpendicular to the cocking piece on the underside where the track and pull back while rotating the bolt sleeve clock wise until you hear a "click". Double check to make sure the bolt is re-cocked properly.
As previous CGNers have stated, it seems the bolt sleeve is not completely seated. There could also be debris blocking the firing pin's movement or the firing pin spring. A disassembly and cleaning of the bolt components generally fixes these issues right away.
Here are some very helpful guides that add the visuals to the description:
Surplus Rifle: Mauser bolt disassembly
Surplus rifle: Re-cocking the mauser bolt
Or he might have just assembled the thing by slapping the bolt into it when he heard it go "click".
You have to tighten the thing one more turn, to the SECOND click, for it to work right. That's what the little catch in the bolt shroud (bolt plug) is all about; you push it up with a thumbnail and twist to tighten it. Betcha a piece of raisin pie that you can lift the bolt-handle halfway with your little finger.
Take the bolt apart, assemble it with the safety ON in the middle position, then put the thing together BY THE BOOK. It'll work.
Paul Mauser ALMOST built a foolproof rifle when he built the '98. Mine has been working fine now for 96 years.
Give it a try. Can't be worse than what it is now.
Then head on over to milsurps dot com and take out a membership there and download yourself a MANUAL for the critter.
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You have to tighten the thing one more turn, to the SECOND click, for it to work right. That's what the little catch in the bolt shroud (bolt plug) is all about; you push it up with a thumbnail and twist to tighten it. Betcha a piece of raisin pie that you can lift the bolt-handle halfway with your little finger.
Take the bolt apart, assemble it with the safety ON in the middle position, then put the thing together BY THE BOOK. It'll work.
Paul Mauser ALMOST built a foolproof rifle when he built the '98. Mine has been working fine now for 96 years.
Give it a try. Can't be worse than what it is now.
Then head on over to milsurps dot com and take out a membership there and download yourself a MANUAL for the critter.
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That's covered all the LOGICAL things; all we have to worry about now are the ones which don't bow to the dictates of logic and/or reason and/or sanity.
But one thing I will say and that is that it is REALLY hard to figure out what's wrong with a rifle 325 miles away, which you have never seen, when the owner won't talk to you. I'm 2/3 of the way to Wpg from S'toon, Nabs is at the Lakehead (1000 miles from S), Tiriaq is hiding out in the bushes somewhere out West and Gaff is (where?). Rifle is in Saskatoon. Makes it HARD.
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But one thing I will say and that is that it is REALLY hard to figure out what's wrong with a rifle 325 miles away, which you have never seen, when the owner won't talk to you. I'm 2/3 of the way to Wpg from S'toon, Nabs is at the Lakehead (1000 miles from S), Tiriaq is hiding out in the bushes somewhere out West and Gaff is (where?). Rifle is in Saskatoon. Makes it HARD.
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I'm in Saskatoon. If he can't get this figured out he can PM me. I am no expert but I just bought a dot 1944 and I managed to strip it clean it an put it back together without trouble.
I will happily get together with him if need be to compare mausers / read and post to this thread.
I will happily get together with him if need be to compare mausers / read and post to this thread.
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