fire lapping swede mauser

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marks655

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I have two sporterized 96 mausers and both shoot very well (often under 0.5 MOA with a cold, clean barrel using handloads) but they tend to copper foul rather quickly. I use lots of Sweets and JB to get them clean.

I have read these rifles tend to have tight bores. The barrels on both are 'new in the white' M38 replacements I got from SARCO about 10 years ago. Should I try a fire-lapping kit to reduce fouling, or just shoot them as is and buy Sweets in the gallon size.

Please advise.
 
Shoot them and clean them - they will polish over time and get better - if you want to speed it up use some J&B - it works very well.

I have seen this before and have never resorted to fire lapping.
 
fire-laping:

Dear Shooter":
Wildalasaka is as usual right in the bulls-eye - leave them alone - I dissaprove of "fire- laping" any-hows!
Those Swedes are sweet rifles!
Harry B.:D
 


0.5 MOA - if you fire-lap the barrel, you'll lengthen the leade and it probably won't shoot as well afterward.

If you really hate cleaning them that much, you should slug the barrel and hand-lap it a little. But, that may open up the groups too..




-tINY

 
There are lots of guys who would kill for a rifle that will shoot .5" cold. Why not trade yours and get a ratty old thing you can play with and not hurt much?

Jim
 
I should clarify - my swede mausers often put the first THREE shots into less than 0.5 MOA. I'm not patient enough to wait for the barrel to cool down and see if they will do two more in the same place. Besides, when the first three make one big hole I get too excited to finish a decent 5-shot group anyway.

Nonetheless, it has been my experience with swedish mausers and the 6.5x55 cartridge that sub-1 and even sub 0.5 MOA isn't rare.
 
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