Rebarrelling/rechambering an M95 in 8mmx56R to...anything else.
As far as I can tell, such a project would entail:
-A new barrel
-A chamber reaming, and milling of an ejector pocket
-Threading said barrel in a funky Steyr pitch (or recut the receiver ?)
-Resurfacing the bolt face
-Modifying or replacing the extractor with something better (Sako's been mentioned)
-Modifying the stripper clips or converting to a internal or box-fed mag setup (somehow)
These rifles are pretty cheap (150$) and nigh-on unusuable because ammo has disappeared. Now, buying new production ammo and reloading is the cost-effective solution to this issue, but a crazy project is funner, right? If the costs could be expected to be well below my magic 1000$ "screw it, new gun" threshold, I think it'd be fun to try finagling a M95 into...45/70, for instance (30-30 or any number of other more common cartridges would be neat as well). That way I can safely shoot up all that FMJBT milsurp 45-70 I have laying around (and not break my shoulder shooting Natzee milsurp)
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As far as I can tell, such a project would entail:
-A new barrel
-A chamber reaming, and milling of an ejector pocket
-Threading said barrel in a funky Steyr pitch (or recut the receiver ?)
-Resurfacing the bolt face
-Modifying or replacing the extractor with something better (Sako's been mentioned)
-Modifying the stripper clips or converting to a internal or box-fed mag setup (somehow)
These rifles are pretty cheap (150$) and nigh-on unusuable because ammo has disappeared. Now, buying new production ammo and reloading is the cost-effective solution to this issue, but a crazy project is funner, right? If the costs could be expected to be well below my magic 1000$ "screw it, new gun" threshold, I think it'd be fun to try finagling a M95 into...45/70, for instance (30-30 or any number of other more common cartridges would be neat as well). That way I can safely shoot up all that FMJBT milsurp 45-70 I have laying around (and not break my shoulder shooting Natzee milsurp)
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