Brother in law called me yesterday and told me a widow he knows was selling some of her late husbands guns (He bought a 357 and 44 mag for $200). The only ones left were a Tommy gun and an old Mauser. The Tommy was in horrible shape but he said the Mauser just needed stock repair. Before she dropped them at the police station, I bought it blind for $100 as a project gun.I have no idea what kind of Mauser it is but I know its chambered in 30-06. I do not need another 30-06 but would love a .270 or a 7mm-08. If I buy a new barrel is it incredibly expensive to get it chambered for something else? Any gunsmiths in Houston area to recommend? I want to do the stock and bolt work myself but threading and chambering is way, way out of my wheelhouse.
As a side note I have a friend who works at his fathers machine shop that will do the work for me if I can get a set of Reamers but it appears the reamers themselves are $100+ each, which doesn't seem worth it for 1 gun. Are there any cheaper reamers that will do the job well?
As a side note I have a friend who works at his fathers machine shop that will do the work for me if I can get a set of Reamers but it appears the reamers themselves are $100+ each, which doesn't seem worth it for 1 gun. Are there any cheaper reamers that will do the job well?