Hi Guys, I just finished my first ever hunting rifle based on the 93 Mauser. This particular action is a Turk which came as a 8x57 manufactured 1933 in Germany. I built it in 7.62x45 Czech with a 22" barrel which is more than long enough to burn efficiently with such a small cartridge. For those of you who are not familiar with the cartridge, it was developed in Czechoslovakia by Brno for the Vz-52 series of military firearms in 1949-1951. It has the same head as the 7.62x39 but is 6mm longer with less taper. It has a velocity of about 250fps greater than the Russian cartridge. Back in the early nineties I built a Mini Mauser Mk-X for this cartridge and just love it. It however has few drawbacks for me. It weighs only 5lb 11oz, has a 18.5" barrel and the magazine length limits me to the usual 123gr bullets which are commonly used for the 7.62x45 and the 7.62x39. Also I bought the barreled action and just rechambered it and mounted it on a beautiful Richard's Monte Carlo stock. This rifle I built from the ground up on the 93 action with a 22" E.R.Shaw barrel and once again a Richards Monte Carlo stock. This is the first of two I will be building in this caliber and one of four in the 93 Mauser action. The remaining two will be in 243 Win and 7mm-08 Rem. I hope to finish either the second scoped version of the 7.62x45 or the 243 before Christmas of this year.
Few more details about this project are, that I mounted this one with a Williams WGRS peep sight and shorty ramp. Because of the longer magazine capacity. I placed a spacing insert inside it and shortened the follower. However I did keep it a bit longer than the normal magazine length for this cartridge in order to accommodate today's modern polymer tip bullets which are longer and also so I can load bullets up to 150gr. The spacer is placed behind the follower and is made out of Delrin. The only things which I did not do on this project are welding the bolt handle and the bluing. If the pictures post right, let me know what you gents think.
Few more details about this project are, that I mounted this one with a Williams WGRS peep sight and shorty ramp. Because of the longer magazine capacity. I placed a spacing insert inside it and shortened the follower. However I did keep it a bit longer than the normal magazine length for this cartridge in order to accommodate today's modern polymer tip bullets which are longer and also so I can load bullets up to 150gr. The spacer is placed behind the follower and is made out of Delrin. The only things which I did not do on this project are welding the bolt handle and the bluing. If the pictures post right, let me know what you gents think.
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