Customer brought in handful of Mausers, various "project" rifles...
One of them is 98 Brazilian receiver that's to be fitted with CDI bottom metal and a "prefit" in .300 WM.
To maximize mag OAL, I'd need to remove substantial material from the feed ramp- basically all of the lower, "steeper" section.
Common sense tells me this will weaken the lower lug abutment substantially, but I cannot find any info in Kuhnhausen's book as to what's "acceptable".
Given that thousands of 98-pattern receivers have been modified to big-bore magnums, I know it's done- but I can't locate any information on this?
Interested in hearing from other smiths that have done these magnum-length conversions, thanks in advance.
One of them is 98 Brazilian receiver that's to be fitted with CDI bottom metal and a "prefit" in .300 WM.
To maximize mag OAL, I'd need to remove substantial material from the feed ramp- basically all of the lower, "steeper" section.
Common sense tells me this will weaken the lower lug abutment substantially, but I cannot find any info in Kuhnhausen's book as to what's "acceptable".
Given that thousands of 98-pattern receivers have been modified to big-bore magnums, I know it's done- but I can't locate any information on this?
Interested in hearing from other smiths that have done these magnum-length conversions, thanks in advance.