About a year ago I purchase a completely rebuilt Turkish receiver, not long after that purchased a K98 barrel from Numrich to mount into the Turkish receiver however I was just notified by my gunsmith that when the barrel being seated into the receiver the exisisting rear and front sight are off by 100 degrees and to right this it could run me around $175 +. Now I have done business with this gunsmith for about 2 years and he does a great job but I felt he should have been more suggestitive to other alternative ways to make my mauser shoot ready but then again maybe there aren't any or are there? Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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The only way to correct the issue is to "clock" the barrel which involves quite a bit of work in cutting the shoulder and setting the barrel back so the sights are lined up verticle and reaming the chamber for proper headspace. The only other way is to dis-mount the sights (front and rear) and re-position them.
The gunsmith is not out if line IMO.
The gunsmith is not out if line IMO.
bit the bullet, gave the gunsmith the green light 'get'r done'. What else am I going to do, have a good receiver and barrel set in my closet for who knows how long? Live and learn when piece milling military guns together it's either going come togther the first time or bust. I was lucky with a Springfield 1903A, receiver from SOG a barrel from Gun Brokers and it came together with no hithces, in fact the gunsmith was impressed everything looked good, worked good and gaged good. Thanks for the info. but Stand by, I never learned from my mom to learn from your mistakes, in other words I probably do this again, just can't help it.
I have bought several 98 mausers in the past and many were rebarreled. If your barrel has correct headspace when tightened up the front and rear sights can be unsoldered and rotated to line up properly. Check to be sure the front sight is mounted on a band, most are. You will have to remove the dovetailed blade and remove the screw underneath the blade. There is a screw in the rear sight band but that is in plain sight. Both have to be removed, the barrel heated to melt the solder, the bands rotated or removed, and installed in correct alignment. This is a short answer on how to mount another barrel on a mauser.
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