Project Mauser Update
Whilst I don’t suppose that a lot of you will feel that I need to make an excuse for a gratuitous Mauser post, so this morning I am afraid that you are going to get one, if for no other reason than I have had these pictures kicking around for some time.
With regard to Micky, a suitable ersatz repro scope has been found & purchased. Now starts the agonizing wait for it to arrive – it should take a month or so. Curses! Still, I always knew that this would take time.
Unlike the optics in these pics which I believe are mounted on ‘ low turret mounts’ or are they 'high turret mounts' your humble correspondents latest acquisition should come with Long Slide Rail mounts. Quite why the Hun had to keep messing around with different types of both optics & mounting systems, I really have no idea.
Indeed, it says a lot about respective national psyche’s in that the bulldogs developed a scope & mounting system in the shape of the No.32 Scope that just worked & got on with using it … for years.
Jerry on the other hand, no doubt in the pursuit of engineering supremacy, kept endlessly frigging about with different sights. Reading several of the Mauser bulletin boards, it would appear that to this day most of these systems still require locktite to keep them secure.
Anyway, baring any disasters in the shambles that constitutes the Royal Mail in not too many weeks, I will cross the next little hurdle to getting the rifle sorted out. Then, it will be off to the range to really see how well Micky can shoot.
Comments
They can secure them without locktite ... but they can't bring themselves to make their precious bits of teutonic complexity less than pristine ... so they won't do what is needed.
Paint the threads with iodine ... then torque them in hard enough to slightly deform the threads. They will then rust in place and stay there until heated out with a torch.
Posted by: Kristopher | October 24, 2007 3:39 PM
I wouldn't like to try to get a cheek weld and a sight picture simultaneously with that rig.....
Posted by: EX STAB | October 24, 2007 6:56 PM
Mounts; the DS solution:
http://www.eaw.de/eaw/index_uk.php/item/308
Posted by: EX STAB | October 24, 2007 9:40 PM
Those photos are AWESOME, i love them.
Posted by: Matej | January 18, 2010 8:02 PM