Small ring mauser .223 project

[phishisgroovin]

i mocked up as close as i could with what i have around here, this actually works!

I used a couple blocks of MDF wood behind the follower, chopped an AR-15 spring down so the follower would sit flat on the bottom plate.
cycled a couple rounds (no trigger or sear on my rifle so its safe).
it needs some tweaking, but dang if it doesnt work. 
doesnt work great, but it works none the less.

[coriantonk]

I was wondering how you were going to work out the necessary magazine modification.  I love project that make you try new things.  Great write up so far. 

[phishisgroovin]

I was wondering how you were going to work out the necessary magazine modification.  I love project that make you try new things.  Great write up so far. 

its still proving to be a pain in my arse, i have to make those two outer lips on top of the magwell (bottom of the reciever) narrower to hold the shell casings better when it gets to two rounds, otherwise they fly out of the magazine.
i am thinking about some thin hardened steel with rolled tops to create a cradle on top, one side only might work, but i want both sides done so it looks even, i will use that white butcherblock material or aluminum for the final block to fill the space behind the follower also. just have to find where i can buy a small chunk (or 6 in case i mess up).

[quadrafire]

You could just make it a single shot and save yourself alot of time .

[phishisgroovin]

You could just make it a single shot and save yourself alot of time .

honestly, i am not too fond of single shots, thats also the easy way out.
I am bound and determined to make this work.

if i wanted to have a single shot, i would have gone to cabelas or Bens loans and looked for a rossi or something.
how many people do you know that have a functional .223 mauser with a working magazine.
not many have went that far, i am different than the average joe. i like my projects to work correctly or not at all. Just my way of doing things.

[phishisgroovin]

heres the bolt face. completed by a smith prior to me recieving the barreled action.







this can be done by bending a square stock rod around a .223 casing in a vise also, then fitted to the bolt face and silver soldered in place or hang the comlete bolt in a jar, fill with water and freeze it up to the lip on the front of the bolt, then weld the insert with a tig too using silver rod.
Ice will keep the bolt cold while welding it up. a jewler can also solder the insert in place too, they have the proper torched to direct the heat exactly where needed so it doesnt over heat the whole bolt.

[phishisgroovin]

went up to McLendons Hardware and picked up some brass flatstock.

Decided to try and make what i need, i got it almost perfect, but the back wall is too far forward so i will move it tomorrow. too tired right now.
I also have to lower the makeshift ramp on the front of the mag insert too. it almost feeds right, but only holds one round right now. i also have to trim the tabs i left on top to hold the ammo in the mag a little tighter.

it will work tomorrow!    (i hope)









Rolled the tops over.






soldering time, wish i had a jewlers torch


















after tomorrow i will have more than one round in it.
hope the feed works after trimming the ramp and the folded over parts

[phishisgroovin]

i got my magazine insert to work!
i can cycle 5 rounds almost perfect now!

just have to get a cupping indent in the loading ramp i made and it will be golden! 


now to work on extraction issues, have to tighten the grip on the cases somehow, this may be a smith job though. so i will wait and see how well it extracts spent casings first.

[phishisgroovin]

picked up two matching sling swivels with quick disconnects for $2

looked all over the gun show for other things like weaver bases and whatnot. didnt really find any worth looking past the price tags and asking prices they wanted.

found a few things i would liked to have gotten but cost wasnt in the pallpark.

Then after giving up on looking for parts, i remembered i needed something to inlay into the stock and hide the horrendouse patch on the side of the buttstock, found a person that had two Badger claws. So now i will have two matching Badger claws inlaid in to the buttstock where the side sling mount was.

[quadrafire]

Now you know what Mr. Mauser felt like during r&d on that Mauser action. I'll bet his wife never got any laundry done
You have way more patience (and creativity) than me.

I am enjoying this thread by the way.

[phishisgroovin]

after the gun show and gold show yesterday. got home & took a nap to wake up later and be sick as a dog & freezing.
Not going to be working on this for awhile until i feel better and the shakes go away.

I was dubbed mr bolt action at the show saturday, when i walked up on my buddys table, i guess i looked right passed the AK's & AR's to the hunting rifles and the guys noticed this. they started laughing that i am a bolt action junkie lol!
theres just something intriguing about how they function and the history in some of them that attracts me. for some reason i am just not into all these commercial rifles that cost an arm and a leg, maybe because i cannot afford them lol!

[phishisgroovin]

Mothballing the project.
Cant (WONT!) pay $75 per hole to have a smith drill & tap my reciever.
friggin obsurd to charge that much for a stupid hole!

Covering the barrel and action in grease, wrapping it in wax paper and throwing it in a corner of my shed or something til i can afford the tools to complete everything myself later on.

Sucks the donkey, but it is what it is. 

[KillBilly]

I know a smith who will probably do it cheaper than that. do you want me to ask him? detail what you need done please

[phishisgroovin]

I know a sith who will probably do it cheaper than that. do you want me to ask him? detail what you need done please

I cant afford to pay anyone to do it for me, i will have to wait till i buy my own jig to drill & tap here at home.
My buddy said his shooting friend that is a machinist would do it, but waiting for someone else to have free time is killing my patience with all this free time on my hands and nothing to tinker with.

thanks though, much appreciated.

[dontgetcrabs]

I know a sith who will probably do it cheaper than that. do you want me to ask him? detail what you need done please

I cant afford to pay anyone to do it for me, i will have to wait till i buy my own jig to drill & tap here at home.
My buddy said his shooting friend that is a machinist would do it, but waiting for someone else to have free time is killing my patience with all this free time on my hands and nothing to tinker with.

thanks though, much appreciated.

How much is the jig you need?  Cool project you have going on. I would like to see it finished.