Spanish Mauser M1916-pics

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Don't know how you got that finish with Birchwood Casey, but great job!

I have never blued a gun before. Just followed the directions. Clean-Dry-Heat-Blue-Rinse-Fine Steel Wool-Rinse again. Repeat five times. Then let it soak for a week with a generous coating of Outers Gun Oil.

So far so good. It has been in the field a lot and cleaned a lot. Blue is holding up well

There are two bluing chemicals available from Birchwood Casey. I bought the more expensive of the two (still didn't break the bank). And I suspect Birchwood Casey has done some chemical development over the past 40 years, so a long ago opinion of home blue is well....long ago. Don't be afraid to try it with modern chemicals.

BTW, I buffed the barreled receiver down to bare shiny steel with a small $39 bench grinder/buffer from Harbor Fright. Consumed most of the wheel doing the job. Interestingly HF does not carry replacement wheels for this small unit. Have to get them through Micro Mark Tool. The sell the same grinder/buffer, too. But for $80.

So if you have a candidate rifle for a refurb job, it's not too much money and comes out pretty good!

I bought the stock from Richards in southern California. Give them 4 or 5 months to get it to you. Lots of style options, but not the old military. They are the only ones I could find that had the pattern for a small ring Mauser.

Takes a bit of time to fit it. If you decide to go that route and sporter one of your rifles, contact me for some tips.

Two reasons I restocked. One the original was in need of repair. Two, I did not like the ergonomics of the military stock. And since these are not really museum or historical pieces, I was more interested in enjoying the shooting of it, rather than having a museum in my rifle safe. Heck, the Spaniards already did a bubba by changing it to 7.62. So I couldn't really "restore" it.

Also I just wanted to do a lot of tinkering. Hence the flash hider. That's just a cool looks item. I cut and threaded the barrel for it. And recrowned the barrel while at it.

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The people that knock these rifles don't own them and are just regurgitating the crap they read on the internet.... Just bought some more surplus 7mm and 7.62 not too long ago, need to get more before January else I'm screwed because I live in California.

Great ammo find!
And yes, buy lots. Buy enough to make Gaven lose sleep at night.
I live behind enemy lines as well. Been stocking for two years now. Five year supply is my advice.