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Like I need another, but this one is kind of fun for me.
A few weeks back my BIL called and said he had come into about 5,000 rounds of 6.5 x 55 Swede ammo, and wanted to know if I had a rifle for it? My reply was "No, but maybe I could"
Anyway I got to looking around and found most older Mausers or anything shooting 6.5 x 55 was going for $800 - $1500 , not really in the budget for something I really don't need anyway.
I did however acquire a couple of older Spanish 1916 small ring Mausers in 7mm for parts a few years ago.
Both have excessive rust pitting where the wood covered the barrels. One had a casing still lodged in it that had corroded to the chamber walls and had to be peeled out.
On Ebay I found a Carl Gustaf g33/50 carbine barrel in 6.5 x 55 that was in new condition. Same threads, same thread length, and it's looking like the bolt faces I have may work with the 6.5 case heads, but will have to measure that yet.
I’ve been able to get one of the old barrels off, the other needs to soak with some penetrating fluid a few more days to see if it will break free.
I'll throw the receiver and some other parts in some boiling water to clean them up and convert the rust tonight.
A few weeks back my BIL called and said he had come into about 5,000 rounds of 6.5 x 55 Swede ammo, and wanted to know if I had a rifle for it? My reply was "No, but maybe I could"
Anyway I got to looking around and found most older Mausers or anything shooting 6.5 x 55 was going for $800 - $1500 , not really in the budget for something I really don't need anyway.
I did however acquire a couple of older Spanish 1916 small ring Mausers in 7mm for parts a few years ago.
Both have excessive rust pitting where the wood covered the barrels. One had a casing still lodged in it that had corroded to the chamber walls and had to be peeled out.
On Ebay I found a Carl Gustaf g33/50 carbine barrel in 6.5 x 55 that was in new condition. Same threads, same thread length, and it's looking like the bolt faces I have may work with the 6.5 case heads, but will have to measure that yet.
I’ve been able to get one of the old barrels off, the other needs to soak with some penetrating fluid a few more days to see if it will break free.
I'll throw the receiver and some other parts in some boiling water to clean them up and convert the rust tonight.