I have a G 33/40 Mauser that's been sporterized. The metalwork was done by somebody that knew what he was doing. The woodwork is less than stellar. I bought a Richards Microfit stock but it's rough cut and the barrel channel is 1/2 inch. I bought it as figured maple but somebody that knows wood said it was English walnut. I dunno, all I know is it's hard as nails and I can't find anybody willing to finish it out. 60 grit sandpaper on a vibrating sander wont touch it. I got the flats smoothed down with pumice stone but I'm afraid I'll mess up the curves with it. I also have a target rifle built on a 1903 A3. It has an early Mike Rock barrel on it. I don't long range target shoot anymore and haven't for a lot of years. It weighs something like 15 pounds. Awhile back I got the
dumbstupid idea of putting it in a sporter stock and hunting with it. I had to open up the barrel channel a lot to get the target barrel in it. It still weighs about 14 pounds and it was a great idea to take a rifle with a trigger pull of an ounce hunting. Anyway I was moving stuff around the other day and got to looking at the stock and rifle and was wondering how close the Mauser would come to fitting the 03 stock. Its pretty close. All it needs is a little trimming on the insides for the action and the trigger guard. However there's a huge gap in the barrel channel that will need to be filled with something. There will also be small gaps around the receiver that will need to be filled with something.
This is the Mauser when I first got it.
This is the Microfit stock.
This is the Mauser in the sporter stock. Sorry the pics are so dark. It's raining and the lighting in my gunroom is bad.
If I can get it in and the gaps filled. I don't what to use for that, I would like to refinish the stock and refresh the checkering. I don't know if I have the skillset for that but I'm willing to try. I just have to get the checkering tools.
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