Effect of hot/Tokarev loads on Broomhandle???

[Vlim]

Nice, if only someone came up with a decent fix for the bolt stop design.
I still think that the C96 bolt stop construction was developed after a heck of a late night party in one of the Oberndorf bars. And Paul Mauser should've known, he had already lost one eye during a rifle trial....

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Vlim

Nice, if only someone came up with a decent fix for the bolt stop design...

I'm told that "The Broom Closet" down in Florida repairs the bolt stop slot deformation by inserting a mandrel in the extension and then just pounding the rear section back into place... I suppose the idea is to preserve the heat treatment without heating, hardening, annealing, & re-bluing the barrel extension...

[Sieger]

Originally Posted by Vlim

Nice, if only someone came up with a decent fix for the bolt stop design.
I still think that the C96 bolt stop construction was developed after a heck of a late night party in one of the Oberndorf bars. And Paul Mauser should've known, he had already lost one eye during a rifle trial....

Vlim:

Ha!!! I totally agree.

The same guy that designed this part, also designed the middle band retaining system for Mauser's Model 71/84 rifle. This retaining system isn't even functional, yet, the rest of the rifle is of almost space age design, considering the times.

Sieger