Re-Barreling an M1896 Mauser

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by berkmberk1

All totaled, how much time is invested from start to finish?

I really don't add up the time. If I did, and charged by the hour, it would be prohibitive. I spend a lot of time measuring, jotting down notes, setting up jigs/fixtures/vise, cleaning those items, cutting blanks to approx length, looking up tooling in catalogs, ordering tooling, other boring stuff. At some jobs I've worked, we charged ALL our time to the customer. I don't do that. I also have lower standards now than when I was younger. Back then, if I wasn't happy with how something came out, I'd start over. Now, if it's 'good enough', then it ships.

Originally Posted by Olle

You think it would it be safe to do a conversion 9mm?

I cut my threads [M&F] as close to 100% thread depth as possible, rather than 75%. I also make my fits 'snug', so that it's not possible for me to comfortably thread it on by hand. I have to use a special spanner or even the barrel vise. Because of that I feel that for all practical purposes I have not removed any metal that has not been replaced. I don't plan on doing any 9mm C96/M30 barrel conversions; I'm not interested in 9mm for this handgun. I'm a snob.

I've done a couple 256 barrel conversions (256 WinMag bullet on a wildcat 30 Mauser case) and liked it.

If you do a 9mm C96 and just bore & silver solder, I would think it would hold. I've never tried it. Still not displacing any metal that you're not replacing.