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The Dumoulin Mauser scope base trouble |
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Clark
Optics Apprentice Joined: February/13/2004 Location: Near Seattle Status: Offline Points: 124 |
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Posted: November/12/2014 at 00:44 |
The Dumoulin Mauser actions are coming in the country right now.
Just the 3 position safety is worth the cost of the complete action. I have been sporterizing and building Mausers for 49 years, and these are a real deal. The catch? You need to speak a foreign languages and be in Europe to find scope mounts that fit. It is worse than a CZ527. But they are .860" space 6-48 holes in front [like a curved bottom #46 Weaver] and .504" space 6-48 holes in the rear [like a curved bottom #45 Weaver] just like a Mauser should have. But the bridges are flat on top. See my sketch attached. So I just ordered Weaver S61 bases [.860"] that are flat on the bottom, and some 7/32" end mills to countersink a screw hole at .504" in half of them. The prices at SWFA were much cheaper for Weaver #61 steel bases. I hope they are in stock.
Edited by Clark - November/12/2014 at 00:51 |
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Clark
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I ended up milling the bottom sides flat on a Weaver S45 and a Weaver S54. 629 yards with those mounts on a 6.5-05.
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cheaptrick
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Cool. What bullet?
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If at first you don't secede...try..try again.
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Clark
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That was 120 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip that I molly coated, 50.7 gr IMR-4166 [think of it as IMR4895 with temperture stabilizing and anti Copper fouling coatings] 3.34", 3236 fps 65kpsi Quickload, 3197 fps chrono, sighted in with marks on tape on the SIII 3.5x10x44 scope out to 600 yards. I had to aim at the level of the top of the back to hit her at 629 yards. It was a hail Mary, unethical shot. But if I filled that last tag, for a doe whitetail, I could go home. I can shoot a mule doe once a day for a month. I can shoot a 3x3 mule buck every 4 days. I have never previously been able to get a whitetail doe. They are just too wary.
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