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mauser questions

kazookazoo Member Posts: 45 ✭✭
edited February 2002 in Ask the Experts
Two questions,,,are the bent and straight bolts of mod. 38's interchangeable, and what is the difference betweena 96/38 and a mod 38? thanks
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    Not absolutely sure, so someone may correct but...The 96/38 is a shortened 96, whereas the 38 was made as a short rifle from the start. The bolts should physically interchange, but you may have to inlet the stock to make room for a 38 bolt on a 96 rilfe.
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  • Der GebirgsjagerDer Gebirgsjager Member Posts: 1,673 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Jonk is correct on all of the above. Do not, however, overlook the fact that taking the bolt form one rifle and inserting it into another rifle may cause exessive headspace, as the barrels of these rifles were factory headspaced to their original bolts; which is why the bolts, receivers, and barrels were all stamped with the same serial numbers.
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  • leeblackmanleeblackman Member Posts: 5,303 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Bent bolts aren't original, they were originally straight on the swedish mausers, but American shooters don't tend to like the straight bolts, so on most sporterized mauser action they heat up the bolt and bend it down, or replace it with one prefabricated bent.
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  • laxcoachlaxcoach Member Posts: 1,296 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    leeblackman, I'm pretty sure that the 96 was the only one with a straight bolt--the 38 and the 94 both had bent bolts from the factory.
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