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Changing Bolt-Handle on Yugo Mauser
trstone
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I want to change the bolt-handle on a Yugo 48A Mauser I've refinished, and I'm torn between having a smith--if I can find one here in Omaha--do the cut-off-and-weld-a-new-one routine, or just get one of those Mauser bolt-handle replacement kits for $16 or so, and do it myself. Some people I've talked to say the replacement kit handles are crappy (crappy-looking more than crappy-working, I guess), but on the other hand, I keep hearing stuff like "It'll cost you $100 to get a new one welded on", which seems kinda pricey to me. Insofar as durability, reliability and esthetics go, which should I do?
It amazes me how such a semingly simple thing like this could turn into such a headache...
I want to change the bolt-handle on a Yugo 48A Mauser I've refinished, and I'm torn between having a smith--if I can find one here in Omaha--do the cut-off-and-weld-a-new-one routine, or just get one of those Mauser bolt-handle replacement kits for $16 or so, and do it myself. Some people I've talked to say the replacement kit handles are crappy (crappy-looking more than crappy-working, I guess), but on the other hand, I keep hearing stuff like "It'll cost you $100 to get a new one welded on", which seems kinda pricey to me. Insofar as durability, reliability and esthetics go, which should I do?
It amazes me how such a semingly simple thing like this could turn into such a headache...
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J. Belk has the whole procedure written on this over at the HA gunsmithing forum.
Some guys like a mag full of lead, I still prefer one round to the head.
barto
I didn't do it and I got witnesses!!