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TheRifleman
11-15-2001, 10:07 PM
Ok how do I get the front barrel band of this Turkish mauser? There is along metel tab on the bottom side. I pushed in on it and it gives some but the band does not move. It wiggles a little but it feels like something is still holding it. Is there some trick to getting this thing of so I can separate the action/barrel from the stock. I have everything else apart.


And this goddamn board loads so slow it has taken me 15 minutes to get to this forum and make this post :mad: :mad:
crffl:
11-15-2001, 11:16 PM
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That's probably what's holding you up. That band has to be fully depressed to clear the notch in the front band. I've taken a pair of vise grips and pad the area with a few scraps of wood, clamp down on the bar and used a small hammer to tap on the wood/front band 'assembly' forward . Take your time and it will come out.

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TheRifleman
11-16-2001, 12:44 AM
Thanks crffl. I got it off by using a clamp. I just wanted to make sure I was pressing on the right piece before I got to aggressive with it. I just could'nt push that metal strip down far enough by hand. It had so much crud on it. Should be easier if ever need to do it again.
Schuetzenman
11-16-2001, 06:21 AM
Oh, you got one with barrel band keeper springs. Consider yourself lucky TheRifleman. Many of the Turks use a through bolt in the front band and then proceed to bugger up the slot so you can't unscrew it! Your problem was a piece of cake compared to those! LOL! :D
AJ Dual
11-16-2001, 10:49 AM
My '34 was like that. The slot seemed to be buggered just because it was so damn soft! Then they peened the protruding thread on the other end of the bolt! What a PITA!

I wound up drilling mine out completely, and dremeling off the peened end. Then the wood was so swollen from cosmoline that the band still wouldn't come off. I wound up hammering it off the end and it scraped off about 1/8 to 1/4" of swollen greasy wood-mush.

Thank god mine is for a sporterizing project and I was merely trying to get it apart.

Now for a MAPP torch and some heat-sink paste to bend that bolt...

Andrew