Mauser receiver machining (how did they do it)

Jan 09, 2006 4 Replies

I took an old mouser rifle apart and I was looking at the machining of the receiver, it seems extremely complex. What intrigued me the most was the caming surfaces of the receiver as well as the caming surface of the safety lug raceway. How did they machine the caming surfaces on those old receiver? Did they use a shaper which advanced the cutting tool in to the receiver and rotate the receiver at the same time? Sounds like that method would have the potential of snapping the cutter easily, unless the cut was very shallow. BTW, how are the caming surfaces cut on more modern (i.e. simpler) action like the M-700 Remington or a M-70 Winchester? If there are any resources on the internet dealing with this topic I would like to learn much more on how this is done. Thanks



WGB


I don't know the answer to your question. But I did read an old article once on manufacturing the Model 1911 45 automatic. They used special built tools to mill some features. Of the top of my head, I believe the slide had 30 different machining operations. There was a special machine that cut the locking notches.

V> I took an old mouser rifle apart and I was looking at the machining of the

They built a factory to make them - literally. For mass-production on that scale, the machines would be specially designed to make each particular machining operation, rather than being the sort of general-purpose machines we're more used to hereabouts. Lots of these specialised machines would be variations on shapers or broaching machines.

This guy made a Mauser action from scratch:

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This guy made a Mauser action from scratch:

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