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Offline kombi1976

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Diameter of a M98 barrel shank?
« on: December 10, 2005, 02:22:08 AM »
A friend has a 21" 7mm barrel rough chambered to 7x57 and threaded for an M98 action that he is not using.
I was wondering if the shank is large enough to be re-threaded for use on a large frame Martini.
The idea would be to have it re-chambered either to 7x57R or 7x65R.
That of course would also involve having it cut for the extractor but that's easy enough.
A Martini Enfield has a 1" barrel shank from the top of the thread.
Would there be enough metal left on a M98 barrel?
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Diameter of a M98 barrel shank?
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2005, 09:25:41 AM »
The M98 uses a 1.1 inch major thread diameter at 12 TPI amd a bit over .62 inches long. It should work OK but I'm working fomr memory and it surely is not to good.
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« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2005, 09:17:28 PM »
Gunnut69,

There is nothing wrong with your memory.  The Mauser 98 shank is indeed 1.1" diameter, and YES, it can be rethreaded to fit a Martini-Henry or Martini-Enfield action.  A gunsmith I know did just that with no problems.
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Diameter of a M98 barrel shank?
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2005, 01:58:55 PM »
Thanks JohnT. I wasn't sure..
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