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My samco m38 swede barreled action.
« on: October 31, 2010, 09:23:08 AM »
After getting a close look at my m38 from samco i deceided its going back.  Its a kit bashed non matching barreled action, with a missing rear site, plus i think the trigger guard is bent too.  For $300 it just isn't worth it.  If it was ok and assembled in a decent swede stock set its worth more $$ in the near future as the prices are going up lately.

Now i understand why bubba chooses the good matching surplups over making ones from parts.

I deceided to play with the 7mm's more now.  But i will buy more swede's for my projects just not barreled actions from samco.

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Re: My samco m38 swede barreled action.
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2010, 03:21:45 PM »
Ok  samco sent me a replacement rear site with the pin to install.  I got to thinking tonight since the barreled action works when its out of the stock whats wrong why it won't fit correctly into the stock enough to fire.  Well i'm not a person to hammer things but i'm thinking the trigger guard maybea little warped or the stock could be shrunkin without a receiver in it for a long time, who knows how long of a time that gun parts had it in the rack.  I proceeded to install the trigger guard into the stock first by lightly tapping it in the middle till it sat flush.  With a rubber hub cap hammer lightly.  It was almost flush by hand but just a tad away from it being fully installed.  I them held the receiver in by hand and she fired.  I put the screws in snug not over tightened and the action works ok now.  While the receiver is not really worth anything with the numbers non matching its a shooter anyway.  Nothing is ever simple is it?

Little by little we become gun mechanics but we have too so we can build what we want as the supplies dwindle.  So far I've changed a barrel on mauser, bent bolts, mounted scopes,  fitted and adjusted new safety levers in the mauser bolts and now fitted stocks and receivers that refuse to go together.  The gun gods are still testing me.