Trueing face of reciever?

[threepdr]

I'm going to have ER Shaw barrel a mauser reciever for me.  Is it worth paying to have them true the reciever face also?  Is the 98 mauser receiver constructed so trueing will have a significant affect on accuracy?

Thanks

[gunnut69]

I believe the most significant benefit to truing an action is the effect on operational smoothness. There is an advantage in the accuracy area but a lot of how much it helps dpends on where it was before we started. Some war era mausers were not real square, but most were as slick as can be.. Sorry but like so much in life, it's not cut and dried.. I would advise the receiver ring be squared at the least. Having the bolt face trued is a good thing and as an added benefit most pitting on the boltface should be cleaned up..

[Nobade]

Remember that on a properly barelled up Mauser the barrel never touches the front of the ring. It needs to tighten up on the shoulder inside the action. The only reason to true the front is visual - so you don't have a gap on one side and not the other. I like to shoot for .002 gap there, not enough to be noticable but not touching.