(Don't worry, I'll wrap up the SteFAL before I really get rolling on this)



So this is a Mauser 98 action. The rifle was purchased by one of the members here, mangled by a "professional" gunsmith in an attempt to mount a scope, given to another member, and then the action was traded off to me in exchange for a bit of ammo - I removed the barrel and returned everything but the action to be sold piecemeal.

It appears that the holes aren't in an area whose strength is absolutely critical to the safe operation of the rifle, but it's ugly as hell and the collectors value was ruined.

I'm thinking of turning it into a .45 ACP carbine with a Rhineland Arms kit.

The holes I'll probably fill by silver soldering in some screws (using heat stop paste to avoid annealing critical parts of the action), grinding them flush, and refinishing the whole thing in Molyresin.