Recommended by leading stockmakers for final accurate fitting of the stock to action.
SPECS: Handles are 3" (7.6cm) long. Screw lengths vary for the different guns. Sold in pairs only.
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Customer ratings for FORSTER PRODUCTS, INC. FITS 98 MAUSER, 1/4"-22 THREAD
Number of ratings: 3
From brownells.com: 3
Average rating: 3
Won't fit custom bottom metal holes(27/03/2012)
Nice idea. I'd classify this product as a "swing and a clean miss." The threads are correct, but the diameter of the rebated shaft won't fit into the screw recess of custom bottom metal (in my case, a Sunny Hill drop-box magazine and trigger bow).
This is another one of those cases where it seems like it might save you time to buy the tool, but in fact it's a bigger waste of time. I'd have been further ahead just making my own. As it is now, I wonder whether it's worth returning these and making my own or driving out the T-handles, chucking it up in a lathe and turning down the offending diameter...
Handscrew too large(07/04/2012)
The product is well made and I have and use several sets for other rifles (Win 70, Springfield and SAKO). I ordered these Mauser hand screws to inlet a M96 Swedish and found the bolt head diameter to be too large. They are .390" and that would not fit the Swede floorplate. The Swede bolt heads are .364". The long screw (rear) also was not properly fit for the Swede rear bolt and had to have its shoulder turned back about 3/16". These screws were very easily modified by knocking out the cross handle (its simply splined) and chucking the screw body in the lathe and dressing the screw to the proper diameters and lengths. Tap the cross handle back in and you're good to go. In a pinch, you could probably do this with a drill press and file. I eMailed Forester and their reply seemed befuddled. Maybe they fit an M98 but they didn't fit my Swede.
Very useful(19/10/2014)
I used this set to glass bed a sporterized 1917. As such the takedown screw on my rifle is quite short. It was therefore necessary to shorten the corresponding stockmaker screw to fit but that was the only modification needed. Wear and tear was saved on the original screws and these Forster tools were much handier during the glass bedding process. Given the proliferation of sporters made from military rifles it would seem impossible to make a set that would work with every rifle right out of the box. At the price point here, the investment of these tools is worth it even for one job.
Product no.: 319416982 FORSTER PRODUCTS, INC. FITS 98 MAUSER, 1/4"-22 THREAD Mfr Part: SMMAUS757253006050 Recommended by leading stockmakers for final accurate fitting of the stock to action.
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Delivery time approx. 7-14 days. More than 10 pieces in USA warehouse
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Recommended by leading stockmakers for final accurate fitting of the stock to action.
SPECS: Handles are 3" (7.6cm) long. Screw lengths vary for the different guns. Sold in pairs only.
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Customer ratings for FORSTER PRODUCTS, INC. FITS 98 MAUSER, 1/4"-22 THREAD
Number of ratings: 3
From brownells.com: 3
Average rating: 3
Won't fit custom bottom metal holes(27/03/2012)
Nice idea. I'd classify this product as a "swing and a clean miss." The threads are correct, but the diameter of the rebated shaft won't fit into the screw recess of custom bottom metal (in my case, a Sunny Hill drop-box magazine and trigger bow).
This is another one of those cases where it seems like it might save you time to buy the tool, but in fact it's a bigger waste of time. I'd have been further ahead just making my own. As it is now, I wonder whether it's worth returning these and making my own or driving out the T-handles, chucking it up in a lathe and turning down the offending diameter...
Handscrew too large(07/04/2012)
The product is well made and I have and use several sets for other rifles (Win 70, Springfield and SAKO). I ordered these Mauser hand screws to inlet a M96 Swedish and found the bolt head diameter to be too large. They are .390" and that would not fit the Swede floorplate. The Swede bolt heads are .364". The long screw (rear) also was not properly fit for the Swede rear bolt and had to have its shoulder turned back about 3/16". These screws were very easily modified by knocking out the cross handle (its simply splined) and chucking the screw body in the lathe and dressing the screw to the proper diameters and lengths. Tap the cross handle back in and you're good to go. In a pinch, you could probably do this with a drill press and file. I eMailed Forester and their reply seemed befuddled. Maybe they fit an M98 but they didn't fit my Swede.
Very useful(19/10/2014)
I used this set to glass bed a sporterized 1917. As such the takedown screw on my rifle is quite short. It was therefore necessary to shorten the corresponding stockmaker screw to fit but that was the only modification needed. Wear and tear was saved on the original screws and these Forster tools were much handier during the glass bedding process. Given the proliferation of sporters made from military rifles it would seem impossible to make a set that would work with every rifle right out of the box. At the price point here, the investment of these tools is worth it even for one job.