But make sure who ever does your heat treating knows what they are doing. Paul Mauser knew what he was doing with Case hardening the soft steels available at the time. Send 'em the receiver and bolt all stripped with what ever machine work already done to it ( trued, lapped, drilled etc.) and they turn out just dandy. There is a company here in Salt Lake City, Utah "Industrial Heat Treat", that does the job for 75.00$ Ive made some outsatanding rifles from soft Turkish Mausers. 010-.015 thick case exterior with a softer core makes a good strong action indeed. Good and tough just like the originals were intended. Gentlemen, have you considered re-heat treating a soft action? I for one dont mind a soft one as after I have it re-heat treated (carburized) its as good as new. I strongly encourage you to look into heat treating the receiver before sinking allot of money and time into it. Taking my poor eyesight into consideration it shoots almost as good as any Turk or 98/22 8MM I've shot but no where near as good as my K98. It will print a 4-6 inch group bench rested at a hundred yards shooting 1960's Spanish or Turk ammo. On the other hand I have another in original military configuration, 1948 I think without looking, that I've likely put apx 500 rounds through. The second one after finally getting the barrel out with the weight of three guys and a cheater bar took a good portion of the receiver threads out with the barrel. The smith said the metal was way to soft and he was surprised I got as many shots (308 Winnie) through it as I did.
My first project ever was scrapped after apx 100 rounds from what the gunsmith said was receiver set-back. I tried sportorizing two, one was late 40's the other early 50's. What is exactly bad about a spanish mauser, I read some other places that they are pretty good.
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