{"id":635,"date":"2023-05-02T01:41:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T01:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2023\/05\/02\/assembling-a-knock-around-rifle\/"},"modified":"2023-05-02T01:41:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T01:41:22","slug":"assembling-a-knock-around-rifle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2023\/05\/02\/assembling-a-knock-around-rifle\/","title":{"rendered":"Assembling a Knock-Around Rifle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Several years back, I took a small ring Mauser 96, in 6.5\u00d75,5 and turned it into a scout-type rifle. It later became a more traditional rifle with normal scope mounts and a turned-down bolt.\u00a0In that configuration, it became my loaner, backup, knock-around rifle for friends and relatives that asked to borrow a rifle for impromptu hunts.\u00a0Later, I further modified it by taking the barrel from the 21 inches that I originally cut it to, to 17 inches and having it threaded for a suppressor. The rifle has proven boringly accurate and extremely consistent in its ability to maintain zero and accuracy throughout its life.\u00a0It still gets used but is no longer relegated to knock-around status.<\/p>\n