I would have been better off getting a complete conversion but tried to get by on the cheap. I knew it would probably require some action work. Before doing it tho I wanted to make sure that it wouldn’t feed the 45-70 as is.
I already had a Siamese Mauser I had bought several years earlier for almost nothing. I had a good barrel put on the action by E.R. Shaw. The barreled action fit the original stock but as I mentioned, it kicked like a mule mostly because of the stock design.
It would only feed the top round reliably. I had decided to go ahead and have a gunsmith do the work but ended up selling it at a gun show.
The actions were made in Japan and everyone says they were extremely strong. Probably could stand really powerful loads.
I’ve shot some pretty hot loads through mine,500 grain lyman cast bullet at 1800 FPS.The recoil is fierce.