Can I shoot this safely 😭
long story short I found this broken stock at a pawnshop for 15 bucks. found out it was from a Brazilian 1908 Mauser so I bought a vz24 barrel for super cheap and then the action for relatively cheap hoping i could put it together. threads for the barrel and receiver matched but seized up about half way on. turns out the receiver was warped so it would never accept the barrel.
i ended up just grinding the threads off the barrel until it would screw on. I don’t have any pics of the threads (it was a pain to get on so I’m not taking it off anytime soon) but lets just say it was pretty bad.
at the present I’m probably just gonna hang it up on my wall as a little display but theres a little voice in my head that’s telling me to shoot it. 8mm Mauser is no joke and im afraid the chamber pressure will just shear the pitiful threads that are left. obviously would rig it up and shoot it from a distance but ultimately I’m a little conflicted. If any of you have been in this situation let me know.
im sorry i dont have any pictures of the threads but it kinda looks like the last picture