I recently picked up the book M98 & M96 Mausers. It's about customizing these rifles... Super basic (for me at least). No lathe chambering of short chambered Shilen barrels is detailed in a "trial and error go no go gauge method"... Not exactly what I was hoping for... At least the tool blueprints might serve useful if you don't want to go the route of buying every jig and fixture from Brownells...
I'll state right out, if you are looking to make a cheap trunk gun or "save" money, goto XMart and buy a Rem 700 ADL on sale for $369 and forget about it...
The 24 will make an excellent .308 cartridge class rifle without any mods to the bolt face or rails or magazine... Setting up a good Mauser correctly can be expensive.
Visit
www.hallowellco.com and see some classics in the Magazine Rifles section.