Prewar mauser

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barbarossa
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Prewar mauser

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Picked up this nice prewar mauser with period scope

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Very nice. what caliber is it?
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Re: Prewar mauser

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It s in 8mm. Mauser
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Very nice!!

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Nice, I have a Polish made in the 30s.
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Mmmmm....Mauser goodness. :D
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Nice! Is it a commercial action or modified military?
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Lovely example in a very, very useful caliber.
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Post by Pete44ru »

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That's a very nice lightweight (note the raised wood around the action) sporting rifle with DST's.

IMO, the only thing to do is find out if the 8x57 barrel has the early (.318" 8x57J) or the later (.323" 8x57JS/S-bore) bore size.

IIRC, commercial 8x57 ammo is all .323" (since 1905)

Please be careful if handloading for it, as the receiver ring dovetail for the front claw mount base makes it weaker than an un-cut receiver ring. (should be OK w/commercial ammo, provided the headspace checks out)

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Pete44ru wrote: Sun Jul 14, 2019 9:06 am .

That's a very nice lightweight (note the raised wood around the action) sporting rifle with DST's.

IMO, the only thing to do is find out if the 8x57 barrel has the early (.318" 8x57J) or the later (.323" 8x57JS/S-bore) bore size.

IIRC, commercial 8x57 ammo is all .323" (since 1905)

Please be careful if handloading for it, as the receiver ring dovetail for the front claw mount base makes it weaker than an un-cut receiver ring. (should be OK w/commercial ammo, provided the headspace checks out)

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Two very good points! :wink:
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