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Tell me what you would do with this Mauser!
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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 1419622" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>My father has two 98 mausers, one he had the original military stepped barrel that was originally chambered in 8x57, and had it re chambered to 8mm-06, his reasoning was he wanted to "take a German caliber and shove an american cartridge up it's ***" ha ha, not sure if that is historically correct or not, but that is what he did. Shoots very well, sub MOA with 180 grain ballistic tips going 2950 fps, I think the barrel is 23-1/2"?? It's a good timber rifle for whacking elk, pretty much always a bang-flop reaction.</p><p></p><p>The other is his long range rifle, and it was also an 8x57, but was a Mexican Mauser. He had it rebarreled to 6.5x55 Swed, and it makes bug holes. It is only a 24" barrel, and the loads we are shooting aren't topped out, but it's shooting Berger 140 Hybrid target pills at 2855 fps, and is consistently under half moa, with most 5 shot groups in the .2's to .3's, and carries the half MOA out very far. </p><p></p><p>Both have Timney triggers on them, a must in my mind, the military trigger is not friendly....and both are pillar bedded. They are unique rifles, and fun to shoot. I personally would chamber it to something you will use more, just keep in mind if you want reliable feeding you will want to stay with something of similar profile to the original chambering, or be ok with modifying the feed rails.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 1419622, member: 87243"] My father has two 98 mausers, one he had the original military stepped barrel that was originally chambered in 8x57, and had it re chambered to 8mm-06, his reasoning was he wanted to "take a German caliber and shove an american cartridge up it's ***" ha ha, not sure if that is historically correct or not, but that is what he did. Shoots very well, sub MOA with 180 grain ballistic tips going 2950 fps, I think the barrel is 23-1/2"?? It's a good timber rifle for whacking elk, pretty much always a bang-flop reaction. The other is his long range rifle, and it was also an 8x57, but was a Mexican Mauser. He had it rebarreled to 6.5x55 Swed, and it makes bug holes. It is only a 24" barrel, and the loads we are shooting aren't topped out, but it's shooting Berger 140 Hybrid target pills at 2855 fps, and is consistently under half moa, with most 5 shot groups in the .2's to .3's, and carries the half MOA out very far. Both have Timney triggers on them, a must in my mind, the military trigger is not friendly....and both are pillar bedded. They are unique rifles, and fun to shoot. I personally would chamber it to something you will use more, just keep in mind if you want reliable feeding you will want to stay with something of similar profile to the original chambering, or be ok with modifying the feed rails. [/QUOTE]
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