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<blockquote data-quote="James Jones" data-source="post: 124586" data-attributes="member: 8843"><p>I've put a couple of the pre fitted barrels on for a few guys and none of them actualy fit well without some lathe work , especialy the older military guns , they were made buy so many differant places that none have a accurate standard.</p><p>If your looking to save some money then do it on your stock not your metal. You can make a rifle bedded in a 2x4 shoot well if the barreled action is put together properly. </p><p>Pac-Nor does a pretty good job of barreling old Mausers and doen't cost you an arm and a leg and I feel that their barrels are better than the Douglas and Shilen pre-fitted tubes you get from brownells. But for about the same price you can have a good smith do a great job in about half the time.</p><p></p><p>As for the caliber , the wolves I've seen were all pretty big critters around 75-100lbs so i would say that for the ranges your looking at that a hot 6mm would be a minimum and I'd strongly lean twords a faster 6.5 or 7mm like a </p><p>6.5-06 with 140gr A-max bullets or a 280 Ackley improved with some 162gr A-maxes both of these would have good energy and accuracy out to 1000yds and both would feed well from your Mauser. The A-max bullets are great for smaller long ranges game like coyotes,smaller deer and such in the 100lb class because they open up pretty well. You could probaly get away with a slower round like the 260 or 7-08 and they both would feed well from your action but the added HP from the bigger cases is pretty nice when the wind gets up. I've got a buddy that shoots 25-300Win mag and that thing is awsome on deer out to 800yds , I'm gonna build a 6.5-300Win mag one day. Its a step up fom the 264 and you get to use Lapua brass. I've seen several old Mausers mad into magnums though I've never done it my self so I can't comment on how had the process is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Jones, post: 124586, member: 8843"] I've put a couple of the pre fitted barrels on for a few guys and none of them actualy fit well without some lathe work , especialy the older military guns , they were made buy so many differant places that none have a accurate standard. If your looking to save some money then do it on your stock not your metal. You can make a rifle bedded in a 2x4 shoot well if the barreled action is put together properly. Pac-Nor does a pretty good job of barreling old Mausers and doen't cost you an arm and a leg and I feel that their barrels are better than the Douglas and Shilen pre-fitted tubes you get from brownells. But for about the same price you can have a good smith do a great job in about half the time. As for the caliber , the wolves I've seen were all pretty big critters around 75-100lbs so i would say that for the ranges your looking at that a hot 6mm would be a minimum and I'd strongly lean twords a faster 6.5 or 7mm like a 6.5-06 with 140gr A-max bullets or a 280 Ackley improved with some 162gr A-maxes both of these would have good energy and accuracy out to 1000yds and both would feed well from your Mauser. The A-max bullets are great for smaller long ranges game like coyotes,smaller deer and such in the 100lb class because they open up pretty well. You could probaly get away with a slower round like the 260 or 7-08 and they both would feed well from your action but the added HP from the bigger cases is pretty nice when the wind gets up. I've got a buddy that shoots 25-300Win mag and that thing is awsome on deer out to 800yds , I'm gonna build a 6.5-300Win mag one day. Its a step up fom the 264 and you get to use Lapua brass. I've seen several old Mausers mad into magnums though I've never done it my self so I can't comment on how had the process is. [/QUOTE]
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