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Have you tried to get the barrel "slugged" as in getting the internal dimensions measured by forcing a lead slug up the barrel to get the internal dimensions?

No worries mate I was just trying to see what sort of a heads up I could get from that scant info but anyway I've now sighted it and this is what the stamping on top of the action had on it:
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A mate of mine has been given a 1936 Mauser with the calibre 7.90 stamped on it. What ammo would this fire as in 8mm or 7.92mm?
He also wants to restore this as well and as of yet I haven't sighted...

About 2 weeks before ANZAC Day there was a report that some spineless bunch of clowns(politicians I think) wanted ANZAC Day downgraded as it wasn't that important in their view anymore to the...

I recently bought a Columbian Mauser in 30/06 and all's it is a barrel and action with a trigger so what I want to know is this action a M98 action and if so will it be strong enough to be taken out...

Today we Aussies and KIWI's celebrate ANZAC Day to commemmorate the loss of our serving Diggers in both WW's and other conflicts right upto Afghanistan
Lest We Forget.

Top 10 battlefield rifles was led by the SMLE .303 over the K98 by virtue of the 10 shot mag and rate of fire and yes the Garand was a head of its time in design but not sure if the German designed...

O.k thanks for the reply's.I'll try and find out exactly what sort of proof marks etc are on the action and go from there.
I did look at the .35 Whelan but I think the larger selection of pills for...

I've just seen this thread and thought I'd add my 2c worth in regards to reloading a Mk3. No1 as I've got 1 with a heavy barrel.
I've set my OAL at the same length as the original military round and...

I may be able to obtain a K98 action rifle that at the moment is a 30/06 but the barrel is stuffed.Is there any way of telling if it's worth rebarrelling as I'm thinking of rebarreling it to a...

I used to own a Parker Hale commercial .303 and used to use Hornady 150 gn pills and they performed well on pigs and goats but I'm convinced that a 174 -180 gn pill will perform better as it's what...

I just scored some 180gn Highland pills that I'm going to try shortly and see if they group as well as the Pro Hunters.I tried AR2208 and while it did group reasonably it was nothing on AR2209 which...

G/day mate what loads were you using as I've found with my Mk3 No.1 that 45.5 gns of AR2209 and a 180gn Sierra Pro hunter pulls groups in mine of about 2" at 100 yds but if I put an extra .5gn in the...

New member here as well.Just starting to get bitten by the clunker bug and have a restored Mk3 No.1 .303 that was a real ugly looker until a fair bit of TLC happened and now it shoots roughly 2"...