Re barreling a bcd 4

[vintage hunter]

The 8x56R Hungarian M95 cartridge uses .330 dia. bullets not .323. I had a really nice M95 carbine years ago but sold it because back then nobody made the correct size projectiles to reload it. Standard .323'' 8mm's would slide right down the bore. Remington 40X bore cleaner works wonders for cleaning badly fouled or slightly rusty bores. Be careful using overly strong chemical cleaners because they can actually do more harm than good, especailly in stainless steel barrels.

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[Patrick Chadwick]

The 8x56R Hungarian M95 cartridge uses .330 dia. bullets not .323.

I stand corrected for lack of precision! The original Austro-Hungarian M95s used the 8x50R cartridge, for which 0.323" would be appropriate. The later 8x56R cartridge - sometimes given as 8x56R(M30) - was introduced when Austro-Hungary had been long been dissolved, and did indeed use the even larger bullet.