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TO PAY BY CHECK YOU MUST EMAIL US AT WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE AUCTION CLOSING DATE.īy default your credit card on file will be charged 24 hours following the auction for the full amount of the winning hammer price, plus premiums and applicable fees. 300 Savage and not be too concerned about it developing setback.Internet Premium : 18.5% Participation Requirements: Valid Credit Card required for bidding approval Payment Options: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, Check, Money Order, and Cash Visa MasterCard Discover Payment Instructions: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AS OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED: As long as you use sane loads, you can rebarrel that Model 95 to a caliber like. Your choice!Ī combination of excessive headspace (i.e., setback) and a weak case head may seem to be unlikely, and it would surely be a rare event, but if the planets line up, you could end up blind in one eye. 300 Savage and not be too concerned about it developing setback. 243 and that a significant percentage of those guns have developed excessive heaspace.Ī combination of excessive headspace (i.e., setback) and a weak case head may seem to be unlikely, and it would surely be a rare event, but if the planets line up, you could end up blind in one eye. I do know that Kimber rebarreled many Swedish Mausers to. How many rounds would it take to stretch the bolt lug settup to the point where a case head could rupture? I don't know. The older small rings, however, have a tendency to direct a jet of hot, high pressure gas back into the shooter's eye. The Model 98's made significant improvements that allowed them to handle escaping gas much better. The Model 93-94-95-96 generations of Mausers did not have good gas handling capabilities. This is where you are likely to get into trouble. If setback occurs, at some point a case head can rupture. 308 will set back the locking lugs into the lug seats. What IS likely to happen is that repeated firing of the. 308 is considerably "hotter" than the original 7x57 loading. This matter of the proper cartridge in the proper pressure range, however, has merit. The Mauser design, even the small rings, was not done to endanger the troops firing them. 308 is not likely to "blow up" or self-destruct. The Chilean Mausers are beautifully machined pieces of work. In the end I will have spent more than the gun is actually worth, but I will have one that I think is neat to play with.Ĭlick to expand.For the record, I am a gunsmith. After a few more tweaks that I can do myself, that's what I have planned for mine. However, having a smith check the chamber and tolerances and correcting anything needed would ease the mind and also ensure any accuracy problems in that area are addressed. 308 isn't that hot that I would worry about the ten millionth and one conversion. As to safety, again absent a smith's inspection, I'd say it should be fine The. That is/was a popular caliber to redo older Mausers. I will hazard a *guess* which is that it probably is rebarreled for. Keep in mind the "urban legend" type carp that gets passed around by people that wouldn't know headspace if it bit them. It's more that I just like having the 7x57 to play with. It's a project gun, I've put a synthetic stock on it, a timmney trigger and set it up for a scout scope. The other was sporterized, barrel shortened and a more modern stock. One was a stock military style version which I have since sold.