Hunting Washington Forum
Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: coachcw on September 19, 2012, 06:13:17 AM
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I have a sporterized 98 in 8mm and im wondering if anyone has played with .338 fedral in one ? shot my first buck with her and would kinda like to reserect the old girl.
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Are you planning to rebarrel or rebore the barrel? Unless the barrel is toast the 8x57 is every bit as powerfull as the 338 Fed and would be a good calliber for anything in this state. The 8mm is a .323 bore dia. and the Fed is .338 and the 8mm has a slight edge on capacity.
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i'd rebarrell her and probilly just shoot factory loads
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Large Ring Mauser with a good heat treat???? If so, it will hold the .338 Federal just fine... have it checked by a competent gunsmith that does Mauser conversions though.. and if the heat treat is bad, you can have it re heat treated so it will be ok. Just more money.
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It would be cheaper in the long run to leave it alone as is and go buy another rifle. I have converted 8 Mauser actions into something else and I tell you the parts are not cheap anymore.
