In his other thread, he says it is a Spanish M43 (La Coruna, I suppose) M98 pattern in 8X57. Good actions, produced under close German supervision.Which one?
As I said earlier in this thread, I have five 7X57s, none of them AI, most on M98 actions (all commercial actions, Mark X, FN, a new Dumoulin, a Ruger 77, and a Rem 700). Friends and customers of mine have 7X57 AI rifles, and get about 100-200 fps over my rifles. Is it worth it? I don't think so, but you may feel differently. In a Mauser, you start to have feeding issues when you use AI cartridges, in a Remington or Winchester or Ruger maybe not. For a bench rifle, feeding issues are no big deal, but I like my hunting rifles to be dead reliable.I am doing the 7X57 Mauser.
But standard, or should i go AI?
Agree, standard 7X57. But why form cases? Brass is available. PPU, Remington, Federal, Hornady all offer 7X57 brass.Std7mag, if it were me, I'd go standard 7×57.
Cases can be formed easily from .270 win.
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