Shortly after WWII, the arms factory at Oviedo converted a number of the elderly 1916 Mausers from 7x57mm to. This GGP is dedicated to Rick Lucas, with my apologies. "Spanish “Guardia Civil” Mauser M1916 (.308 Win) Here's what I feel is the final word on the issue. Just a follow up for all of you who have read, like me, that these rifles having questionable strength in handling full loads. Now with that frame of mind what would you do? Here's one with the full stock and a scout scope on Gunbroker. If I sold this one what price point or trade value would you put on it? These Mausers can still be found on the gun listing sights for about $200-$300 depending on condition of course. I'm not apposed to keeping it as it is with a new trigger and stock and maybe add a scout scope or grind down the receiver hump and drill/ tap for normal scope mounts. 243 as a varmint rifle and thought this might make a good donor action since the bolt can still be used, a barrel, Timminey trigger and new stock can be found fairly inexpensively. If you know of any please point them out to me. Thanks for pointing that out as some may not be aware that it COULD be an issue although I've never read of any actually occurring. I've shot many factory loads as well as hand loads, taking care to monitor the cases and have never seen any issues. This article here covers it pretty well, Having had this gun 20+ years I've read prolly 90+% of all the comments about whether it is safe to shoot or not with.
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