thereisnospoon
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O.k. so I bought this old Mauser at the last gun show and was told by the previous owner that it was a Spanish 7.62X51. I am sporterizing it (because it was in such bad shape...keep your rocks in your purse ) and I ordered a crowning tool to recrown the barrel, after cutting it back to 18".
So the .308 guide for the crowning tool won't fit in the barrel? I get out my handy-dandy micrometer measuring thingy and it says the barrel is .285-290. So I start thinking, maybe it is really a 7mm Mauser and the guy didn't know what he was talking about (and I'm wondering how I fired 10 rounds of .308 thru it at the range before I started the project). So I get a 7mm bullet and it drops all the way though without touching the lands/grooves. So I get a .308 bullet and it will only go in to the barrel about half the length of the bullet.
Now, I could just order a .280 guide for my crowning tool, but I am wondering if any of the "Spanish" Mausers were made in odd calibers?
Any ideas...please help.
Thanks for your time.
So the .308 guide for the crowning tool won't fit in the barrel? I get out my handy-dandy micrometer measuring thingy and it says the barrel is .285-290. So I start thinking, maybe it is really a 7mm Mauser and the guy didn't know what he was talking about (and I'm wondering how I fired 10 rounds of .308 thru it at the range before I started the project). So I get a 7mm bullet and it drops all the way though without touching the lands/grooves. So I get a .308 bullet and it will only go in to the barrel about half the length of the bullet.
Now, I could just order a .280 guide for my crowning tool, but I am wondering if any of the "Spanish" Mausers were made in odd calibers?
Any ideas...please help.
Thanks for your time.