Durby
Member
Today I acquired 2 Mauser 98's, one with a (supposedly) new, in the white, F.N. .308 stepped barrel on it. The other has a (supposedly) Sako barrel on it, magna-ported, chambered in .338 Win Mag. Now both of these were acquired as "unfinished projects", neither have been headspaced.
My main question is: is it worth messing around with a .338 Win Mag barrel on an old Mauser action? The bolt face has not been modified yet, and I don't even know if it is possible to use it with the larger magnum bolt face. If I were building a Mauser action with a .338, I would pick 338-06 to keep it simple.
By the way, I am kind of obsessing over a .338 Win Mag right now, but I have a Rem 700 that already has a mag bolt face set aside for that.
My main question is: is it worth messing around with a .338 Win Mag barrel on an old Mauser action? The bolt face has not been modified yet, and I don't even know if it is possible to use it with the larger magnum bolt face. If I were building a Mauser action with a .338, I would pick 338-06 to keep it simple.
By the way, I am kind of obsessing over a .338 Win Mag right now, but I have a Rem 700 that already has a mag bolt face set aside for that.