I have been thinking about the Mauser for a while now. The price is still kind of ouchy for a collection rifle I won't shoot much so I have not pulled the trigger on it yet. My understanding is that the Mauser design was the basis for most other copies (including allied) of military bolt guns that followed.
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You need a modern bolt rifle in a suitable chambering.
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I waver on this a bit. I am thinking an AR15 in 6.5 would be lighter, as accurate and almost as capable as the .308 AR and do just as well as a bolt gun of equal cost. Am I off base here?
I will say they if do get a bolt gun it would almost certainly be in .30-06. I find this huge cartridge to be very capable.
ETA: Lower recoil too.
