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Bart B. · February 11, 2013, 07:43 AM

Thanks to all for their comments and pictures.

My older brother brought back an 8x57 Mauser (BYF mfg. code; Oberndorf Mauser Factory, 1944) in excellent condition when he returned from the area in 1945. I remember him showing me how a .30-06 round would not chamber in it in the early 1950's when he was getting ready to rebarrel it to a .244 Rem. sporter. But after being told such chambering was common during WWII in the European campaigns, I thought I'd check it out by starting this thread.

Gonna send a link for this thread to the guy who claimed 'twas done in Europe in the early 1940's.

February 11, 2013, 07:43 AM	#19
Bart B. Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2009 Posts: 8,927	Thanks to all for their comments and pictures. My older brother brought back an 8x57 Mauser (BYF mfg. code; Oberndorf Mauser Factory, 1944) in excellent condition when he returned from the area in 1945. I remember him showing me how a .30-06 round would not chamber in it in the early 1950's when he was getting ready to rebarrel it to a .244 Rem. sporter. But after being told such chambering was common during WWII in the European campaigns, I thought I'd check it out by starting this thread. Gonna send a link for this thread to the guy who claimed 'twas done in Europe in the early 1940's.