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It's not a factory barrel and if it was shipped in 1985 it's about 23 years too early for an Encore.
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Not 23....maybe 13 years. Twenty-three years would put manufacture at 2008. The Encore appeared in the late 1990's; that is when I bought my first barrel.
Question.: what is a "Texas Contender"? Is it simply a Contender from that state or is it an modified version?
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8X57 mauser. Very nicely done and honestly with American wimp factory loads was probably safe.
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Good chance that is so. SAAMI specs for the 8mm Mauser are 35kpsi, well under the max for the Contender (about 48kpsi for a case head the size of a .30-30. FYI - .454 Casull is at 65kpsi, .308win is at 62k, .30-06 at 60k, .358Win is 52kcup.)
Pete