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Originally Posted by Slamfire
I posted information on those Spanish Mausers here:
http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=521023
I really don't recommend putting money into the action as you should not load it beyond 40,000 psia and it won't be worth the money you put into it.
But, if you rebarrel, I recommend keeping it 7mm Mauser as that was the original cartridge and it is best to keep the things in the original cartridge as it will most likely feed more reliabily.
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I kind of disagree about it not being worth it to rebarrel. I did an old bubba sporter Spanish Mauser into .300 Savage. Barrel cost me $45 used A&B small ring prefit in .30-06. Then a new bolt handle, chambering, safety, Bold trigger, speedlock kit, low swing safety and duracoating cost me about $250 more. I did the stock work myself with a Richard's Microfit that cost $50 off their inventory list. I picked up the rifle that I used for $45 that had been drilled and tapped for a two piece base crooked, had an old military stock off a M98 modified for the barreled action to fit in, barrel had been cut down to 17" and beveled at the end with against a grinder, and there was no crown on the barrel.
The reason I got it done so cheap is I found a lot of used parts, and a gunsmithing student to do the work. I would of had him do the stock work as well but he didn't have that work going on in his class for another six months. It isn't an amazing piece of work, but it will shot around 1-1.25" with most loads at 100 yards it seems to favor 165 grain bullets with a couple of loads around .75" at 100. No work was needed to facilitate feeding, and it made the rifle functional again for around $400 without scope.
Making a functional rifle again out of something that wasn't shootable wasn't money wasted IMO.