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tahunua001 · March 22, 2013, 12:19 PM

older 8mm mauser ammo was .318 and barrels matched... later a .323 was adopted and many mausers have a marking on the barrel to differentiate bore diameters so soldiers wouldn't use the wrong ammo in them.

my guess is that his g88 was a 318 bore and that yours is a 323 bore. the ammo you tried in his might have been slightly underbore and better suited to his barrel.

March 22, 2013, 12:19 PM	#6
tahunua001 Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2011 Location: Idaho Posts: 7,839	older 8mm mauser ammo was .318 and barrels matched... later a .323 was adopted and many mausers have a marking on the barrel to differentiate bore diameters so soldiers wouldn't use the wrong ammo in them. my guess is that his g88 was a 318 bore and that yours is a 323 bore. the ammo you tried in his might have been slightly underbore and better suited to his barrel. __________________ ignore my complete lack of capitalization. I still have no problem correcting your grammar. I never said half the stuff people said I did-Albert Einstein You can't believe everything you read on the internet-Benjamin Franklin