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Clark · February 9, 2014, 04:30 PM

I got a 1903 Turkish Mauser from BIG5 for $50.
I got a 16" twist 22LR rifle from Ebay for $33.
I pulled the 8mm barrel, cut it off, bored it out.
I cut off the end of the rimfire barrel.
I turned the barrel on the lathe.
I soldered the 22 barrel into the old 8mm tenon.
I reamed out the chamber to 223.
I went to the range with 35 gr Vmax bullets hand loaded with Blue Dot.
11-30-2007
.95" 5 shot at 100 yards

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I got another $50 1903 Turkish Mauser from BIG5 that the 8mm bore looked good. The magazine spring failed and they tried to solder it back together but it failed. So this rifle missed out on the corrosive ammo experiences.
I put a scope on it.

1-3-2004
200 gr. Sierra Match King, new brass, 3.625" with Sinclair 30 calnut,
1" 5 shot group at 100m

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$70 VZ24 from BIG5
Lothar Walther light varmint taper 257 barrel $145
I cut threads and reamed the chamber to 257 Roberts Ackley Improved
I put a scope on it

Sept 9 2003
75 gr. Vmax ~ 3900 fps [primer pockets ruined from one shot]
0.5" 5 shot group at 100 meters

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$175 1917 Sav 99 take down 250 sav
$75 Shilen 6mmPPC 14" twist take off barrel
I put a scope on it.
I cut threads and reamed out the chamber to 6mmBR

11-30-2007
65 gr Vmax wimpy load with all the W748 that would fit
0.1" 3 shot group at 50 yards
0.3" 3 shot group at 100 yards

February 9, 2014, 04:30 PM	#35
Clark Senior Member Join Date: December 4, 1999 Location: WA, the ever blue state Posts: 4,678	good groups from (4) cheap rifles I got a 1903 Turkish Mauser from BIG5 for $50. I got a 16" twist 22LR rifle from Ebay for $33. I pulled the 8mm barrel, cut it off, bored it out. I cut off the end of the rimfire barrel. I turned the barrel on the lathe. I soldered the 22 barrel into the old 8mm tenon. I reamed out the chamber to 223. I went to the range with 35 gr Vmax bullets hand loaded with Blue Dot. 11-30-2007 .95" 5 shot at 100 yards ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I got another $50 1903 Turkish Mauser from BIG5 that the 8mm bore looked good. The magazine spring failed and they tried to solder it back together but it failed. So this rifle missed out on the corrosive ammo experiences. I put a scope on it. 1-3-2004 200 gr. Sierra Match King, new brass, 3.625" with Sinclair 30 calnut, 1" 5 shot group at 100m ----------------------------------------------------- $70 VZ24 from BIG5 Lothar Walther light varmint taper 257 barrel $145 I cut threads and reamed the chamber to 257 Roberts Ackley Improved I put a scope on it Sept 9 2003 75 gr. Vmax ~ 3900 fps [primer pockets ruined from one shot] 0.5" 5 shot group at 100 meters ---------------------------- $175 1917 Sav 99 take down 250 sav $75 Shilen 6mmPPC 14" twist take off barrel I put a scope on it. I cut threads and reamed out the chamber to 6mmBR 11-30-2007 65 gr Vmax wimpy load with all the W748 that would fit 0.1" 3 shot group at 50 yards 0.3" 3 shot group at 100 yards __________________ The word 'forum" does not mean "not criticizing books." "Ad hominem fallacy" is not the same as point by point criticism of books. If you bought the book, and believe it all, it may FEEL like an ad hominem attack, but you might strive to accept other points of view may exist. Are we a nation of competing ideas, or a nation of forced conformity of thought?