8mm-06 always has been and probably will always be a reloader special. If you don't need to ream the K98 your looking at don't. Buy the European manufactured ammunition to get the best performance out of the cartridge.
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The caliber doesn't make much sense with the existence of the two very similar rounds - the common 8x57 mauser and the slightly smaller bore .30-06.
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Actually it made a lot of sense to the veterans who brought back rifles from Germany to hunt with. There was no sense in having a perfectly good Mauser you couldn't find ammo for that wasn't affordable if you could find it at all. Plus there are a lot of calibers out there that make just as much sense as this rifle that made it into commercial production anyway. Plus having a non-standard caliber rifle is something that is always fun to talk about at the range or in camp.