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If you're using the M93 as a hunting/field rifle, there is NO reason to run the pressures up. The small-ring Mausers make fine little rifles, a little lighter than the M98.
An M93(94, 96, etc) with a 20"-22" barrel will kick a 150gr bullet at 2500+fps from a .308 and, if put in the right spot, will drop any animal for which the .308 was intended, at any distance that an animal should be shot.
Ask me sometime what I think of my Mexican Mauser/.250 Savage Improved.
If you want to make a .308 equal a .300 Weatherby, use a Mark V action!
The taper of a standard chamber versus an Improved DOESN'T relate to chamber pressure, directly, and there are other factors that would dictate whether one would choose one over the other.
There is no reason to load down to Black Powder velocities, but seeing if you can blow primers with every shot is not necessary, either.
The .308 is a minimum-taper case anyway.
As a hunting gun, you don't want the ammo to fit tight, anyway. It should chamber with the minimum of resistance, but not have excessive headspace.
Have fun,
Gene
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