US/NATO caliber mausers?

Henry0Reilly

May 03, 2007 04:29

quote:Originally posted by Jacob2008
Who needs a 30-06 when you've got an ak and a mauser?!


My mauser is 30-06....

What other non-metric calibers, if any, were Mausers originally chambered for? (I know mausers have been rebarreled to almost every rifle caliber ever made)

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  p3skyking

  May 03, 2007 04:45

  Henry, Mausers have been chambered in just about any caliber ever made. Your 30-06 is also a metric caliber. 7.62x63 I believe, maybe 61, I forget. All calibers have a metric equivalent.

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  nononsense

  May 03, 2007 05:50

  Henry0Reilly,
  
  The original list of non-metrics chambered by Mauser is short:
  
  .250/3000 Savage
  
  .30-06 Springfield
  
  .280 Ross
  
  .303 British
  
  .318 Westly-Richards
  
  .404 Jeffery
  
  These are from the original Mauser factory records and don't cover the later releases from other factories.
  
  And yes, most of the British and American cartridges can be converted to a metric equivalent but these cartridges above were chambered and the barrel marked in this manner and NOT metric.
  
  Best.

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  Henry0Reilly

  May 03, 2007 06:55

  If I ever run across a mauser in 303 brit I'd probably like to have one for my (very small) mil surp collection.

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