Hello all.

I am really liking the old Mauser 71/84 rifle.
It was original in .43 Mauser. That was a black powder caliber, but I guess it is ok to load it smokeless?
Some who have and use these caliber? Hunt with it? What bullets and what FPS do you get?

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George

I helped a friend in Namibia get ammo for his 11.15x58(?) cape-gun.

He had said that no one could find the ammo. I took that as a challenge and, after some research, found that 11.15x58 was the metric designation for the 43 Mauser. Old Western Scrounger had 43 Mauser ammo loaded with Pyrodex. IIRC it was a 340 grain lead bullet at +-1300fps.

He was so pleased when I brought the ammo that he let me use the rifle to take a broken horned kudu. That 340 grain bullet punched right through the kudu and produced a clean kill even though mu shot was not perfect.

So, sorry for writing a book and not really answering your question... My point, the 43 Mauser is cool and is one heck of a killer.

If I were to handload for it I would look to Trailboss powder.

Cartridges of the World list several loadings.

This is the one I used 26 grs 4198 340 gr cast at 1380fps

Thanks for the reply and information.
P dog shooter, you hunt with it?