Hi all,

Hoping the holiday season is merry to one and all. The house is quite except for my little mind which is wondering aloud what to do with the LH Mauser I just got; leave it as 7x57 or go to another chambering.

The players on the table are the x57, the 06. a 338-06 or have a 375 worked up out of it.

Thoughts and whys?

Merry Christmas on a boring Saturday evening before Christmas! You don't mention what calibers you already own so, it's hard to say. If it were me, and I was happy with the performance of the Mauser, I'd leave it as is. A 7x57 would be a nice addition in my humble collection…but, I don't know about yours.

I'd say leave it as a 7x57 and spend the money on having the barrel cut to 20" and making a full length Mannlicher stock for it. That'd do nicely!

For me, I think I would go with a 9.3x62mm Mauser. The Mauser cartridge seems a natural chambering for a custom rifle based on a Mauser action and I always wanted a 9.3x62mm. Even though many might consider it overkill, I also felt the 9.3mm Mauser would make a fine rifle for bear and pigs in the thick Smoky Mountain woods in which I hunt. It sure would kill whitetails as well.

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Originally posted by HondoLane:
For me, I think I would go with a 9.3x62mm Mauser. The Mauser cartridge seems a natural chambering for a custom rifle based on a Mauser action and I always wanted a 9.3x62mm. Even though many might consider it overkill, I also felt the 9.3mm Mauser would make a fine rifle for bear and pigs in the thick Smoky Mountain woods in which I hunt. It sure would kill whitetails as well.

Without knowing what other rifles you have in the safe?

I'd rechamber to 9.3x62 because I already have a 270, 300 Savage and 300 Weatherby. I don't have a decent caliber in the .366 or .375 range.


YMMV

Me, I'd leave it alone except to add any little personal touches I could either do myself or have done by a pro...just to really make it "mine", and to "nice-it-up".

That could range from a nice stock re-finishing if it needs one, through maybe either a skeleton or Silvers-type butt plate, clear on to maybe a tiny bit of scroll or line engraving.

Then I'd shoot the dickens out of it for a year or so and then decide whether I wanted to do something else.

I'll bet I wouldn't want more, and you likely won't either by then.

I'd leave it in 7x57.

I have a left handed Mauser in 458 Win mag being re-worked by TooManyTools (John) right now but I agonized a long time over getting the 458 or a 7x57. To me, the 7x57 is just "the" cartridge for a Mauser.

I would leave it as a 7x57.

8x57 before a 338-06, and 9.3x62 before a 375.

Leave it!

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Originally posted by SDhunter:
I would leave it as a 7x57.

8x57 before a 338-06, and 9.3x62 before a 375.

+1

7x57 Acklely, problem solved. BTDT.

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Originally posted by Fjold:
I'd leave it in 7x57.

I have a left handed Mauser in 458 Win mag being re-worked by TooManyTools (John) right now but I agonized a long time over getting the 458 or a 7x57. To me, the 7x57 is just "the" cartridge for a Mauser.

John's work is excellent.