I inherated a 8mm mauser from my son and was wondering what high power/dg cartriges that action could be easily converted to, any Ideas?

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Depends on the $$$ you want to part with

500 Jeffery on the high dollar end

376 steyr on the lower $$$ end.

But this is the wildcat forum.

9,3*62,35whelen

8mm X .404 X 2.5". Re chamber, a little work on the bolt face ,follower and rails. roger

Simplest Re-Barrel: 9.3X62, 375 Whelen (or AI), 411 Hawk

Simplest HP: PMM (poor man's magnum) 8/338
Open the bolt face and rails and re-chamber.

DG magnums: 458,Winchester, 425 Express, 375 Chatfield-Taylor

An 8mm-376 Steyr gets good performance.

thanks for the ideas, will have to chase these down to see which one would be the most fun to have and to shoot.

The cheapest wildcat you could get into would be the 8mm Gibbs.
You could keep your barrel and just rechamber.

John

Not to be negative, but why convert? The 8x57 is a great cartridge when loaded to modern pressures, every bit the equal of the .30/06. What you have is **good**.

well because I already have a 7mm mag, a 30-06, a 270,a 243,and two 30-30's also the 8mm are pretty difficult to find around here so what the heck if I am gonna reload why not find something larger and fun to shoot I am really intrigued by the posts on the 375-404 wondering if that action would support that cartridge. Stan

I think you mean 404-375 =)

Thanks!

Well if you wanted to build one I would suggest doing a trade and get a 375 hh to rebore for ease of conversion and cheaper.

www.midwayusa.com is a great place to get all of your bullets 8mm 404 or otherwise.

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Originally posted by StanAllen:
well because I already have a 7mm mag, a 30-06, a 270,a 243,and two 30-30's also the 8mm are pretty difficult to find around here so what the heck if I am gonna reload why not find something larger and fun to shoot I am really intrigued by the posts on the 375-404 wondering if that action would support that cartridge. Stan

Boom stick you are correct, and of course going with the 375 would be cheeper but hey what fun is that?

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Originally posted by StanAllen:
Boom stick you are correct, and of course going with the 375 would be cheeper but hey what fun is that?

Well there is a 404-375 group dies order $100 each happening so it is a good time to join the party.

The simplest way to power up the 8mm Mauser is to convert it to the 8x60S (no wildcat). Little mor power and the possibility to use (expensive) factory ammunition!

Stan if you have a good barrel on that rifle consider the 8mm-338 winor as it used to be called the 8mm Poor Mans Mag. A simple rechamber open up the boltface and the feed rails and you are ready to go.There are several sets of used 8mm 338 dies listed on E-Bay for cheap. You can run 338 brass into the 8mm-338 die load and shoot. Performance is between the 338 and 300 mags so that fits nicely with the selection of calibres you presently have. If a new barrel is in order the 9.3x62 is a very useful calibre. Let us know what you decide.

if the barrel works, reload with rel22

if not, you can do a 550 express down to a 22br

The 8mm-06 is an easy conversion with reloading dies being readily available. I like the 8mm Mauser in its original configuration,it will do anything the 30-06 will do and makes bigger holes as well.

it's an old military bolt action, shoots poorly and I don't need it for hunting, so when I can talk my wife out of the money, I am going to rebarrel it and make some kinda sporter out of it. or just do it a little at a time from my mad money. it's all about having anouther rifle that is fun to shoot-lol

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Originally posted by StanAllen:
it's an old military bolt action, shoots poorly and I don't need it for hunting, so when I can talk my wife out of the money, I am going to rebarrel it and make some kinda sporter out of it. or just do it a little at a time from my mad money. it's all about having anouther rifle that is fun to shoot-lol

If that's the case, find a good take off military barrel in 8mm.

The barrel should be relatively inexpensive, as is the surplus ammo.

(Corrosive, but a little soap and water handles that prior to "normal cleaning.)

Another thought, if not already "sporterized"
the rifle may have inherent value more than you perceive.

Example, 1909 Argentines, Nazi marked K-98's, some of the others, Mexicans, Chileans, etc have seen their values increasing lately.