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Post by todddoyka on May 13, 2020 15:12:11 GMT -7
my friend has a mannlicher steyr M95/34 carbine in 8x56R that used to be his father's(he passed away last year). since he doesn't handload and 8x56R is not on the shelf of every walmart, he wants to sell it. i'll look it over, either this weekend or the next, and i'll buy it or just give him a wave and smile and say "no thank you". the 8x57R isn't a favorite of mine(bore runs .329-.340"), but i think i could rebore it to 35-40 krag and put on an old aperture sight. then i'll have another 35 cal bore!!! my questions is, has anybody done this? what do you think about it? what do you do with 8x56R stripper clips to make into 35-40 krag stripper clips? no, i don't have any pictures of it. i'll just have to wait and see.
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Post by missionary on May 13, 2020 15:57:27 GMT -7
Good evening I would call JES Reboring and ask him. He will give you straight answers and is a fine feller to talk to In your search type out JES Reboring. Up pops the phone # Call and he will all you back.
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Post by todddoyka on May 13, 2020 18:58:32 GMT -7
JES did my 35/30. he does a great job.
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Post by todddoyka on May 15, 2020 3:44:21 GMT -7
i finally got around to comparing both cartridges and the diameter of the krag is too small. so i'll rebarrel it or stay the same.
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Post by missionary on May 15, 2020 6:17:22 GMT -7
Or send it to Jes and end up with a .35/57 or go up the scale and have a .375/57 or just go whole hog for the 375/06 ! That is one of our favorites!!
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Post by todddoyka on May 15, 2020 6:54:26 GMT -7
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Post by todddoyka on May 17, 2020 8:27:16 GMT -7
my friend showed up and he wants a price that is beyond my capabilities, so i said no, thank you.
i noticed right off the bat, the stock was cracked(s), yes, plural. it didn't have a handgaurd or the two bands. the action and barrel are rusty(give them a bath, scrub bath, scrub........until it needs reblued. and while your at, bathe the magazine housing too. the bore looked fine(?), nothing better than elbow grease. he didn't have enbloc clips, so i'll take his word it function. i should have field strip it, but i quit going it over when he told the price.
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Post by missionary on May 17, 2020 11:54:00 GMT -7
Well that may be how the cookie crumbles. But buying a bag of problems is not much in my blood anymore either.
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