Thread: mauser actions

All M96s are listed as made with Swedish steel even the German made early ones. The ww2 made M38 guns/steel has comments that it is a wee bit stronger though, however I have seen some later receivers that appear rather worn/sloppy. The M96 action is pretty strong, its the Norwegian actions you have to be careful with, however my Swedish Mauser book lists the max safe pressure as 44,000psi and a test pressure of 66000psi. Again though my ADI book lists 53000psi, so I'd assume there is a mix up with the 2 different measuring methods.

I'd suggest if you want to make this cartridge really go it should be out of something like a Tikka and not a WW1 era gun.

If anyone has better documented info with URLs etc, I'd love you to share it.