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As Karl Stumpfe mentioned, he generously loaned me his Mauser 98 in 8x68S for much of my plains game safari in Namibia last year. I have lusted over a good rifle in this calibre for many years and jumped at the chance to try one out. It certainly performed well. With properly placed shots it certainly hit hard enough. I think the projectiles were 220 (or 200 ?) grain A-Squares (Karl please correct if needed). Recoil and muzzle blast didn't bother me at all. It seemed plenty flat shooting enough. I feel a good flat shooting rifle in .30, 8mm or .338 is about the ideal range for most non-dangerous game hunting, including the bigger beasts and the 8x68S fits the bill pretty well. I would love to have one with interchangable barrels in 6.5x68 and 9.3x64. One of those Mannlicher-Schoenauers in 8x68S would be an absolute dream however. A question. I have seen references to takedowns in Mannlicher-Schoenauers. What are these? Are they Holland & Holland type "takedowns", ie where they have been modified to easily allow the action to be removed from the stock for travel? Or the type where the barrel can be removed from the action? Or ??? |