Thank you Curl ! When I read your bit about 7.65 being plentyful , I thought they might be in the US but none down here !

Any way Im at my local Gunsmith looping 2in off a old 303 barrel to get back to some rifling & I asked "any old take off 303 barrels" he said look through the metal bin , non there , but I remember seeing a barrel propping the door open , had a look , bugger looks like Mauser , good bore ,like new , must be a 8X57 I think , wiping off more dust & 7.65X53 on it ! !

He said it's rubbish & gives it to me , so what do you do to them now ?

Might it fit on my old Steyr M95 in 6.5X53 , so I can convert to 303 ?

Cheers for that !