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The orig cal of the rifle was 6.5x54M/S with it's smaller base dia (.421?). A surplus Greek WW1 rifle.
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The cartridge guide ring at the front of the magazine has been reduce/thinned on the inside of it's dia to allow this. I did a bit more work on it to smooth things up. The ring is removeable with 2 small flush headed screws. IIRC when I reinstalled them, I soft soldered them back into place with the ring for extra stength as they are very small and short threaded.
There was no cartridge guide ring in a Y1903 (Greek military) MS. That arrangement must have been added to accommodate the different cartridge or a later model magazine was used.
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