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two in the S chamber with deepened rifling from the original J bore.

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!!! I thought mine was a one-off, having slugged from the bore (.318) and breech (.323) - have you ever read anything more about how/why/when this was done? My own supposition was that it was to make the (probably unattractive, old stock) Model 88s on the shelf attractive to hunters using the .323 Mauser rounds.