Pleased to say the first test of the Mauser M03 has gone well.

Not liking Father Christmas I wanted to slay his reindeers before Christmas to prevent him molesting the Earth yet again, unfortunately I only got them AFTER Christmas ...

In reality been doing a bit of canned venison hunting. Six of my fallow were out and about outside the wire, and needed to be shot. Got five of them over a couple days and nights.

The .222 barrel with a Zeiss Conquest 3.5-10x scope managed five out of five brain shots at a variety of ranges. Just using Remington factory ammo in 50 gr SP.

Good start for the new rifle.