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I am reminded of a section in African Rifles & Cartridges where one of Taylor's hunting companions loved the 8x57 Mauser and the .450-400 and invariably carried one cartridge of each in his pocket. No doubt the 8x57 was with the 227 grain bullet.

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The 8x57 with 227 grain bullet is a big game rifle in my view, but of course not a big bore rifle.

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A .318 or .323 calibre 227 gr bullet would have similar penetration of the .318 WR, .330 250 gr.

I like the rifle purchased. $3150 might not be unusual on our excessively priced usedguns site here ... If people get what's asked for on that site I'm priced out of the market.

Buckstix, you have to be more like me. Look for brass, dies etc 20 years after buying a rifle ...

Looking forward to your new thread. Btw please report back what this rifle sells for as a 8x57. Out of interest.

Please leave the images up. I'll copy them to the NE server when I can. It's a good example of the sort of rifle it should have been correctly labelled as.

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John aka NitroX

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