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--- 4220: .318 bore. I'm a little surprised at this considering it was built in '31. It was not built for export and it's my understanding that German hunters favored the J bore over the S right up to the end of the war.

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Real german 8 mm rifles are .318".

German gunmakers used the tighter .318" bores to improve accuracy, but most military rifles had .323" with both versions of the bore. The army just widened the neck in the chamber 0,004" to take the slightly fatter S-bullet. The .323" S-bore and the S-versions of the 8 mm cartridges, however, became german standard in 1939.

The 8x60 is a fine cartridge - I have owned two rifles for it.

Beautiful rifle, indeed.

Fritz

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