"New" 88 Gewehr kinda custom 8x57J

[19_A_CPT]

At this point, my wife should just take my Credit card away, but she was pretty.
Im a sucker for vintage. Im a sucker for octagonal barrels. Im a sucker for engraved metal.

Well she had all three, so!

I couldn't pry the 423 Mauser from the hands of @Lance Hopper, so I found my own lol.

 

[7x57Joe]

She's a beaut!

 

[leslie hetrick]

i had a nice plain jane 88 years ago and used .32 special 170 gr round nose .321 dia. bullets in it at 2100-2200 fps.

 

[VertigoBE]

Very classy rifle. I love the lines of the bottom metal on those 88's

 

[19_A_CPT]

i had a nice plain jane 88 years ago and used .32 special 170 gr round nose .321 dia. bullets in it at 2100-2200 fps.

I found some Norma 8x57 J vintage ammo for $25/box. I won't shoot it much (most likely) but will hunt a few times with it. Has the dual flip up leaf sites common to African rifles.

 

[leslie hetrick]

I found some Norma 8x57 J vintage ammo for $25/box. I won't shoot it much (most likely) but will hunt a few times with it. Has the dual flip up leaf sites common to African rifles.

darn good price for that norma ammo.

 

[Spacebogan]

That is beautiful!

 

[ZG47]

At this point, my wife should just take my Credit card away, but she was pretty.
Im a sucker for vintage. Im a sucker for octagonal barrels. Im a sucker for engraved metal.

Well she had all three, so!

I couldn't pry the 423 Mauser from the hands of @Lance Hopper, so I found my own lol.

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Beautiful rifle. Enjoy!

 

[yamoon]

Great find, use it. I have 2 Mauser 98 8x57I sporters, I hunt with both.
Mike

 

[19_A_CPT]

Great find, use it. I have 2 Mauser 98 8x57I sporters, I hunt with both.
Mike

What do you usually shoot out of them? Factory or handloads? I found some vintage Norma that says 8x57J on the box. I will use it a few times at least.

 

[yamoon]

What do you usually shoot out of them? Factory or handloads? I found some vintage Norma that says 8x57J on the box. I will use it a few times at least.

I shoot both, one has a .321 bore. I shoot 8x57IS in it, the other requires .318 bullets. The way to determine if it is safe to shoot .323 IS in your rifle is to shoot a 8x57I (.318) in your rifle, see if a standard IS (.323) bullet will slip freely in the neck of the fired brass, if it does, it is safe to shoot 8x57IS in the rifle. The high pressure comes when the chamber is too tight to allow the brass to expand and release it’s hold on the bullet. Many I rifles were rechambered to allow use of IS cartridges. This works in 98s, I have never tried it in an 88.
Mike