[Lurkinanloomin]

That 8mm will do fine, trust me.

[yarddog]

Yes that 8mm is about as good as it gets. I was thinking of recoil and having quick follow up shots.

I guess what I say and what I do are different things as that 8mm Mauser is in another room. Within six feet is my old Remington 552 speedmaster loaded with 14 rounds of high speed .22lr. That old .22 auto is almost off the charts accurate and in all these years has never failed.

Still it would be extremely slow to reload that tubular magazine. I have been wanting another Ruger 10-22 for several years and will probably get one before too long.

Come to think of it, I might just load up that old Mauser and keep it handy too. Slow to reload but I could keep a few loaded stripper clips near at hand. I guess the Swedish Mauser would be just as good with slightly less recoil. I still have a pile of Lapua match for it. FMJ but with that much power it doesn’t matter.

[yarddog]

For many years I owned 7 Swedish Mausers including an early one actually made in Oberndorf. 3 were 29 inch barrels, 3 were 24 inch barrels and one was around 16-17 inch.

At one time I probably had two thousand rounds of various ammo for it. I still have maybe 40 boxes of the Lapua and maybe 20 of the Norma. Also maybe 3 or 4 various odds and ends.

These fine rifles of which I now have exactly one, will still hit a man sized target at 500 yards with open sights and it is not that hard to do as they are just about dead on at that distance. My Nephew who is a mediocre shot could hit a 20 X 12 inch tar bucket at 400 yards nearly every time.