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I agree. It looks like the best round to me.

My rifle is still covered in cosmoline from the 50’s or 60’s when the guy bought it. A couple years ago he just wanted the $60 he paid for it originally. I have bullets and new cases to reload for it and can hardly wait. It has a light and smooth trigger pull also. It also has a post front sight, which works a lot better for me. The blade sight bleeds into the bull and I have a hard time replicating the sight picture.

I could shoot straighter if I had scopes, but I just can't move away from original configuration. Vintage scopes are just too expensive when I want to save up for a mil spec scope for my M1A.

I was out at the gravel pit last year, and some dude let me try out his Spanish Mauser in .308. It was "small ring" action so could only handle low-pressure rounds, but man, was that a sweet shooter. Slick action, beautifully-made, surprisingly light weight with a full-length stock, light recoil, just a very nice old rifle with a nice finish.

I think he said he paid about $250 for it. I wanted one.