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From: MEDELMA@cms.cc.wayne.edu (Michael Edelman)
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Subject: Re: novice wants advice
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Date: 21 Jun 91 20:12:29 GMT
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The 7mm Mausers are a good choice for shooting. Good for hunting, too.
But be careful of the 8mm Mausers. It's a fine cartridge, but there
are *two* different 8mm bores! Modern ammunition is generally sized
for the smaller bore, which means if you shoot it in a gun with the
larger bore you'll have pretty rotten accuracy. This is safer than
shooting the larger rounds in the smaller gun, of course.

All this is from distant memory, so I don't recall the details, but
it's definitely something to be aware of.

                          --mike edelman