What I mean is, The pressure measurements I have found are listed as follows: (7.62x51 nato= cup.308win.= psi) they appearantly do not correlate, and some will tell you there is not much real difference and others will say that they are very different, I have talked (thru E-mail) with a man that runs a website, dedicated to this very rifle, and he tells me that he is not sure enough to run factory rounds thru his with any confidence.īut don't let me sway your dilligence, if you CAN find more firm information on the subject, PLEASE post it here so I can read it. Velocity is the average of five rounds measured 15 feet from the gun's muzzle.The one thing that I can tell you after many years of experience with this question, Is, The more reading you do, the more questions you will have. Notes: Accuracy is the average of five, five-shot groups fired from a benchrest at 100 yards. Table#specialTable 1893 Spanish Mauser Accuracy Since the 1870s, their rifles had been adopted by Germany and many other nations, and Mauser's R&D work produced a continual series of improvements that would make the Mauser the preeminent bolt-action rifle in the world by the end of the century. His first military rifle design had been perfected in the late 1860s, and he and his brother Wilhelm had created a company that was to become one of the giants of the international firearms industry. The Modelo 1893 was developed by Paul Mauser of Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany. The board of officers who conducted the investigation laid the blame where I believe it was deserved, on the superior firepower of the Spaniards' Modelo 1893 Mauser rifles.

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