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My discussion of a Czech VZ 24 Mauser I inherited over in the Long Gun Forum has evolved into a discussion of current ammo available and personal preferences and attendant reasons for those choices.
If you have knowledge and expertise with this cartridge, your input would be greatly appreciated...
indy1919a4,
Interesting link you offered. Thank you. Somewhat dated it seems because the originator is no longer with us, so apparently the info offered is more or less fixed in time, but useful info none the less for us newbie types.
One very helpful resource I discovered was an image of 8 x 57...
Here's a newbie's, don't know squat from my butt, suggestion to this fascinating discussion........mic the casing length.
If a known, good, spent 8 x 57 mm casing is available (or a known good round is available), compare with the suspect the out-of-spec example.
My guess is your initial...
DoggyDaddy,
Wow, that's really solid, profound, heads up info you provided. When one reads the reviews on the ammo below the description and pricing info in the link you provided, you have to wonder why they are even attempting to sell this stuff. 9 of 11 reviews were absolutely negative...
Geezzz.......that's pretty amazing to know that kind of variety of manufacturing was there!
That's kinda shocking to me. Off the cuff, based on what you guys claim to have seen at the 1500 (which I've never been to), it doesn't sound like there is a shortage of reasonably priced 8 x 57 ammo here...
I'm curious to know what all of you shoot in your 8 x 57 mm Mausers?
A couple of weeks ago at the Kokomo Central Indiana Gun Show I ran across some Turkish brass cartridge 8 x 57 rounds being sold on 5 round clips for $3 per clip. That's 60 cents per round, i.e. $60 per 100 rounds. Seemed...
Certainty at last.....
Given everyone's great responses, suggestions, and input to my first thread at the website, I wanted to post an update to share what was discovered.
On Monday, I had an appointment at Havlin's to have the VZ examined and a chamber cast made to determine what I really had...
and the beat goes on.................
mkgr22,
Yes, I have a "stepped barrel" and I suspect it is correct for the gun, although not matching numbers.
That's not a biggie for me.
I mainly just don't care to blow the right side of my skull in, thus my hyper concerns about the calibration.
That...
Thanks for the help and replies, Gentlemen. I have emailed Brett at his website email addy and will try to work something out for him to look at the rifle. We're about 1 1/2-2 hours apart, but that's not a huge deal to get the kind of professional answers I need.
8mm-06 wildcat may be an outside possibility, but rather low I think. I just need some expertise to help me figure it all out.
I did find some interesting info on 8mm-06 wildcats here:
8mm-06
8mm-06Wildcat
8X57 vs 8mm-06 - THR
It appears I have some 8 x 57 mm reloaded Remington casings and a...
I inherited a Czech VZ 24 from my father which is sporterized. I shot the thing a few times as a kid, but never really knew or understood much about the rifle. Dad never shot it much either and its been on a gun rack on a den wall for the bigger part of at least 50 years. I'd like to...