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Why should'nt you alter rimmed cases ?

Old misinformation dies hard , Just like you talking about a military Mauser with a J bore . There is no such thing . The German military never used a J nor S as a bore size . The original Gew-88...

None of the M-95's in 8x50mm were rebored at all when rechambered to the 8x56r . Same bore size, same barrel with same size land and groove .

It was long ago . I remember driving to Amarillo with 6 other shooters from our military rifle shooting club for one of your military rifle matches . We did ask why the targets were so large at 100...

Are you the same " freightman" that used to shoot at the Amarillo military rifle shoot about 20 or so years ago ?

Lots of incorrect info here . The German Gew-88 never had a .318 groove barrel . It was .321 and later [ 1896 1/2 ] was made at .323 + . No 88/05 's will be found with anything less than .321 ....

The guy from FW does not know much about real shooting . The ammo did not crack the stock . Loose action screws did , as he would not know to check them . As stated Turk is not boxer . There is...

Actually All Type 99 short rifles were match by the last 3 digits of the serial number .

Getting them head spaced will be a waste of time and money as the chambers are always much larger than current headspace gauges . They will fail as all do . They should be fine to shoot .

You may have to get a heeled bullet for the case neck to fit in the chamber .

The Swiss changed their bore size when the changed their ammo . The original ammo was a .416 ish heeled bullet .

The Lebel's and Berthier's DID use a .327 bullet in the later spitzer loading . Only the early round nose was .323 . Like every other military of the time they used undersized long round nose bullets...

The German military never had a .318 bore Gew-88 . Since the rifle is a 88/05 it will have at least a .3208 groove barrel , just measure it . The S is not a bore size , it just means the rifle was...

Since the 300 Sav and the 7.35 Car are almost identical in every way , bore size , case length , capacity , shoulder angle and the 30/30 is not . And the Carcano action is stronger than any Savage...

Since the 30/30 is a different shape case and is not close to the same capacity , off by 15% , that is a poor choice . Since the 300 Savage is almost identical in shape and the same capacity , it...

There was only one used on the 05 conversion , which is all the rifles shown . There was a different type used on the rare 14 conversion . Neither used brass .

The magazine bottom cover was not done with the 1905 modification . It was done in 1914 . It is Not needed for the rifle to function . The guides are Not brazed on , brazing is brass and there is no...

Again another poor source of Gew-88 info . Try reading the original Mauser text on the subject .

Again that is all wrong . None of my S and non S mark rifles have any difference in the neck dia . Since the S round was only .002 larger in dia than the older P-88 round and most military rifles...

Sorry but that is incorrect . You will never find a rifle made like that . It is very clear what the bore sizes were if you read original German testing document and have about 100 real rifles to...

Mauser had a full work load with the Turks and other at the time . He would not have been required to build the Gew-88 no more than he would have been a Krag . The contract only applied to his...

The S stamp just means the rifle was checked for function with S ammo and cleared to fire it . There was no change to anything . It also does not mean any spitzer ammo , just German S ammo . Just...

The Turk 88/35 barrels were not Turk made , they are Czech 93 barrels turned down by the Turks to fit the Gew-88 . There were never any German military .318 barrels , only .321 and .323 . There are...