Gewehr 88 Model 1888 Commission Rifle

[ldpfeifer]

Re-slugged the bore and also did a cast 3/4 of an inch down the barrel, .316.
My chamber casting measurements are: Base .424. Neck is .3495. Length is the only thing I could not nail, but I came up with 1.820 and that may be a little on the long side. It is looking like the 8.15x46R round. I am still going to a gunsmith. If he give the OK, I will start acquiring dies, and bullets as I have some spent 30-30 cases. If not, it will be a wall hanger with a story.
Thanks to all.
Lyle

[ldpfeifer]

With everyone's help, I bought some 8.15x46R dies, cut down some 30-30 cases and bought some over-sized lead 30-30 bullets. I strapped this gun to a stool and rigged up a trigger pull from phone line. Fired it 4 times, cut it loose and put one in the target on the first shot. For a gun that has been silent for 60 years plus, what a day!
Now I am trying to fix the sights. These look the same as the Gewehr 98, but as can be seen in the pictures, they have been cut down to fit. The back "V" part is wind-age adjustable with a screw that was frozen and now snapped off. I am in the process of trying to remove it, but at a loss as the G-98 never had wind-age adjustments.
Any more help would be appreciated.
Lyle

[leecork]

I do not have any reference books available down here in Florida, but I want to contribute another possibility. Is it possible that this gun would use the 7.65 X 53 cartridges commonly used in Argentine Mausers of the same time frame ? Of course, the Argentine rifles used .311 bullets,