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![[Linked Image]](http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k579/CowboyTimmy/DSC00247_zps254bd16b.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k579/CowboyTimmy/DSC00248_zps23b09058.jpg) VZ-24 action...Check. Mark II Trigger...Check. Swing safety...Check. New Yugo milsurp barrel...Check. I was going to put this together myself, but instead it's going to go out to ITD next weekend. When I get it back it will have the barrel installed and be black parkerized...
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I'm a fan of the 8x57. Looking forward to seeing your pics when it is done.
"The number one problem with America is, a whole lot of people need shot, and nobody is shooting them."
-Master Chief Hershel Davis
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It won't be DONE done for a while...I'll probably drop it into a Boyds Classic to see how it shoots. If it does well, I'll be getting my first McMillan...I'm thinking 75% Olive, 15% Black, 10% Woodland Beige...I'll order it in January when I turn 40 and my wife can blame it on a midlife crisis.
Mauser Rescue Society
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I don't always shoot Mausers, but when I do...I prefer VZ-24s.
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Big fan of the 8x57 here. An Erfurt Mauser. ![[Linked Image]](http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa437/boxhead61/FN_Wisner_PenHolder004.jpg) In action. ![[Linked Image]](http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa437/boxhead61/AfricaMyCamera075.jpg) One on the right is an 8x57 Walther Mauser, to the left its brother, a 7x57. ![[Linked Image]](http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa437/boxhead61/Walthers034-1.jpg) The brother in action. ![[Linked Image]](http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa437/boxhead61/AfricaMyCamera086.jpg) I suggest CFE223 powder. It is what we used in Africa in 2011 with the 180 gr Nosler BT.
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Killed my first Kudu with an iron sighted custom 8x57....nowadays even better bullets are available for it. The horn 195 comes to mind.
Good to great cartridge.
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They do good work, I have one in a Ruger 77. Wouldn't mind a lighter version in an McMillan Edge on a SUCKS action.
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I have 3 right now...the 8x57 I'm getting built on a VZ-24, a Mod.98 in 30-06 that I bedded in a vintage Fajen stock(thinking about getting that one bored out to 9.3x62) and a 1917 DWM Gew.98 action that I'm getting sported right now that will be a ????(thinking Bob or Swede or .264 Win Mag, who knows? no rush on that one).
Mauser Rescue Society
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I don't always shoot Mausers, but when I do...I prefer VZ-24s.
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I have 3 right now...the 8x57 I'm getting built on a VZ-24, a Mod.98 in 30-06 that I bedded in a vintage Fajen stock(thinking about getting that one bored out to 9.3x62) and a 1917 DWM Gew.98 action that I'm getting sported right now that will be a ????(thinking Bob or Swede or .264 Win Mag, who knows? no rush on that one). A 6.5Swede, an 8, and a 9.3 - Have you been eating lingon berry pancakes and Swedish meatballs for a week or two straight?
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I have 3 right now...the 8x57 I'm getting built on a VZ-24, a Mod.98 in 30-06 that I bedded in a vintage Fajen stock(thinking about getting that one bored out to 9.3x62) and a 1917 DWM Gew.98 action that I'm getting sported right now that will be a ????(thinking Bob or Swede or .264 Win Mag, who knows? no rush on that one). A 6.5Swede, an 8, and a 9.3 - Have you been eating lingon berry pancakes and Swedish meatballs for a week or two straight? Not at all...although I bet they would make for some dandy kolache... Things continue to fall into place, I just located 4 boxes of Wolf Gold 196gr SP ammo(repackaged CIP spec PRIVI)...$17 a box, hard to buy good brass for that price...
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Steelie did you rebarrel or did Ruger chamber the 8 at one time? powdr
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