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Muzzle diameter is 0.730", just right according to Goldilocks,
or was that Goldilands ?





IIRC, this was a fast rifle, and an accurate rifle, with Sir Jerry's handloads.
Sluggin' the bore and checking the throat length and twist rate is next.
The barrel length is actually 24-1/4" by my measure, with action cocked and measuring rod in bore.
That is same length as the 1:10" FN Mauser that was recently liberated from Hilltop Gun Shop and Spa for Wayward Rifles.
First order is to compare the presumed 1:14" Karab. 98b MV to the 1:10" twist FN.
The latter rifle is now named Freki, like the other wolf of Odin.
Freki rhymes with trekkie.
Geri and Freki, fraternal twins, wolf littermates, heh-heh-heh.

As you were.
Using the Hornady factory ammo with verified 500-gr MV of 2140 fps in other 24" rifles of 1:14" twist should be informative.