Takedown Rifles (1990s)

[Icelander]

Originally Posted by Rupert

I was meaning take them and re-chamber and re-barrel them. They were rechambered for all kinds of things, from normal sporting rounds like .30-06, .270, etc. to exotic wildcats.

Originally Posted by johndallman

The chamber is part of the barrel for those actions. They'll handle almost any round up to 88mm long, given an appropriate bolt head, and a little filing on the 7.92 bolt head will let it work with .30-06. The largest calibre that's been used with them is probably .500 Jeffery.

Yeah, .30-06 seems the most popular and useful chambering that will work in a WWII vintage K98 or vz. 24 Mauser action with minimal gunsmithing needed. Don't want to have to fiddle with the magazine any more than necessary, which argues against the .308 Win and other shorter rounds.

Easiest of all would be 7x57mm or similar, but I doubt any of them are more widely available commercially than the original 7.92x57mm Mauser.