Takedown Rifles (1990s)

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by Icelander

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I'm considering whether 7x57mm Mauser ammunition might be common enough. That would be a nice caliber for the work.

I have never heard of that being used under that name in the US. Of course, we don't use the European nomenclature here and especially didn't in the 80s-90s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7%C3%9757mm_Mauser

.....has the common US designation being "7mm Mauser" and it appears to have primarily been used before WWII. Even the wildcats it fathered in that time period are no longer truly common.

Unless you're going to plant a couple of crates of century old military ammo somewhere I'd say availability in the US and surrounds will be near zero.