Classic Custom Mauser

[JH88]

I went to a local gun show this past weekend and found a rather nice sporterized Mauser. I've been looking for a rifle chambered in 22-250, and this fit the bill nicely. When I got it home I promptly disassembled and gave it a quick once over and cleaning.
I was pleasantly surprised to find a Timney trigger installed. I don't have a trigger pull scale, but it is nice and light.
I love the look of this classis sporter. The grip cap was old dried and warped plastic. I need to find a suitable replacement for that. I've also been told that this barrel might have been manufactured before the 22-250 was standardized my Remington. That is rather likely as the barrel is stamped 22-250, not 22-250 Rem.
The Smith that assembled this rifle was Paul O. Gottschall. He was a hall of fame Benchrest shooter.
The barrel is a 1/14 twist, so I have some 50 and 55 grain factory ammo I'm going to try out.
I'm excited to set this guy up and see how it shoots.

 

[JH88]

I couldn't wait to shoot this. I took it out on my break this morning. I just had 15 minutes to sight and test. I had 3 different factory loads to try out. I'll admit I was kind of rushing, so I'm not real proud of the results. The first group was the 5 shots at top right, in the cardboard. That was the 50 grain browning. I roughly zeroed and then shot 3 rounds of the Hornady 55 grain V-Max. Aiming for the center I was hitting high and left. Last group was the wolf 55 grain. Aiming for the lower right. I was pleasantly surprised with that group.

I had 1 of the browning cases that would not go into battery, and another that was tight. The bolt closed very easily on the Wolf cartridges.
I've read that shorter bullets will work best with a slow barrel twist. So it makes sense that the Wolf loads had the better group.

 

[RPN]

If you're looking for a deer/pig load, try the 70 grain sp Speer projectiles. They stabilize in a 14 twist, and kill the hell out of stuff.