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<blockquote data-quote="MoBoost" data-source="post: 1561093" data-attributes="member: 3455"><p>Unfortunately neither chemistry nor metallurgy changed <img src="/images/smilies/frown.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-shortname=":(" /> </p><p></p><p>Same propellant - isn't it crazy that all the variety of smokeless we got is the same stuff served in different shapes.</p><p>Same steel - Swedes and Germans had it down by late 1890s - their test load was 66,000 PSI. Old Mausers have been re-chambered to the highest pressure magnums.</p><p>Same brass - other than stretched, trimmed or necked.</p><p></p><p>Bullets - yeah, we have had some really good bullets developed in recent years, but I don't think that takes away from the perfection of original cases.</p><p></p><p></p><p>As I said people have been rechambering old Mausers to anything and everything. And it's not like modern guns don't fail. IMHO the only thing that didn't go for old European cartridges they didn't start with "30". Nowadays only "service rifle" starts with "30" - all the "smart ones" jumped on 6.5mm and 7mm bandwagon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MoBoost, post: 1561093, member: 3455"] Unfortunately neither chemistry nor metallurgy changed :( Same propellant - isn't it crazy that all the variety of smokeless we got is the same stuff served in different shapes. Same steel - Swedes and Germans had it down by late 1890s - their test load was 66,000 PSI. Old Mausers have been re-chambered to the highest pressure magnums. Same brass - other than stretched, trimmed or necked. Bullets - yeah, we have had some really good bullets developed in recent years, but I don't think that takes away from the perfection of original cases. As I said people have been rechambering old Mausers to anything and everything. And it's not like modern guns don't fail. IMHO the only thing that didn't go for old European cartridges they didn't start with "30". Nowadays only "service rifle" starts with "30" - all the "smart ones" jumped on 6.5mm and 7mm bandwagon. [/QUOTE]
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