.308 Winchester questions

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Hey everybody I have a Spanish FR8 Mauser in 7.62x51 NATO would it be safe to fire .308 Winchester hunting ammunition through the firearm? Are there any issues or problems that can happen firing that kind of ammunition through the rifle?
 
Hard to imagine a large ring 98 action having problems with 308 Win, IMO.

If you had the earlier FR7 that might be an issue. They used weaker ammo, AFAIK. But if 98 Mauser actions (the ones they were shooting 8x57 in) can't handle 308 Win its news to this guy
 
The FR8 is a M98 copy (they got the blueprints from the Argentines) and should be fine with 308.

The FR7 is an M93 action and 308 may or may not be safe, not wanting to find out I use 300 Savage reloading data.

Back in the day my Girlfriend started crying after firing 1 shot from the FR8.
 
Ummm. The Spaniards aren't stupid, and their conversions were good. When I first got on CGN there was a common recurrent conversation about grievous bad horrible things about firing NATO ball in FR7s and 8s. My friend Colin did some research with the Spanish attache in Ottawa (who knew a thing or two more about guns than many might). They determined there was nothing to worry about.
 
maple_leaf_eh said:
Ummm. The Spaniards aren't stupid, and their conversions were good. When I first got on CGN there was a common recurrent conversation about grievous bad horrible things about firing NATO ball in FR7s and 8s. My friend Colin did some research with the Spanish attache in Ottawa (who knew a thing or two more about guns than many might). They determined there was nothing to worry about.
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Back when they were cheap and we had a truck full of surplus south African 308 (if I'm remembering correctly) we ran a great deal of it through some FR7 and 8 rifles. Never had an issue. But none of that 308 was hot handloads either. - dan
 
maple_leaf_eh said:
Ummm. The Spaniards aren't stupid, and their conversions were good. When I first got on CGN there was a common recurrent conversation about grievous bad horrible things about firing NATO ball in FR7s and 8s. My friend Colin did some research with the Spanish attache in Ottawa (who knew a thing or two more about guns than many might). They determined there was nothing to worry about.
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MiG25 said:
The FR8 is a M98 copy (they got the blueprints from the Argentines) and should be fine with 308.

The FR7 is an M93 action and 308 may or may not be safe, not wanting to find out I use 300 Savage reloading data.

Back in the day my Girlfriend started crying after firing 1 shot from the FR8.
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Thanks! I’ll take the rifle out for some range time soon
 
maple_leaf_eh said:
Ummm. The Spaniards aren't stupid, and their conversions were good. When I first got on CGN there was a common recurrent conversation about grievous bad horrible things about firing NATO ball in FR7s and 8s. My friend Colin did some research with the Spanish attache in Ottawa (who knew a thing or two more about guns than many might). They determined there was nothing to worry about.
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Awesome, I’ll be hitting some paper and gongs soon then
 
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