7.65x53 Mauser

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I am thinking of having a barrel chambered for 7.65x53 Argentine. I am trying to locate someone with a reamer. If you might know of such a person/business, could you please forward the information to me. A sporter rifle for sale would work just as well.
Thank you in advance for any/all replies.
 
Why 7.65x53 Mauser?
This is one of the first and oldest smokeless powder cartridges, aren't there better choices, with a more bullet selection?
 
I quite enjoy my sporterized, sometime in the 1960's or '70's, Argentine Mauser 98.
Amazing how the cartridge is essentially the .308 Winchester / 7.62x51 NATO, yet it was born 63 years before that cartridge.
I like to refer to the cartridge by its Scottish name ".303 Fraser Rimless".
It is usually more accurate than the typical Lee-Enfield & given that I still have somewhere north of 1,000 of the old Western 180 grain bullets & ~3,000 210 grain cast bullets, I can shoot it to my heart's content.
 
I apologise for my poor photography skills, but here is mine. I've yet to get the 4th scope base hole D&T'ed as I abhor 1 piece Leupold mounts, reinstall one of my rapidly diminishing supply of banded sling swivels, as well as install open sights on the carbine-length 19" barrel. I used one of my spare Husqvarna Model 146 stocks in place of the sporterised military stock that was on it when I bought it. Somewhere in its previous life, the hinged trigger guard & floor-plate assembly was removed & a military one was installed in its place. As befits its bob-tail barrel, one of my Bausch & Lomb BALVAR 1.5-6x20 scopes was installed. I also have yet to hollow out the butt as it is quite rear heavy as a result of the short barrel. At some point, the fore-end will be shortened & an ebony fore-end tip will be installed, at which time the stock will be re-finished with Danish oil.

Its favourite jacketed loads are PPU brass, pretty well any non-magnum LR primer, an equal load of 48.0 grs. of any of Alliant Reloder 15, Hodgdon's Varget or some of my remaining stash of IMR4320 behind the Western [marketed by Cam-Pro] 180 grain RNSP bullet, or 21 grs. of Nobel Magnum 6 behind my 206 gr. hard cast BRTORNFPGCTL bullet from NOE's 314299 mould.

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I apologise for my poor photography skills, but here is mine. I've yet to get the 4th scope base hole D&T'ed as I abhor 1 piece Leupold mounts, reinstall one of my rapidly diminishing supply of banded sling swivels, as well as install open sights on the carbine-length 19" barrel. I used one of my spare Husqvarna Model 146 stocks in place of the sporterised military stock that was on it when I bought it. Somewhere in its previous life, the hinged trigger guard & floor-plate assembly was removed & a military one was installed in its place. As befits its bob-tail barrel, one of my Bausch & Lomb BALVAR 1.5-6x20 scopes was installed. I also have yet to hollow out the butt as it is quite rear heavy as a result of the short barrel. At some point, the fore-end will be shortened & an ebony fore-end tip will be installed, at which time the stock will be re-finished with Danish oil.

Its favourite jacketed loads are PPU brass, pretty well any non-magnum LR primer, an equal load of 48.0 grs. of any of Alliant Reloder 15, Hodgdon's Varget or some of my remaining stash of IMR4320 behind the Western [marketed by Cam-Pro] 180 grain RNSP bullet, or 21 grs. of Nobel Magnum 6 behind my 206 gr. hard cast BRTORNFPGCTL bullet from NOE's 314299 mould.

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Nice. Gotta love those old Mausers. - dan
 
I have 66 rounds of 7.65x53 here. They are free for the taking, just the cost of the PP box.

Currently loaded, will pull the bullets and dump the powder. PM for details.
 
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