Globe Firearms????

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I've tried looking on line for this particular rifle, but found next to nothing. Can anyone tell me anything more than what I can observe so far?

I know it's a mauser action, and it's chambered in 8x57. It belongs to a buddy who is new to the shooting game, and I think someone unloaded a rifle that he couldn't sell anywhere else except to a newbie.

How hard is it to get 8x57 ammo and related reloading supplies? I've never heard of this round before yesterday, but my research did reveal that it's been around awwhile. This brings up the question, is it now an obsolete cartridge?

Thanks all in advance.
 
8x57 is very popular in europe and somewhat here. Ammo is quite common. If you buy the European brands it is roughly the same as 30-06

Globe was an importer in Ontario (Ottawa?) back in the day 50s/60s

Yours is simply a Mauser sporter by the looks of it. Basically a converted military rifle.
 
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Is that a moose engraved or whatever into the stock? Looks pretty cool. Depending on what he paid for it, it could have been a pretty good buy as pointed out by CanAm.
 
It is a great caliber and capable of bang-flop performance on most big game in North America. Commercial ammo and reloading components are easy to get. I agree with the previous posts about using European ammo if you can find it. S+B and Norma are excellent choices in my experience. I have this caliber in both military (Yugo M48) and commercial (Brno) rifles.
It will do most anything a 30-06 or 308 win will do. Hopefully your buddy's rifle is a good shooter.
 
"...Globe was an importer in Ontario (Ottawa?)..." Retailer as well. And the perpetrators of the Mohawk 550.
"...8x57..." AKA 8mm Mauser. No milsurp, but there's lots of commercial hunting ammo. Norma's pricey, but Remington, Winchester and most of the other manufacturer's load it. It'll do everything a .30-06 will do. Not as much selection of bullets in loaded ammo though.
 
I have a couple Globe rifles in 308. They look very similiar to your buddies. I overpaid for one and got the other on trade. They are in good shape but if I listed them for $250 I am sure I would have then for while before they sold.

Mine shoot good. One is my wifes rifle, which she really likes and the other is my truck/loaner gun.
 
Globe was based out of Ottawa - Vanier. They had a reputation for doing some questionable sporterizations of military rifles. Fortunately, that 8mm Mauser conversion was one of their better efforts.
 
Thanks all for the replies. Yes, that is a moose carving in the stock. Looks cool.

I don't think my buddy got that great of a deal. He bought two rifles for $500.00. One is the one in the picture, the other was a Cooey 64B. After scoping out the EE for .22's, I see that the Cooey is probably worth around $125.00.

I'll be glad to inform him that ammo still can be had.
 
Remington and Winchester 8X57 Mauser ammunition is pretty anemic, not much more powerful than 30-30.

In answer to your question about reloading supplies, dies are standard, brass and bullets not hard to find, and it is easy to assemble good loads that equal the more powerful European stuff mentioned.

I have owned two Alpine rifles. One, a 270, I bought fairly cheap, and kept until two years ago because it was one of the most accurate hunting rifles I had ever owned. You just never know.

Ted
 
Looks like a decently made sporter. Just a sportered K98k, the standard German service rifle in WW2. Looks it still has the original barrel(you can tell by the step in the outside diameters) and front sight. Bolt has been modified for scope use. If you remove the scope bases the old code may still be on the receiver ring. The Germans used a series of letters and numbers to denote manufacturers. Although they may have been removed years ago. These rifles are often very accurate if the trigger is decent,
 
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