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6.5 was the original round,
the 7.7jap was a prototype with this rifle,
30-06 was what the thai converted it to after the 50's,
8mm mauser would mean this is a whole different rifle entirely
 
Looks identical to a T38 Thai 30-06 conversion I once owned.
Also Thai T38 30-06 on page 180 of "Military Rifles of Japan". Try a 30-06 again.
 
There was a Chinese Mauser in some obscure cartridge, 6.8 x 57 or such? Not likely that this would be it, but good to have a chamber casting irregardless.
 
It wouldn't be 7.7x58 Japanese you can rule that out immediately as it was a Type 38.

Those are Thai markings, so the two calibers I would look at is .30-06 or 6.5x50sr. I personally would suspect .30-06 as most likely as it has the chamber cut to accommodate the longer round.
 
so you had it to the gun store, and they couldn’t tell if it was 6.5 or 30cal ? will a 6.5 bullet drop into the muzzle , with room to speer ?
 
This rifle was a modification of a T38 by the Siamese after WW11 into a shorter rifle in caliber 30-06. None were imported into the US and the ones that are here came here through some other Country. I have wanted on of these for years and finally found a nice one. They rebored and rechambered the original 6.5 barrel to make it fire 30-06 ammo. As you can see in the pictures the lenghtened the opening both front and back in the action and did the same for the magazine box. The also put a recoil bolt through the stock behind the front guard screw. It is called a Siamese 83/88 Rifle. I'm told there are less than a dozen over here.

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