Recommendations for something that eats 7.52x51 surplus

[Beauvais98]

Wrong post. Sorry.

 

[Folklorestatus]

Update: I ended up with an Israeli Mauser, will post again once I get it to the range.

 

[Hitzy]

It's the poor gas handling of pre-98 mausers that is the concern. If the rifle is in good condition and you use quality ammo (or common sense reloading) you should not experience case failure and grenade your pre-98 mausers.