Thanks Bob I agree. I remember this stock when it was still a squared edge piece of wood on his work bench. When I got this from him I asked if that stock he was carving is the same and he said it was.
I have never shot with that caliber. But, I was able to see the excellent ballistics of the German 7×57mm, adapted to 6mm Rem. Added to an M98 action !!! It is a beauty. In my country it is common to use the .243Win, since .308 cases are reformed, with 6 mm tips and 100 gr. of weight, good performance is obtained. Thank you very much for your videos, they are very instructive.
Yeah, the 243 out did the 6mm Rem in popularity so it appears that the 6mm is going to fade away. Sad to me, but that is the way things go sometimes. I have a couple more Mauser videos to edit and post. One is the 6.5 Swedish and the other is an 8mm. I'll be posting these soon. Thanks for watching.
Great snag on the brass. Long ago, early-mid 70's, I had a Rem. 742, semi in 6mm. It had nearly no recoil as I recall. I gave it away, to a friend in Atlanta, and a year later had another 742, in 30-06 that I still have. That sporterized Mauser is an awesome bolt gun, superbly accurate with the world's best bolt design ( arguably. It's got my vote.)
@@cervus-venator I'm all alone with my 8mm K-98. Even have some vintage ammo, but I've never fired it in the 15 years or so I've had it. I have rifles I haven't fired since early 70's. 22's. The 742 Rem. 30-06 last took an Alabama deer in 87'... Hasn't been out of the case since the Rem. 700 .270 bumped it out of the starting lineup, but the 742 made every trip to Bama as backup since. That 700 just melts in my hands.
@@boogerdog5247 I understand that. If I wasn't shooting these videos I don't when I'd get to some of these. That 6mm has not been shot in a long time. So long that I couldn't tell you. Likely 1990.
That looks like a Tasco scope to me I’ve got and still use Tasco on a couple of my rifles. I got to say it again that’s a beautiful rifle now. Your uncle don’t a perfect job making that stock.
I'm a little late getting to this video! I don't know why or how I missed it last week. That certainly is a beautiful old rifle Cervus and with family history to it to boot! Since you called attention to it I ended up watching your trigger finger and yep, it was dancing! Good stuff brother! 😄
Thanks Marc. The first time I noticed the finger thing was on the Carcano rifle video. Since then I keep checking and yep I keep seeing it. Honestly, I don't realize it is happening.
As long as it is for the same gun it will work and save the brass for a long time. Since I have 4 rifles in 308 it wouldn't be good to neck size only unless the reloads were for only one gun.
@@cervus-venator I meant to tell you that you don’t have to like every comment buddy long as I see you like a couple of them I know you like the rest I pray you do Amen 🙏. I comment to much I know I’m sorry for doing that stuff just pops in my head. Let me know if I comment to much I’ll slow down it won’t hurt my feelings none be safe out there and GOD BLESS you and your family brother Amen 🙏
Thanks Dave!! I already did that way back when. I sent it back to my uncle and he verified the head spacing. The issue was that the brass I had been reloading had been full length sized so much that it was stretched too thin over time. That is when I learned about neck sizing and fire forming brass. Although, even with that you only can get so many reloads out of brass.
Cool Wayne. My friend often seen in the videos was telling me last night that he had a 700 in 6mm but traded it for a 30-06 also a Rem 700. He said he did like the 6mm. I just ordered me some bullets and a neck sizing die to do some reloads since I have plenty on new brass. Needless to say, I love the 6mm.
@@cervus-venator yea the 6mm has got to be my favorite took many coyotes an crows with it just loaded up so 70gr. Noslers for her she loves the 95gr. Sierra b.t.h.p.matchkings .I'll never part with mine. Look on gun broker there is alot of cheap brass hope it helps you out .
@@waynemayle865 Thanks yes I'll check it out. My friend was trying to talk me into listing my Remington Core-lok because I can get about 100 bucks per box. He sold two boxes he had. I would have liked to of gotten those from him, but I'm not paying 100 bucks for 20 rounds. Besides that I can reload. I have some Nosler 85 grain I'll load up first.
@@cervus-venator don't sell your ammo unless you really need to 6mm aren't that high a box I still see them here for 35 to 40 dollars a box hornady 95gr sst
@@waynemayle865 Yeah, no plans to sell them. I wish I could find some in my area in a store, but all my area seems to have are the typical 5.56/.223, .308, 7.62x39, 350 Legend, and so on.
Yeah, ammo for certain calibers is really crazy right now. No problem with the 6mm ammo at all. As long as it it kept in a controlled environment it should shoot fine. I've shot stuff a lot older than this without any issues as well. If you see the 7mm Mauser video you'll see we had all kinds of ammo issues. That's because these rounds were bought at a gun show so there is no telling how they were stored prior to my friend getting them. They were also from the 1940's I think.
Originally it had a 3x9 Revelation on it, but it fogged up one day so being a teen I could only afford so much. I'm sure I went to the local K-Mart and picked up this scope for about $35. It works well. I'll likely put a nicer scope on this gun, but there is nothing wrong with this one that is on it now.
I do not know of any personally. I reload for mine and luckily enough I found at a gun show someone selling brand new brass in Remington boxes for 6mm Rem. He had 10 boxes (200 pieces) and I bought every one of them. My problem with my brass is that I was full length resizing it and it weakens the brass drastically causing failures over time. I've since bought a neck sizing die for the 6mm. You can also make brass from other rounds too during hard to find times like these.
With all the crazy stuff with ammo. The less popular stuff will be the last to come back if it ever does. I did see a online place don't remember which had some winchester 6mm remington 100gr Power points for near 80$. Before this hornady, federal, ppu winchester and remington all loaded for it.
@@tbjtbj4786 Yeah, I used to be able to buy all a that I wanted, but not now. It is hard to come by, but maybe like you said it may come back. I have plenty to reload with. I just need to buckle down and do it.
@@cervus-venator there been a few listed on gun America i think a while back and you do see it here once in awhile on the local gun forum up for sale if you trust older/ used ammo. I got a good deal on a 6mm rifle 25 years ago for my wife. A guy loned a guy money for a light bill. He tried to sell the gun for more money but no one at work but me knew what a 6mm remington was. So I got it for a 160$ light bill. I knew a old gun shop that had been open since right after ww2 in a small town . He had a few boxs of rem green a white box 6mm I bought all he had. Took a liking to the wife's rifle she and my daughter got one for Father's day for me. I was at another pawn shop that was going out of business. I got 3 cases of winchester 80gr power points for 5$ a box. Btw he had some 7mm express ammo to the renamed 280 remington. And a few other hard to find ammo. Any way I even bought my grand son a early cz 98 mauser action 6mm remington. And I went out and bought every local case of ammo I could find at that time mostly 100gr remington it was around 10$ a box at the time. Between all the family we have 7 6mm rifle and they should have enough ammo for awhile. Being in Fl. Its nearly the perfect cartridge. It works well on any thing we can hunt here. Ps merry Christmas.
@@tbjtbj4786 That's pretty awesome!! Yeah a 6 mm is a great round to shoot. Especially FL game animals. I do have a few boxes of factory ammo currently. A few years ago there was a guy that had about a dozen boxes of 6mm on his table. It was Remington, but instead of being the green and yellow core-lok it was green and orange. He told me it was just new brass and not ammo. After I thought about it I went back the next day and bought all that he had. I figured I needed some new brass to load up some ammo with. I think that was 120 pieces of new brass. That along with the factory ammo spent rounds will give me over 200 pieces of good reloading brass. The other few hundred reloads that I had are worn out and can't be reloaded again. I'll keep looking for factory loads and get them when I can. Merry Christmas!!
There are a few things causing this type of bullet patterning one can be the scope is toast inside so every recoil changes the point of bullet impact or how the scope is mounted and is shifting, and then go look at the barrel is it done for and needs a new barrel? Pac Nor Barreling will barrel + chamber + fluting + muzzle break and shipping is $500 The 2 worst problems I've had is scopes going bad due to recoil and type of scope mount bases and rings. Even the High dollar Leupold's will go bad over time from recoil weakening the scopes internal parts and then causing shifting every time you shoot. In June I had to take my Leupold's 2 of them the long-range models in 6.5x20 for rebuilds for scope shift after being used on 300 Wby magnum and an 8mm-378 Wby magnum I found the scope base of a picatinny rail is absolute the best and prevents scope shift
Cool, thanks for the info. That Pac Nor barreling is a deal for sure. I can't recall, but I think I have an old Bushnell on this rife. It got me by many years ago when I used this for hunting. I have shot a lot of rounds through it, but I am not sure if the barrel is done or not. I guess I could get my gunsmith to bore scope it. I really need to get this one back out and work with it some more. Thanks Lure-benson!!
@@cervus-venator I have another good tip to get a great scope for less by going to Ebay then looking for a scope for sale there and privet persons are in business to sell new scopes on Ebay as well as old scopes. I have been buying the old vintages Redfield 3x9 scopes then I started to buy new Burris Scopes which last month I paid $175 for a 4.5x14 Burris scopes and placed in on a 300 Weatherby I suspected the current scope was shifting on recoil and I was proven correct when the new Burris scope was put on and even during site in I knew the accuracy problem was the old scope because with the new scope each time I fired and check bullet location on the target I was walking the bullets into center now the old scope was allowing bullets to fly everywhere on a 2 foot area. This summer 2 more scopes went bad, and they are High dollar Leupold's did the very same kind or bullet holes all over then after Leopold did the rebuild both guns are back spot on target. About getting guns barreled from Pac Nor barreling first here is the contact PH @ 1 541 469 7330 and the owner Jay answers the phone. You can say to Jay just match my barrel or draw out a rough idea for a barrel then Jay will get back to you on final barrel what you want. I just had Jay do my Weatherby Mark 5 for barrel I wanted so I want a 27 inch barrel - I wrote a drawing of the barrel showing the barrel chamber area length to taper length after the chamber then told Jay to make the tape from end of the chamber area taper area to muzzle to be 750 " then fluted barrel and muzzle break + 1-10 Polygonal rifling then it all came to with chambering and barrel installed to $500 It you want more power in a 24 caliber then you can do the 240 Weatherby magnum on that Mauser because you have the action length to work with that cartridge. If you would like to see the Weatherby 300 with new Pac Nor barrel go to Instagram, then look up my account for photos under dwayneb1959. I also have examples of guns I build and sell. For your Mauser You can also buy a Tubs speed lock firing pin and spring to pick up on accuracy when those old Mausers get as old as they are the firing pin springs are weak and slows down the timing the firing pin strikes the primer. Look on MidwayUSA dot com or Brownnells.com. If you need advice from a gun builder free to ask me so I steer you to all good parts to get that Mauser really shooting great again
@@cervus-venator New info for you to improve the Mauser stays in target - the scope base is on MidwayUSA dot com at $35.99 called EGW - Picatinny style base. I used this on all Mauser 98 I buy at pawn shops that I rebuild and sell so the guns owners won't have scope base shift. The scope rings I buy from Ebay for around $12 you can buy the rings for 30 mm scope tubes then buy the 1 inch insert adapters that are plastic and won't scratch the scope. Or buy the scope rings for the 1-inch scope tub. Buy the scope rings with 2 or 3 screws per side of scope ring for tighter clamp down on the scope to stop scope shift. I am in NW Oregon; I provide gunsmith accuracy improvements for gun owners.
