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At the gun show this weekend there was a .308, I was looking at and thinking hard about getting because it was pretty low cost and looked in decent shape from what I could see. The guy selling it told me it was greek. I remember it had a cross stamped on it inside a shield and had 1903/something/something, so I figured it was a mill surp re-bore and moved on. If it had been drilled for a scope I probably would have got it.
I decided to do some research today to see if I passed up a good deal. I'm now pretty confused about this as it seems to have been a sporterized 1903/14/27 or 1903/14/30 Mannlicher-Schoenauer, but from what I have read converting these to .308 would have been pretty tough. I'm just curious more then anything at this point if anyone knows more about these rifles particularly them being bored to .308.
I decided to do some research today to see if I passed up a good deal. I'm now pretty confused about this as it seems to have been a sporterized 1903/14/27 or 1903/14/30 Mannlicher-Schoenauer, but from what I have read converting these to .308 would have been pretty tough. I'm just curious more then anything at this point if anyone knows more about these rifles particularly them being bored to .308.