ORIGINAL: Solitary Man
eldeguello covered it nicely (as he always does). I've got one of these rifles too, though mine was made by DWM (Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken). It's all original except for the crest havingbeen ground off. My grandfather bought it years ago and I ended up with it when he passed away in '73. I use if for hunting occassionally, but nota lotas I don't care muchfor hunting with iron sights.
The cartridge is in factthe 7.65x53 or 7.65mm Argentine. Norma makes ammo for it. Imostly shoot handloads inmine using150 gr.Hornadyor Sierra bullets. Sierra bullets are .311" in diameter while Hornadys are .312". I getbetter accuracy with Hornadys.
Thanks for the kind words. Here's how .308" bullets shoot in mine, loaded in Norma brass... This 100-metergroup was shot with both Sierra and Nosler Partition 200-grain bullets. In my 29" barrel, the MV is over 2650 FPS. This makes a hell of a great long-range sniper rifle! With the Sierra bullet, it delivers 1500 foot/pounds of energy at 600 yards!
