My great great uncle hunted with a mauser 98 in 8mm he brought back from the war from Berlin in a warehouse that was stacked to the top with them. He brought 3 of them back for him and his two brothers. My great grandfather had his rebarrel to 30/06 then solid it sometime later and the other brother ended up in New Mexico so don't know what happens to it. But my father inherited his my great great uncle's. Dad carried it once after he got it but never killed anything with. My uncle killed probably a hundred deer with that rifle and at least one turkey.