8mm/06

What you say makes sense to me, because I was sure he'd say the 7mm/08 would be out of the question.
We had discussed 7 X 57 in the same conversation so I'm wondering if he just misunderstood my question about the 7mm/08.
I'm sure the 7 X 57 would be fine, but I too was surprised when he said ok to the 7mm/08.
I trust this shop explicitly so I'll call them back and ask for clarification. Maybe I'm the one who misunderstood him!

bigbulls

I bet there was a little bit of a misunderstanding.

The7X57 is only a 51,000 psi cartridge. A full 10,000 psiless thanthe 7mm-08.

James B

The original 7x57 (military loads) would be fine in the 96 however the 7mm-08 as originally loaded would not be. With loads in that pressure range regardless of the caliber the 96 would handle them. However for the builder of a rifle they have to look at all available factory loads for those calibers and Nix some of them on that basis.

Doe Dumper

James does this mean that I shouldnt rechamber that m96 from you to a 270wsm?? Dang man I already had the stuff to do it...lmaoo...shucks!!

bigbulls

I'm sure it only hurts for a little while.

Yeah, remember that pic of the encore that was rechambered to 300 ultra mag?

James B

DD. If you do you might want to crawl under the bench and pull the trigger with a string.