I recently found a hen's tooth - a complete 1903 Steyr receiver with functioning rotary magazine. It accepts 8x56 MS, so, was probably chambered in 6.5MS. I want to build a "new" rifle on it and am waffling between a couple of old classics, like 318 WR or a 333 Jeffery. Am I missing out on anything else?
I'm a self-professed classic caliber nerd and a sucker for old guns. I already have a 8x56 MS, a 8x60 Mag, a 6.5x55 Swede (built of a pre-war FN commercial action), a 257 Roberts (built on a K98 receiver), and a 9.3x62. I reload and have been doing it for decades, so ammo is never a problem!
I'm a self-professed classic caliber nerd and a sucker for old guns. I already have a 8x56 MS, a 8x60 Mag, a 6.5x55 Swede (built of a pre-war FN commercial action), a 257 Roberts (built on a K98 receiver), and a 9.3x62. I reload and have been doing it for decades, so ammo is never a problem!