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[–] SayTan 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
There is a really easy way to check. And, FWIW, .303 is actually 7.7, if he had had the 7.7 rifle. .30-06 is undersized in a 7.7 bore.
[–] shitpostfacto1 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Yes, the only way I can imagine it happening would be just sloppiness and assumptions. My wife hunts with a Mauser 8mm-06 and loves it. That cartridge came about when guys brought home Mausers and couldn't get 8x57 ammo. .30-06 brass was plentiful, so they had the chambers reamed out with an 06 reamer and came up with 8mm bullets. It is a pretty painless wildcat, just run the brass through the 8mm-06 resizing die, no fancy forming or multiple steps. With the 7.7 Arisaka, it seems like the best option would be just to form cases from .30-06 brass, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone tried a 7.7-06 wildcat. As far as the 06 reamer in the 6.5, that had to have been just a screwup. I saw a couple of 6.5-.257 Roberts Arisakas in a pawn shop a couple of years back. That was probably a work around to poor ammo availability just like the 8mm-06. If they came with dies, I might have bit, it probably wasn't a bad caliber and they were dirt cheap.
[–] SayTan 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
My mausers got new barrels and became better things, albeit I bought them as bare Brno war production actions.