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Cool. The 8mm is a real elephant gun. I got an early post-ban/importation sunset Russian capture as well, parkerized and mismatched. I shot a few boxes of Turk WWI surplus ammo through it at 4-5 MOA. The barrel is badly fire-cracked and the bolt face collects bore rust, so it's never going to fire again without a rebarrel. Mausers are a PITA to do barrel work on, but if I came across a pre-profiled barrel like that, it would also be a no-brainer. Then it might be a fun gun for the NRA Military Silhouette game. I was hoping it would be good for that as-bought, but no guarantees with the losing side's war surplus, right?