Re: argentine mauser
Nothing wrong with the Argentine mauser except the bolt lugs, or I should say, lug, as in singular one. Thats the way bolts were mass-produced then, but not now. Two, three or more are the norm now. Although rare, there have been instances of the lug separating from the bolt (metal fatigue) on those South American mauser knock offs. The result is the bolt blows back in your face. Sometime back in the 80s the NRA published a warning about the bolt/lug concern with those old military Argentine mausers.<br /><br />The .308 is a .30-06 with a shortened case. Its hard to find a better all-around round than a .30-caliber, and the .308 is certainly a good one. The longer brass on the .30-06 allows for a little more umph, a little more penetrating power, a little more desirable in its heyday as a military round. The .30-30, also a .30-caliber round, is designed for use in a tubular magazine, like under the barrel of a lever-action rifle (Winchester). As such, the bullet has a blunt/flat/rounded tip since it may rest against the primer of the round loaded in the tube before it. The blunt nose is to prevent accidental discharge of the rounds in the magazine when the rifle recoils.
Nothing wrong with the Argentine mauser except the bolt lugs, or I should say, lug, as in singular one. Thats the way bolts were mass-produced then, but not now. Two, three or more are the norm now. Although rare, there have been instances of the lug separating from the bolt (metal fatigue) on those South American mauser knock offs. The result is the bolt blows back in your face. Sometime back in the 80s the NRA published a warning about the bolt/lug concern with those old military Argentine mausers.<br /><br />The .308 is a .30-06 with a shortened case. Its hard to find a better all-around round than a .30-caliber, and the .308 is certainly a good one. The longer brass on the .30-06 allows for a little more umph, a little more penetrating power, a little more desirable in its heyday as a military round. The .30-30, also a .30-caliber round, is designed for use in a tubular magazine, like under the barrel of a lever-action rifle (Winchester). As such, the bullet has a blunt/flat/rounded tip since it may rest against the primer of the round loaded in the tube before it. The blunt nose is to prevent accidental discharge of the rounds in the magazine when the rifle recoils.
