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Making it shorter and fatter like the .308 could also make it more accurate. I'm no ballistic genius but I know that the .308 is a more accurate round than the 30.06 because the shorter case allows more even burning of the powder. In fact the CMP won't allow .308 rebarrelled Garands shoot in their Garand matches because of the advantage (albeit slight) of the .308 over the '06. Don't forget that the powders today allow much more flexibility than what was available in the 1940's. Of course I'm pretty sure you already know all of this, so I'm just writing for other people's info. I sure am jealous of you having owned all of those Swedes, I've never owned one but I've drooled over pictures of them while reading articles and posts from owners. Maybe someday when I'm done buying match gear... (haha, like that will ever happen)

good shooting

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Things are going downhill fast.

As I mentioned my first Swedish Mauser was ordered through the mail. Since 1968 that has been illegal. When I bought the six Swedes at one time, they were ordered by my next-door neighbor when I lived in Kansas during the 80's. He had to complete the multiple sales form and mail to ATF. Now he is no longer a dealer because they raised the license fee so that a hobbyist can no longer afford to be a dealer and that was the idea. BTW those 6 Mausers were only $50 each and all were like new except one had a crack in the stock near the butt plate. As luck would have it, it was the one which was the most accurate. I eventually replaced the stock even tho I had repaired the original one.

I once read where a gun writer said he had never seen a Swedish Mauser which would not group into 2 inches or better. That has also been my experience.