Pre M98 actions have virtually no shooter protection features. What is the weakest link?: It is going to be the action.ДЄ M1895 made of modern materials on a modern production line would be as вЂњstrongвЂќ as many modern actions, minus the better breeching methods that protect the shooter from gas escape from a blown cartridge. I have a LOT of mil surplus ammo to burn up first, and then a LOT of bullets pulled from mil-surp ammo to use before I change barrels to one that handles 150gr better.Д«ut, I was curious about if the barrel change might make my gun stronger/safer? And I was only daring to DREAM about raising the 7x57 pressure from around 44K CUP to around 46K CUP, not anything like 48K or higher. Keep in mind I would NEVER dream of even thinking to change the CUP pressure in an 1893. I just feel safer with the 44,000 CUP pressures than I would with a 1893 Mauser.Д«UT, isn't the chamber part of the barrel? And, if so, would changing the barrel increase the allowed pressure for the round or not? I love the model 95 Chilean though, as it has a notch in the action that the bolt drops into that seems to make it a significant step up in strength from a 1893 Mauser that has no such notch to contain the bolt from moving to the rear.ДЄgain, I am NOT arguing that the 95 Chilean's notch makes it the equivalent in strength of the 98 3 tab locking system. I understand that the Model 98/Large Ring Mausers had a 3 tab locking system on the bolt that makes them safer than the 2 tab locking on the small ring Mausers. Or, is it the strength of the action around the barrel/chamber, and the strength of the bolt system? I was wondering if changing the barrel, which would change the chamber, would allow for an increase in chamber pressures? I also an Adams and Bennet small ring Mauser barrel I bought a few years ago. What I mean is that I have the factory gun. What I have a question on is the issue of what limits the CUP: chamber or action?

I understand that reloading for this round requires a combination that does not generate more than 44,000 CUP, according to most listings. It has been in my family since the mid 1960s, at least, so I know its condition, and has been completely sporterized. I have an 1895 Chilean Mauser chambered in 7x57, with the original barrel.

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