Were some of the M88's either rebored or rebarreled to JRS, or did they just have a wide range of bore sizes originally? My buddy does not shoot his M88 often, but I know he had some difficulty finding .318" dia. bullets and talked about buying a mold and sizers to shoot cast bullets. I recall him showing me some targets he had shot with his .318" loads, and it shot pretty well, probably about 2 1/2" groups with no flyers at 100 yards with the military sights and young eyeballs. The bore was not pristine, but not at all bad. He bought it dirt cheap back when many gun shops had drums and racks of various old military guns for well under 100 bucks. The M88 Mausers were at the very low end of the price scale with Carcano's and Japs. Sure wish I had bought a bunch like he did, but I was happy with one Krag to use as a rainy day back-up rifle. I did pick up a nice Spanish Mauser 7 m/m for $45 at a flea market a few years ago, but that was a stroke of luck.
