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Is it a rare caliber, old and never used these days? Obviously metric. On a Sauer drilling.

11.15 x 60R = 43 mauser

This is the link to the gun:
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=114491370

Without slugging and measuring the chambers, impossible to tell.

I would wager, however, this one would be the straight-walled case 11.15X65 "Lancaster". Fourty-four caliber, 300 grain jacketed pistol bullets work for me.

Best,

C.

Sliver:
I don't know what your specific interests me be here, But it's usually possible to come up with loads for these guns using basic 45/70 type brass. I'd want this gun thoroughly checked over first before attempting this if it were me. First item of busines is to see what's going on under that grip wrapping.
jim

C and Jim,
Do you mean that you can buy rounds for this caliber? Or do you load your own?
Thanks for your help!

Unlikely that you can buy loaded ammo, but if it does turn out to be the likely round that C. mentions above it should be relatively easy to load for. Rim and head dimensions of the 11,15x65R "LK" are the same as the easily available 9,3x74R round according to Dixon's "European Sporting Cartridges vol 1" and cast bullets are available in lots of weights in diameters between .430" and .446" these days, whatever this one turns out to measure.

Chamber cast and bore slug will tell the tale.

The pictures on gunbroker show a broken upper tang just under the thumb piece of the top lever barrel selector. My guess is that the stock has at one time been broken right through the wrist.

Steve,

Is this caliber a high recoil one?
Thank you for pointing the broken upper tang to me. I did not notice it before. That might be the reason the wood is wrapped in leather, or just to prevent it from happening.

Think of it as an older version of the current 300 grain .45-70 factory loads if you were to load the 11,15x65R to full levels. Recoil ought to be something like the .30-'06 at most, less if you load the 11,15 moderately.

Thanks again, friends.
Serban