8mm mauser

I handload but I have used sellior and bellot with great success, winchester not so much.

A gunshop or gun show is your best bet otherwise you will pay out the nose at crappy tire (not to forget those dirty looks you get when being "escorted" to the front cash to buy ammo).
 
Nabs said:
I handload but I have used sellior and bellot with great success, winchester not so much.

A gunshop or gun show is your best bet otherwise you will pay out the nose at crappy tire (not to forget those dirty looks you get when being "escorted" to the front cash to buy ammo).
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actually the crappy tire is "gun friendly" in my area and i am in quebec :p one guy working there and me exchange advice on the best 22LR ammo !
 
Bazzoka_Joe said:
actually the crappy tire is "gun friendly" in my area and i am in quebec :p one guy working there and me exchange advice on the best 22LR ammo !
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Go on " LESPAC " and type the word mauser. You will find a couple of listing with 8 mm mauser ammo for sales. It's from a guy in Riviere du Loup and he can get you about anything you want ( as far as ammo is concern :D).

I baught many times from him and always 100% satisfied.
 
Another fine calibre to start Reloading for! I just picked up 8mmx57 brass bullets and a mold and won't likely ever use factory ammo.
 
Handload. It's the only real hope we have for this calibre.

American ammo is downloaded something terrible for all those zillions of unaltered 1888s that we keep tripping over.

The 1904 version of the 8x57 actually surpassed the mighty .30-'06 by a decent margin: 154 grains @ 2880 ft/sec versus 150 grains @ 2700. Did it at lower pressure, too.

I know a shop (one of our sponsors) which has had the same box of 8mm in stock for the last 5 years. Nobody buys it because you can't get it because nobody buys it because you can't get it because..... Circular logic, BUT. Result is that the stuff still hasn't sold because "everybody knows that you can't get it at your local shop". At least Wolverine stocks it; they are only 5 or 6 miles from my door.

I have 200 casings and just load up what I need. It's always fresh, it's always accurate and it's always HERE when I need it. Pretty hard to beat.

You're in Quebec? Trade-Ex is in Montreal; that was in Quebec last time I was there. They have slugs and brass. Dies you can pick up anywhere. Lee makes good ones, although I'm still using the RCBS set I bought in 1965.
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The 8x57 is actually the parent case for the .39-06 rather than the other way around. The Yanks just stretched that German cartridge that was so powerful (while also stealing Mauser's latest patents), built up a rifle and cartridge, loudly proclaimed it as the world's most powerful (it wasn't). That was the .30-'03.

Then in 1904 the Germans came out with the new loading: got rid of the .318"-227 bullet and brought in the .323"-154. So the Americans followed suit and discovered that the .30-'03 had a neck that was much too long for the new .308"-150 bullet.... and trimmed the neck The result was the .30" M-1906.

The old .30-03 became the parent case for the .270 Winchester and still is with us in this guise. If you have .270 brass you can shoot that super-rare .30-03 by opening out the case-necks.

The .30-06 then became the parent case for about 80 different offspring over the years.

First thing I ever did in (modern equipment) handloading was convert 300 .30-06 casings to 8x57. They were W2 brass with that "hard rifle" anneal and had been run through a Browning. Still have a few of those around.

But yes, it's quick and easy. Just trim a quarter-inch, resize and you're ready to go.Trim die works nice and fast.

BEST solution is still a couple of bags of proper 8x57 brass.
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