8mm Why ? Should I have one?
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OK now we are stretching the boundaries a bit much, I said I may want an 8mm I didn't say I wanted a rifle to destroy 8mm bullets before engaging a target. Let's go back to an 8mm RCM or 325 WSM okay boys......................
Any of these a possibility?
http://ammoguide.com/?catid=387
http://www.municion.org/8/8x64Mazon.htm
Something different
Could change to 8mm.
http://ammoguide.com/?catid=387
http://www.municion.org/8/8x64Mazon.htm
Something different
Hoyt...........OK I got the 6mm-08, I used to have a 22-08, I have a couple 6.5mm-08s, a 7mm-08, a couple of 30-08s, and a 35-08, the 8mm-08 might have a certain rationale.........I'm also considering a 23-08 in the near future so your suggestion has significant merit...........
Askins' 8mm-378 is the same thing. Tough to find 8mm bullets that will live at those velocities. Also, if memory serves, one of the Shooting Times writers did a series of wildcats based on that rebated rim 425 Westly Richards case. I don't recall an 8mm in the bunch however. - dan
I like my mausers chambered in 8X63 Swedish, and I've had fun with my "8mm ARP" (based on a shortened and blown out 338 RUM), but there's really nothing they can do that several 30 and 33 cals can't do.
The funny thing is, that while there's really no "gap" between 30 and 33 cal in a practical sense, you have the guys who state that the 9.3X62 is a quantum level above the 35 Whelen when those two are practically twins.................
The funny thing is, that while there's really no "gap" between 30 and 33 cal in a practical sense, you have the guys who state that the 9.3X62 is a quantum level above the 35 Whelen when those two are practically twins.................
Okay guys I have decided to fill the gaping 8mm hole in my collection. I have purchased two Husqvarna 8X57 FN 98 Mausers, one will become an 8X68 Imp 30 deg and the other is undecided at this point. I have 200 and some odd RWS 8X68 new brass so it is kinda a natural. I have wanted to do something different on this case for a while now (hence the 200 new brass) and was going to do a 9.3 but then I bought the 9.3X300WM and it is virtually identical case capacity so the 68 would just be redundant. I did build a 7mmX68 imp many years ago and it worked very well, matching a 7mmX300wm I had at the same time. I also considered a 35X68 but was more focused on the 9.3X68 and the two would have been ballistic twins. My interest in the day was due to super cheap bulk Norma plastic point bullets, which would allow a bunch of cheap shooting with a 375 class cartridge. But alas the cheap bulk Norma bullets have dried up and I already have the super 9.3 covered.........so an 8mm is of dire need now, I will now have to see what Tradex has in the way of 8mm bullets, it seems to me that they had a bunch and some were quite reasonably priced.
Hawk-I;
The 8 mag I built way back didn't do anything well, even though it was on a 24" Douglas air gauged barrel on a Sako L61R action. Best groups I could get were 2 1/2" @ 100 mtrs with Sierras, Nosler Parts were over 3" and the velocities did not equal a 338 WM I had at the time, with same bullets weights, and it wasn't from fear of adding powder. It just did everything very poorly. We now have powders that may turn it on a bit better, that was 25 years ago. One can always get a bad barrel I guess but I did pay quite dearly for that profiled blank, and rechambered it twice and recrowned it twice.........no improvement. The biggest turn off was the lack lustre velocities it turned out, accuracy issues aside, it was an honest 200 fps shy of where I thought it should be, and didn't equal either my 300 WM (200 Parts) with 200 Parts nor my 338 WM (225 Horn) with the 220 Sierras.
I have never shot or loaded for another one since............Screwed the 300 WM barrel back on the action, worked up a good 180 Part load and took it to Africa and killed a bunch of stuff with it.
I like the 8x68S a lot and have one on a ZKK602 that shoots pretty well (when I get the chance to shoot it) did have some problems with an RCBS sizing die initially as the expander ball shaved brass from inside the neck etc .. RCBS corrected this with a new expander. 8mm in the long Sierra 220 GK is pretty impressive.
Why not give your cartridge a manly man name ... as much as I like metric cartridges .. the ones that resound are .375 HOLLAND & HOLLAND. .460 WEATHERBY etc ... how about a good Canadian name like .32 YUKON ... course there are other great Canadian names ... Robert Service supplied us with many ... 32 McGrew (as in the shooting of) and 8mm McGee or 8 "Mac" (from Fighting Mac - a GREAT poem that is lost today but really is relevant to our times!) ..anyway so much for digression ... but if you are going to re-incarnate a great bore diameter ... would be neat if it had a nice Canadian name (I always thought the "Imperial" line were interesting but didn't quite resound with me ... too much remittance man in it!)
Why not give your cartridge a manly man name ... as much as I like metric cartridges .. the ones that resound are .375 HOLLAND & HOLLAND. .460 WEATHERBY etc ... how about a good Canadian name like .32 YUKON ... course there are other great Canadian names ... Robert Service supplied us with many ... 32 McGrew (as in the shooting of) and 8mm McGee or 8 "Mac" (from Fighting Mac - a GREAT poem that is lost today but really is relevant to our times!) ..anyway so much for digression ... but if you are going to re-incarnate a great bore diameter ... would be neat if it had a nice Canadian name (I always thought the "Imperial" line were interesting but didn't quite resound with me ... too much remittance man in it!)
AP...........while I'm only improving the 8X68 and don't feel entitled to give it a "manly man" name, I would be open to suggestions for my 9.3X300 WM cause that's way to long to tangle one's tongue around.
365 Douglas Magnum
366 Yukon
360 Canuck
365 Husky
360 Grizz
366 Chilcoot
360 Skookum
9.3 Arctic Magnum
What's your pleasure? Actually there is another thread on this cartridge, perhaps this discussion belongs there.
365 Douglas Magnum
366 Yukon
360 Canuck
365 Husky
360 Grizz
366 Chilcoot
360 Skookum
9.3 Arctic Magnum
What's your pleasure? Actually there is another thread on this cartridge, perhaps this discussion belongs there.
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Way back when, I was working on a complete line up of cartridges based on the 68mm imp case, a 6mm, 6.5mm, 7mm, (which I did build), 8mm, 9mm (358), 9.3mm and 10.4mm (416).........a complete line up of beltless mid length magnums., these would fit and function through any action designed for the 300WM. But again this might be a good topic for another thread. And ya I could throw a 30 cal and 375 cal in there too, 7.6mm and a 9.5mm.
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Well seems to me that on another thread there was an impressive list of game available in the Yukon... maybe the 68mm case line of cartridges could be "Yukon" line but currently
.36 Yukon appeals to me for your 9.3x300.
I like Chilcoot and Skookum also like Torngat and Dawson... and in my opinion one of the most manly man names in Canada is Batoche (are there others?) ... but Batoche is not for a cartridge as it might be a little irreverent ..
(nothing wrong with Douglas btw .. but I think it would get attributed to Douglas barrels who are so well known)
.36 Yukon appeals to me for your 9.3x300.
I like Chilcoot and Skookum also like Torngat and Dawson... and in my opinion one of the most manly man names in Canada is Batoche (are there others?) ... but Batoche is not for a cartridge as it might be a little irreverent ..
(nothing wrong with Douglas btw .. but I think it would get attributed to Douglas barrels who are so well known)
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I have an 8X57 because i like europeen rifles and calibers. I have one Zastava in wmr, one BRNO in lr and a Husky in 8mm. There are soooo many calibers available, some surely overlap in capabilities. I use mine from deer to moose. Its all i ask for and its kind on my shoulder.
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