I was having a difficult time at work and needed something to take my mind off it so I decided to build a 8x64s. The hardest part was finding a gunsmith that would take me seriously. One guy even started laughing and asked me why would I want to do something like this. The rifle started off as a 30-06. I wanted the Howa action and this one came up so I jumped at it. Straight barrel swap for anyone as crazy as I am to want to do it. Went with a Walther barrel. Load data was difficult to come by. The data on the Nosler site for the 8mm-06 is mild to say the least. Max load for 200 gr bullet is 2628 fps. You can get that from a 8x57. Anyway, for those who want to give it a try RL17 is the way to go. I'm still working on the 200gr Accutip but 2800 to 2850 fps with this powder is where I am now at about 59k psi. I think you could get it to 2900 fps at 62k psi but I have not interest to do that. Thanks to all as I've read everything on here about the cartridge and had lots of help from the membership. One commented that I should of gone with the Mauser given the cartridge background and he had a point so my family bought that Mauser Sporter with the horn trigger guard I posted last week. So again thanks to all for the help with data etc.
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