A friend has a 98 mauser chambered in 8x64S Brenneke and has acquired a couple boxes of factory ammo now down to 10 rds. I've looked high and low for dies to no avail save Europe. Could the barrel be set back and re-chambered to 8mm-06 ? Thoughts?
Anyone shooting the 8x64S Brenneke?
- Thread starter mbogo3
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Not sure how ambitious the Op is, but iirc one can send three or four fired brass to RCBS and then will make one a set of custom dies.
Be prepared to pay dearly for said finished product, but it sure beats unobtainium ammo.
Or the Op can contact one of the site sponsors for something along the lines of.....
https://www.reliablegun.com/rifle-ammunition#/specFilters=2m!#-!763
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I have bought several dies over the years from RCBS and others, they are quite common if you look around gun shows. Great caliber by the way, very popular in Europe.
Lee used to do that as well. - dan
I read the shoulder on the 30-06 is too far back if FL sized in a 8x64S FL die ? Would running the 30-06 into a 9.3x62 die work to move the shoulder forward? Then into the 8x64S dies to fire form? With fire forming with COW what powder and charge would be sufficient?
Use 8mm-06 starting loads. Should work. - dan
The 30-06 shoulder is too far back. I use a 9.3 expander to expand the neck, run the case through the 8 X 64S die, which leaves plenty of shoulder, then fireform. Works every time. Cases are about 1mm short, but that hasn't made any difference.
