New 8mm bullet
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That long/heavy bullet would only be suitable for large capacity cases, such as the 8mmRemMag and similar wildcats.
A 1-7 twist rate barrel would have to be special order, especially here in North America. Maybe even in Europe.
Nice looking bullet though.
A 1-7 twist rate barrel would have to be special order, especially here in North America. Maybe even in Europe.
Nice looking bullet though.
Obviously not enough spin in my 9 twist 8mm Rem Mag. Very sleek looking
bullet though.
Think I'll just stick to my 200 & 220 A-Frames and 200 Accubonds. Any Elk
or Moose inside of 500 yards is in deep trouble. Dave.
bullet though.
Think I'll just stick to my 200 & 220 A-Frames and 200 Accubonds. Any Elk
or Moose inside of 500 yards is in deep trouble. Dave.
Apparently there is a US company making the barrels, according to the bullet maker. I haven't found any details yet however. I may have to revive my 8mm-378 Wby for these. - dan
Probably work in the 8mm Gibbs and 8mm PMM (8mm-338) as well, as long as the twist is right. - dan
fark you have some guns, an some flavours at that Dan!
Been at it a long time, and I liked to play with odd things. I lucked into a German made Mk V quite a few years back, and have built hmm, 4 or 5 rifles on it now. Then something new comes along, and hmm, I might "need" one of those. - dan
Im not sure how long it is, or the bearing surface. I have shot 250 gr 8mm woodleighs (if im remembering correctly) out of an 8 Rem Mag with a 10 twist barrel. Shilen I believe, and it stabilised those. But these look quite a bit longer. I'll likely try some anyway when i can getbthem, in that rifle, just to see. For a faster twist barrel I guess I will have to see what these guys can supply. Ive not come across a fast twist 8mm before. - dan
When it's no longer fun, time to get out of the game and look at other things.
I like what you're doing and still do a lot of it myself. So far the thrill is still there when building something new or different.
Lots of folks can't afford to "play" with such things or just aren't interested.
It's like tying flies for fishing, something about creating a special fly for a special lake or stream just makes it all better, even if it doesn't catch fish. When it all comes together though?????
I believe there are a couple of reasonably priced barrel makers, working out of home shops Czhechoslovakia
that will make up 8mm barrels in any twist rate you would like, either hammer forged or cut rifling.
Thanks for the tip. I wonder if that is where the bullet manufacturer is getting his barrels from? Yes, tinkering (or is it puttering?) with firearms in search of the better mousetrap has always been a hobby I enjoyed. Your fly tying analogy is apt, I have a couple friends who are into that, and I think the tying has overcome the fishing for them. Again, thank you. - dan
Well your assessment was definitely appropriate for this season, in my area.
The snow didn't leave even the low lying hills until first week in June, which is right around the levels I like to fish. Not only that, we seldom had a day between the rainstorms and the roads to those lakes were next to impassable.
Even made Bear hunting treacherous. A couple of friends got their bears during the breaks though.
Sooo, I worked on rifles instead and tyed flies. Close to a thousand.
Called a store that purchases them from me in Spokane, for their fly in Alaska resort and they took them all, in US dollars, for appx 50% more than I could have sold them for here.
It's nice to have hobbies that pay their own way.
I'm thinking that if you can push those bullets fast enough, out of your magnums, they should be quite stable in flight.
I had a similar problem with 6.5x160 Barnes ELD bullets in a 6.5-06 with a 1.9 twist rate.
If loaded to the nuts, primers flattened but no shiny marks on the base, they reached enough velocity to spin them fast enough to barel stabilize.
If I backed that load off 2 grains, it was enough to have a very nasty effect on stability.
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Glad the tying thing panned out for you. We had snow here until the middle of May, longer in the high country to the west. I have seen that "more faster, more stable" thing before with bullets that are on the edge. I may try them in the 8 Rem Mag first, just to see if they'll work. - dan
Wow, 2.025" long? That's... awesome. I guess the real question is who can spin up a 7-twist barrel to stabilize that missile. Loaded to 3.340" COAL in a 325 WSM the base would be seated 0.785" below the case mouth, or 0.477" below the case neck. Even in a Magnum length action seated to 3.600" COAL there'd still be a quarter inch of bullet jammed into the case body.
There are actions that will handle the length. Likely going to be a single shot, regardless. - dan
