I knew a tough little guide in Montana who used the 8mm Mag to the exclusion of all other elk calibers. He swore by it.
Who knows why it hasn't been popular? Limited choice of bullets? Similarity to the well established .338? Hard to say. As you know, necked down to 7mm, it's the excellent 7 STW.
My brother has an 8mm Rem bumped out to a 338. Great velocity and accurate to boot. The downfall of the 8mm Rem could probably be attributed to bullet selection/metric stigma with US shooters. We'll see how the 325 WSM fares, more popularity=better bullets.
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