8mm rem mag data

[Hicks]

Originally Posted by NONYA

Does anyone have a med/heavy 8 mag barrel avaliable for the 700 rem action?

I just ordered mine from Lilja.

Lilja Precision Rifle Barrels

I talked to Daniel quite a bit when I ordered it. Nice guy. I had it made to match as much as possible the factory contour because I wanted to reuse the factory stock. The gun has lots of sentimental value to me and I wanted to keep it as original as possible.

Hicks

[Long Time Long Ranger]

I agree and am also a fan of the 8 mag. The poor selection and quality of bullets available when this rifle came out killed it, not the performance. I have had experience with it since it first came out. For a while back in the 70's and early 80's the 220 gameking in the 8 mag and the 250 gameking in a 340 wby were about the best things going for long range elk on a standard magnum case. I have several custom rifles I built years ago necking the 8 mag case to 25, 264, 7mm and 30 caliber before anybody ever heard of an STW and whatever else they were called. It is an accurate case to work with. Matter of fact I was just loading some bullets for the 25-8mag last night for an upcoming deer hunt. 100 grain barnes at 3924 fps. Point and shoot hunting.

My last experience with it was taking caribou in Alaska. We were backpacking a load of meat out when a good herd of nice bulls came over the horizon. We had his 8 mag with us for grizzly protection. We dropped our packs and ran about a mile to get in front of them. My buddy shot the one he wanted first since it was his gun. Then he handed it to me and I shot the one I wanted before they got away. Both shots about a quarter mile and two bulls dropped like a rock.

[Long Time Long Ranger]

I forgot to post you my data. These loads all produced right at 3000 fps with the 220 gameking. It is a good long range bullet for this gun. 82 gr. H-4831, 83.5 gr. WMR and 84.5 gr. Norma MRP. These all were right at max in the guns I used. I get started rambling and forget what I'm talking about. I found that happens more and more as you get older.