Recent content by Bruce A.

Cast bullets and the 308 work well for me. I have been using straight wheel weight lead with a little additional tin added to help it fill the mold. With a gas check I have loaded to maximum velocities and shot targets at 1000yds (no game that far yet). No striping of the rifling engagement and...

My contact with Hodgdon I was told the short cut burned the same as the regular cut. The reason for the sc was to help the powder meter better .

The powder I was using was 7828 in those "too hot" rounds!

OK, I had the Douglas barrel installed by Douglas. Figured they would do it correctly. First trip to the range was shooting loads I'd worked up in the old factory barrel. Accuracy was phenomenal. Half minute groups at 200 yds. But, way too hot for the new rifle. Ten rounds fired and the brass...

I shot Metallic Silhouette for years using the McMillan Silhouette stock. It greatly improved both the rifle's accuracy and my ability to hold the rifle for better control. I re-barreled my Remington 8mm RM last year intending to finish the build with another McMillan stock. I discovered the...

Ran across a loading for the 8MM Rem Mag of 84 grains of RL25, Federal BR primer, ans the Hornady 195 gr. Interlock bullet. First day to the range, before the wind rose, first 4 shots were covered by a dime. I have found my round. Now if I could just duplicate that with a copper or...

Sorry that I have taken so long to get back to you. The Barrel is 24" with a 1 in 10 twist. It is stainless with the medium target contour. Have fired it for a couple of hundred rounds along with a friend's rifle chambered 338 Lapua. If I were to order the Douglas barrel now I would select the...

Never did have much popularity. Factory load choices were abysmal, which is said to be the primary reason for its demise. Some called it too much gun for North American game. But, the BC is one of the best. Certainly equal to the assorted 338 mags in long range potential. Remington tried to...

I live in CA and my hunting areas happen to be no-lead areas.

I have just rebarreled my Remington 700 and decided to stay with the 8mm RM. I have been trying to develop an accurate long range load with Barnes or other copper bullets. I found a very accurate load with the Hornady GMX 150 grain, but the pressure turned out to be way too high. (loosened...

In the last year I have been working with the 7828. It was better than previous powders I'd used, but the problem appeared to be the heating of, what I considered, a very thin barrel. As I said, if I let the barrel cool for 30 minutes between shots, one minute groups were possible. I tried...

I have had the 8MM RM since the second year of production. I have never been happy with the accuracy of my rifle. If I waited 1/2 hr between shots it shot well enough, but two shots 30 seconds apart were sometimes 6" apart. I worked for months trying to find the accurate handload to no avail...