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Long Range Loads for 8 x 57
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<blockquote data-quote="Clark" data-source="post: 678905" data-attributes="member: 6600"><p>10 years ago I got a 1903 Turkish Mauser for $50 at BIG5. Those rifles were rebarreled from 7.65x53 to 8x57 in 1938.</p><p>I bent the bolt the Oxyacetylene, forging blocks, and a hammer.</p><p>I drilled and tapped and put a Harrell mount on it [when they were $20 at Midway]. I put a paper shim under it to make it fit parallel with the bore.</p><p>I can tell I did a trigger job on it, feels like take up, force, and over travel. That must have been a Silver solder job.</p><p></p><p>I put on my test scope: 6.5x20x40 boosted to 13x40x40 with high Grand</p><p>Slam rings and bore sighted it to within 1.5" at 50 m.</p><p>Win 8x57 brass, WLR primers, seated with RCBS, 47 gr. IMR4895 surplus bulk powder [faster than canister and acts more like H322] </p><p> </p><p> <em>200 gr. Sierra Match King, new brass, 3.625" with Sinclair 30 cal</em></p><p><em>nut, 1" 5 shot group at 100m [first 4 shots were 1/2" and I made the</em></p><p><em>whole range stay hot to wait for my 5 th. shot], flattened primers</em></p><p><em>2618, 2633, 2649, 2623, 2650, 2626, 2638 fps </em></p><p></p><p>The old rifle got another trip to the range in 2005 with hunting bullets and a lesser scope:</p><p><em>220 gr. Sierra #2420, 48 gr. IMR4895 3.22", Quickload predicts 2630 fps, measured 2600 - 2625 fps 1.1" 5 shot group @50 yard</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clark, post: 678905, member: 6600"] 10 years ago I got a 1903 Turkish Mauser for $50 at BIG5. Those rifles were rebarreled from 7.65x53 to 8x57 in 1938. I bent the bolt the Oxyacetylene, forging blocks, and a hammer. I drilled and tapped and put a Harrell mount on it [when they were $20 at Midway]. I put a paper shim under it to make it fit parallel with the bore. I can tell I did a trigger job on it, feels like take up, force, and over travel. That must have been a Silver solder job. I put on my test scope: 6.5x20x40 boosted to 13x40x40 with high Grand Slam rings and bore sighted it to within 1.5" at 50 m. Win 8x57 brass, WLR primers, seated with RCBS, 47 gr. IMR4895 surplus bulk powder [faster than canister and acts more like H322] [I]200 gr. Sierra Match King, new brass, 3.625" with Sinclair 30 cal nut, 1" 5 shot group at 100m [first 4 shots were 1/2" and I made the whole range stay hot to wait for my 5 th. shot], flattened primers 2618, 2633, 2649, 2623, 2650, 2626, 2638 fps [/I] The old rifle got another trip to the range in 2005 with hunting bullets and a lesser scope: [i]220 gr. Sierra #2420, 48 gr. IMR4895 3.22", Quickload predicts 2630 fps, measured 2600 - 2625 fps 1.1" 5 shot group @50 yard[/i] [/QUOTE]
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