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<blockquote data-quote="iShoot17" data-source="post: 2582289" data-attributes="member: 33670"><p>I started experimenting with the 8mm Rem Mag a few years ago. I tried my best with Noslers but couldn't get them to shoot - then I switched to the Barnes 200gr TSX. Over RL-25, the Satterlee method had the majority of the 10 shots (at 300) under 2". I settled on a load that would shoot slightly better than that and have never looked back. It whacked a bull elk in Wyoming in 2020 and dropped it. I've been so impressed with the cartridge ever since.</p><p></p><p>I feel incredibly blessed to say I was drawn for a bull moose tag in Maine this year. My immediate thought when I found out was "the Big 8 gets another go".</p><p></p><p>Follow me here: I like the 8mm RM so much in the originally BDL, that I am contemplating letting go of some of the other big boomers (e.g. a CDL in 300RUM) because they simply won't get used. If the 8mm RM BDL is the rifle I am grabbing for a likely once in a lifetime hunt, the others are likely just safe queens.</p><p></p><p>A dream rifle of mine would be to find a CZ550 Full Stock in 8x57 that made its way stateside. I love CZ, I love the 550 platform, I love the full stocks, and I will officially admit I am an 8mm supporter. The 8x57 would be a gem of a cartridge in that platform.</p><p></p><p>With that said - I also love the other Rem Mags. The M600 in 350RM likes gets used more than any other hunting rifle in the safe. It is short, light, simple, and accurate to my needs for the SWPA woods. It hammers whitetail, is a breeze to carry up-and-down the mountain thickets, and takes a beating and keeps on ticking. It isn't original (had the rib removed and holes filled and reblued and had a metal trigger guard), so I don't mind it getting battle scars from the woods. It has never let me down and I don't figure it ever will. I also have original BDLs in 6.5RM and 350RM and they are also fantastic rifles.</p><p></p><p>But seriously. The 8mm Rem Mag…dangggggggg! I love it.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/FYqCXkS9" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/q7BPn8MC/066-AB795-286-E-462-C-9-D29-0041-FF2-EB5-B1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iShoot17, post: 2582289, member: 33670"] I started experimenting with the 8mm Rem Mag a few years ago. I tried my best with Noslers but couldn’t get them to shoot - then I switched to the Barnes 200gr TSX. Over RL-25, the Satterlee method had the majority of the 10 shots (at 300) under 2”. I settled on a load that would shoot slightly better than that and have never looked back. It whacked a bull elk in Wyoming in 2020 and dropped it. I’ve been so impressed with the cartridge ever since. I feel incredibly blessed to say I was drawn for a bull moose tag in Maine this year. My immediate thought when I found out was “the Big 8 gets another go”. Follow me here: I like the 8mm RM so much in the originally BDL, that I am contemplating letting go of some of the other big boomers (e.g. a CDL in 300RUM) because they simply won’t get used. If the 8mm RM BDL is the rifle I am grabbing for a likely once in a lifetime hunt, the others are likely just safe queens. A dream rifle of mine would be to find a CZ550 Full Stock in 8x57 that made its way stateside. I love CZ, I love the 550 platform, I love the full stocks, and I will officially admit I am an 8mm supporter. The 8x57 would be a gem of a cartridge in that platform. With that said - I also love the other Rem Mags. The M600 in 350RM likes gets used more than any other hunting rifle in the safe. It is short, light, simple, and accurate to my needs for the SWPA woods. It hammers whitetail, is a breeze to carry up-and-down the mountain thickets, and takes a beating and keeps on ticking. It isn’t original (had the rib removed and holes filled and reblued and had a metal trigger guard), so I don’t mind it getting battle scars from the woods. It has never let me down and I don’t figure it ever will. I also have original BDLs in 6.5RM and 350RM and they are also fantastic rifles. But seriously. The 8mm Rem Mag…dangggggggg! I love it. [url=https://postimg.cc/FYqCXkS9][img]https://i.postimg.cc/q7BPn8MC/066-AB795-286-E-462-C-9-D29-0041-FF2-EB5-B1.jpg[/img][/url] [/QUOTE]
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