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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
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Viability of 8mm Mauser (8x57) as a long range round
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<blockquote data-quote="benchracer" data-source="post: 1025410" data-attributes="member: 22069"><p>I agree with this assessment. It is a decent standard hunting cartridge for hunting at standard ranges. A person might want to use it in a classic rifle for purposes of nostalgia, but the 8x57 is not worth building a new rifle around. Like other bullet diameters such as .277 and .257, the .318/.323 bullets are bracketed by calibers with better, more efficient bullets available. Once re-barreling is on the table, it makes more sense to step up to .338 or down to the .30's.</p><p> </p><p>As previously mentioned, and unlike the 8mm, some of the other old mauser cartridges such as 7x57 and 6.5x55 benefit greatly from the availability of modern bullets. Loaded to their potential, that is to say to modern pressures in modern actions, those cartridges can easily run with many of their "modern" peers or beat them outright.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="benchracer, post: 1025410, member: 22069"] I agree with this assessment. It is a decent standard hunting cartridge for hunting at standard ranges. A person might want to use it in a classic rifle for purposes of nostalgia, but the 8x57 is not worth building a new rifle around. Like other bullet diameters such as .277 and .257, the .318/.323 bullets are bracketed by calibers with better, more efficient bullets available. Once re-barreling is on the table, it makes more sense to step up to .338 or down to the .30's. As previously mentioned, and unlike the 8mm, some of the other old mauser cartridges such as 7x57 and 6.5x55 benefit greatly from the availability of modern bullets. Loaded to their potential, that is to say to modern pressures in modern actions, those cartridges can easily run with many of their "modern" peers or beat them outright. [/QUOTE]
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