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<blockquote data-quote="Varberger757" data-source="post: 1564790" data-attributes="member: 66992"><p>Well, those who know me are aware of my "love" for the German magnum 8x68S. It is still delivering an outstanding ballistic performance, but it's a child of the 1930 - ties, and we shouldn't forget about this fact. Its performance is shopped with a disturbing unpleasant recoil due to the case's ancient and obsolete geometry. The outdated geometry is a nightmare, and I will never understand that RWS, the owner of this cartridge, never has done anything about it and overhauled the case completely. 8x68S is still going strong on the Old Continent and is quite popular. I'd like to see people like [USER=2460]@Swamplord[/USER] with their expertise, experience and skills taking care of this fantastic cartridge. Shorten case length by 2 - 3 mm, removing the extreme tapering, "blowing it up" and given it a bench rest shoulder would be just 3 easy steps to improve this magnum and making it more shootable. Keep the throat as it is, because then one can still load all the new ultra long projectiles without issues. Rate of twist should be 1 : 9,5 for hunting purposes and bullet weights up to 230gr, for more 1 : 9 or even 1 : 8,5 would be required. I'm knowing a bunch of people, who would be extremely grateful for anyone doing something about this famous cartridge, making it modern again. The effort would be worthwhile.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varberger757, post: 1564790, member: 66992"] Well, those who know me are aware of my "love" for the German magnum 8x68S. It is still delivering an outstanding ballistic performance, but it's a child of the 1930 - ties, and we shouldn't forget about this fact. Its performance is shopped with a disturbing unpleasant recoil due to the case's ancient and obsolete geometry. The outdated geometry is a nightmare, and I will never understand that RWS, the owner of this cartridge, never has done anything about it and overhauled the case completely. 8x68S is still going strong on the Old Continent and is quite popular. I'd like to see people like [USER=2460]@Swamplord[/USER] with their expertise, experience and skills taking care of this fantastic cartridge. Shorten case length by 2 - 3 mm, removing the extreme tapering, "blowing it up" and given it a bench rest shoulder would be just 3 easy steps to improve this magnum and making it more shootable. Keep the throat as it is, because then one can still load all the new ultra long projectiles without issues. Rate of twist should be 1 : 9,5 for hunting purposes and bullet weights up to 230gr, for more 1 : 9 or even 1 : 8,5 would be required. I'm knowing a bunch of people, who would be extremely grateful for anyone doing something about this famous cartridge, making it modern again. The effort would be worthwhile. [/QUOTE]
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