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8x57 yugo mauser
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<blockquote data-quote="benchracer" data-source="post: 531981" data-attributes="member: 22069"><p>The 8mm mauser can be loaded to give performance that is roughly equivalent to the 30-06. A few years ago, two good friends of mine bought yugo mausers from Mitchell's and we experimented with different powders and bullet weights in our hand loads.</p><p></p><p>For purposes of target shooting, I think that you have made a very good choice of bullet. We got our best results with bullets in the 200g range. Where powders are concerned, we had very good results with H4895, H4350, and RE-15. I don't remember the powder charges for the loads we used and I no longer have the data in my possession.</p><p></p><p>One thing to keep in mind when loading for the 8mm mauser is that most loading data you will find for it is very conservative (That seems to be true for all of the old military mauser cartridges). That, combined with the generous chambers and throats that you will encounter in the milsurp rifles, tends to result in actual max loads being found at powder charges that are above the listed max. You will have to decide for yourself where your comfort zone lies on that issue. Regardless of what you decide to do, work your loads up very carefully.</p><p></p><p>Among the things we learned while loading for and shooting our milsurp mausers was that the primary accuracy limitation with them was the standard issue sights. The rifles themselves were capable of quite a bit more precision than the sights that were fitted to them.</p><p></p><p>One of my buddies installed some Mojo aperature sights on his otherwise unmodified M48 and was shooting sub 2" groups @ 200 yards with his chosen 220g hand load.</p><p></p><p>One final thing to consider is having the standard issue metal butt plate replaced with a good recoil pad. The 8mm mauser is no ***** cat and, especially with the metal butt plate, will beat you up pretty good if you put a lot of rounds through it from the bench or from the prone position.</p><p></p><p>Good luck with your hand loads. I hope you enjoy shooting your milsurp mauser as much my friends and I enjoyed shooting our mausers!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="benchracer, post: 531981, member: 22069"] The 8mm mauser can be loaded to give performance that is roughly equivalent to the 30-06. A few years ago, two good friends of mine bought yugo mausers from Mitchell's and we experimented with different powders and bullet weights in our hand loads. For purposes of target shooting, I think that you have made a very good choice of bullet. We got our best results with bullets in the 200g range. Where powders are concerned, we had very good results with H4895, H4350, and RE-15. I don't remember the powder charges for the loads we used and I no longer have the data in my possession. One thing to keep in mind when loading for the 8mm mauser is that most loading data you will find for it is very conservative (That seems to be true for all of the old military mauser cartridges). That, combined with the generous chambers and throats that you will encounter in the milsurp rifles, tends to result in actual max loads being found at powder charges that are above the listed max. You will have to decide for yourself where your comfort zone lies on that issue. Regardless of what you decide to do, work your loads up very carefully. Among the things we learned while loading for and shooting our milsurp mausers was that the primary accuracy limitation with them was the standard issue sights. The rifles themselves were capable of quite a bit more precision than the sights that were fitted to them. One of my buddies installed some Mojo aperature sights on his otherwise unmodified M48 and was shooting sub 2" groups @ 200 yards with his chosen 220g hand load. One final thing to consider is having the standard issue metal butt plate replaced with a good recoil pad. The 8mm mauser is no ***** cat and, especially with the metal butt plate, will beat you up pretty good if you put a lot of rounds through it from the bench or from the prone position. Good luck with your hand loads. I hope you enjoy shooting your milsurp mauser as much my friends and I enjoyed shooting our mausers! [/QUOTE]
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