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Originally Posted by BFaucett
[quote=splattermatic]i have a match grade .323 8mm blank layin around and trying to figure out what to do with it.
i have a 308 hb i rarely shoot, or even a l/a and make an 8mm -06.



The 8x60S is also worthy of consideration! (If using a long action.)


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Word on the street is the 9.3 makes a preferred choice for the ladies...if even a 66.

Seriously, personally ZERO interest in an 8mm. I'd sell the blank and do something else. You could sell the action, bbl, AND smith fees and buy a 338 Federal Tikka T3, scope, and some ammo.

But that's just the economic side of things. If you want to play something different, an 8-08 would be fine, or WSM, or 284, on on the 350RM.

OR, go 7BR case and run 180s around 24-2500 for a woods rifle.

Loads for a 338/7BR here: http://www.reloadersnest.com/query_bw.asp?CaliberID=389&BulletWeight=180

I vote 8mmBR. 19" bbl


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I made up some 8mm/308 rounds for someone using a 170 grain SMP Speer... that was a very effective round..

they've necked it up and down to all the other bullet diameters..

so they need to standardize 308s necked to 25, 270 and 8mm and that should about cover it all...


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Originally Posted by splattermatic
i had an 8mm mag, and it is now a 300 rum.
between the 2, the 8 mag kicked the piss outta me.
it's the only rifle i had to put a muzzle brake on besides my barrett.


I've posted before about my "former" 8mm Rem Mag. I agree, it was the nastiest recoiling thing I've ever shot! eek

Originally Posted by splattermatic
i do not shoot my remington varminter much anymore, even tho it will eat a ragged hole, it's just too heavy to lug around.


If it shoots that good, don't kill it. Sell it off and find a more suitable donor.

If it were me that had the 8mm barrel, I'd do one of two things, in this order.

1- sell the barrel and buy something more practical. Nothing in 8mm excites me. Just can't find a reason to go 8mm over 338 (338-08, 338-06, 338 Win mag, between them, they cover about anything), much better bullet selection n 338, etc.

2- If you're determined to use the 8mm blank, I'd be thinking of going with the 325 WSM. Don't have a short mag action, so it's "easier" to go with one of your existing actions? You're gonna lose any argument about "easy" or "practical" by building some one-off 8mm-something anyway! laugh

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Using short 308 action, no changes needed for BR, 308, 284 case, otherwise may need to open up boltface and install Sako Extractor as well.

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blank goes back into the tube and into the closet for another day.

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