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I posted some in the Europe section on fire and in lever also but here some:
My daughter T-Bolt 22lr with steel and golf balls, the game is to shoot from 50 to 150m
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Two medium/long range rig in an informal "sniper match" you notice the scope first plan...
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Me and Steyr SSG04 shooting 300, 400, and 600m match. 300m and 400m target are 50m pistol ones.
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Sort of F class rig used to 300,400, 600 and 800m on a French Unique action (single shot)
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MiniHecate 338Lapua for a 1000m match (targets are 200m target)
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338-408Cheytac custom cartridge and lathe turned copper alloy bullets (french)
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My long range rifle, Haenel RS8 300WM waiting for S&B5-25x56, here testing Hornady Superformance to 600m and more.
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These will give you an idea. But we have others...



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Originally Posted by writing_frog

I posted some in the Europe section on fire and in lever also but here some:
My daughter T-Bolt 22lr with steel and golf balls, the game is to shoot from 50 to 150m
[Linked Image]

Two medium/long range rig in an informal "sniper match" you notice the scope first plan...
[Linked Image]
Me and Steyr SSG04 shooting 300, 400, and 600m match. 300m and 400m target are 50m pistol ones.
[Linked Image]

Sort of F class rig used to 300,400, 600 and 800m on a French Unique action (single shot)
[Linked Image]
MiniHecate 338Lapua for a 1000m match (targets are 200m target)
[Linked Image]

338-408Cheytac custom cartridge and lathe turned copper alloy bullets (french)
[Linked Image]

My long range rifle, Haenel RS8 300WM waiting for S&B5-25x56, here testing Hornady Superformance to 600m and more.
[img]http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss198/Hunter4570/Photo8-1.jpg[/img]

These will give you an idea. But we have others...


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Them are some sweet looking rifles!

Back to the OP, I really like the 185gr bullets in the 8mm Mauser. Good thumper for deer. smile Shot one at 175 yds a few years ago and again this year at 125 yds. The buck at 125yds I had to shoot through a 4" pine to get him. smile

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[img]img[IMG]http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss33/otiscampbell62/DSCN6525.jpg[/img]http://[/img] This is one I picked up at a gunshow in FL earlier last month. Shoots so good with the old LYMAN receiver sight!


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I shot my first deer, a nice eight point, with an 8mm Mauser that I borrowed from my BIL. He had it fitted out with a K4 and Fajen stock. One shot and the deer dropped right there.
I have wanted that Mauser ever since but he won't part with it despite having a Mod 70 in '06 that he uses exclusively now.

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Today I was trying to hit that little black dot in the center of the orange, I guess I missed.

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I might have to try that recipe, Corjack! Have you bothered to measure velocity? Do you use the 200gr accubonds also?


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I might have to try that recipe, Corjack! Have you bothered to measure velocity? Do you use the 200gr accubonds also?


Yes, and yes. It is just a hair over 2500 fps.


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That will kill stuff dead.


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Originally Posted by corjack
Today I was trying to hit that little black dot in the center of the orange, I guess I missed.

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keep at it, perhaps you should try sorting your primers by weight?

It may tighten that group up a bit.


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Here is the same load, with a slightly deeper seating depth, in a Sauer 202 Highland. It is a much lighter rifle than the Blaser R8, and has a 20 inch barrel, and an alloy reciever.

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courtesy of Rem700 8x57


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How will the Remington 185 Remington's work on elk or moose? I am starting to work on a Mauser in 8x57 I have with the purpose of it being my youngest son's elk rifle.

For that matter, how are the Hornady 195's on heavier game?

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Shot my first few deer with an old k98 and Rem & Win factory 170s. Even with the light US loads, plenty of pop for a whitetail...


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I have two. One is an as new Walther Model B Mauser I bought when I was living in Canada. I have yet to shoot it. It is the one on the right next to its 7x57 brother.

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Last year I picked up this little Erfurt Mauser and have been shooting it with the 185 gr Remington bullet mildly loaded to 2400 fps due to its small ring/large thread design. It shoots very well and is just begging to be taken hog hunting.

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Note that Hodgdon's indicates 180's at ~2700 fps at less than 50 kCUP with their CFE 223 powder. It looks to be a very good fit for the 8x57. Something I'll have to try.

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Wow. I'd take that Erfurt. Looks like something that Finn Aagard would have. Only it's a little too pritsine for Finn.

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Wow. I'd take that Erfurt. Looks like something that Finn Aagard would have. Only it's a little too pritsine for Finn.


Indeed! That is seriously one of the sweetest rifles I have ever seen!

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what I believe is an late 1940's early 1950's vintage BRNO. My father bought this when he came to Canada, the BRNO because they were part of the design of the Bren gun (Brno-Enfield) 8x57 because "after a few years on the receiving end of the round I knew how good it was".

The rifle has been carried a fair bit but I have only one kill a bull caribou in the NWT barren lands, using a 200g partition handload. The rifle appears to have a "slow" barrel as the maximum load from the Nolser manual only generates about 2350 fps with the 200g partition. The rifle likes longer bullets; I have little luck with the 175g sierra or any of the 150g bullets. I am loading uo some of the 160 TTSX hoping the length of the mono-metal bullet will shoot well.

I am very impressed with the fit and finish. The front sight is on a sleeve which is soldered? sweated? onto the barrel, you canot feel the joint with your finger and barely feel it with a finger nail. On the photo below the seem is visible just back of the ramp for the front sight. GRF

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If you have a long action Remington 700, I've got an extra 700 Classic 24" take-off barrel in 8x57 that I might be talked out of.

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Originally Posted by PastorDan
How will the Remington 185 Remington's work on elk or moose? I am starting to work on a Mauser in 8x57 I have with the purpose of it being my youngest son's elk rifle.

For that matter, how are the Hornady 195's on heavier game?


My shade tree analysis of the Remington 185 Corelokt is that it will be virtually identical or slightly "harder" than the 180 grain .308 Corelokt. I melted the lead out of both and determined that the jacket of the 180 grain .308 was approximately 30% of the total weight of the bullet. The jacket was approximately 35% of the total weight of the 185 grain .323 bullet.

In other words, you cannot push the 185 grain Corelokt fast enough, out of an 8X57mm Mauser, to have it fail on a cud chewing animal.

I cannot vouch for the 195 Hornady, but they tend to be the toughest of the cup-n-core bullets. I suspect they would be at least as capable as the 185 Corelokt.


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