I confirmed the optimal load in 8X68S with a new round of shooting. It is a mild load with a muzzle velocity of only 2600 f/s but it shoots very accurately and has negligible recoil in my 10 lb Sabbi Mauser rifle. Here are the full load data for the record a picture of a new target I shot yesterday.

Brass: RWS (new)
Powder: 60 grain of Vihtavouri N550
Primer: Fed210M
Bullet: Lapua Naturalis 180 grain (N559)
COAL: 86mm

100Y target (left group: RWS factory load 200 grain EVO; central group: the above load; right group: RWS factory load 180 grain H-mantel)

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