Originally Posted by Bandukwallah
Do I detect a hint of sarcasm in some of these replies? Nah, couldn't be; it must be my imagination.

By my calculations, the 7mm/8mm Mauser (I just named it!) would have about the same capacity as the 7x57 Ackley Improved, or around 61.4 grs water. Contrast that with the standard 7x57 at 55.5 grs, and the 7mm/08 at 52.2 grs. That represents a 10% increase over the 7x57, and 17% increase over the 7-08.


Help me out: If what you're proposing is virtually the same as the 7x57AI, then why wouldn't you just chamber a rifle in 7x57AI, use the 8x57 brass for forming (if need be), and be done with it? I'm not trying to be sarcastic, just trying to figure out what's new and improved over something virtually identical that already exists?

"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown