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I have a 700 Bdl in 8mm mag. Why no love for the 8 mag?

just you and Craig Boddingtom, perhaps.

Hey let's not forget Jwall!

I own one. Bought it years ago for an elk hunt. Wound up getting divorced instead of going out west. Money for the hunt got split between the ex and my lawyer. Still fot the rifle. Hoping to arrange a trip out in the near future. Need to finish working up a load for the Speer 200g SP's I got.

I'm not in love with it but I do like guns and cartridges that are not mainstream and found everyday on the local gun shops shelves.

I'm not in love with it but I do like guns and cartridges that are not mainstream and found everyday on the local gun shops shelves.

I'm an admirer, though mine has thus far only been used on deer.

There is a pretty cool one for sale in the ‘fieds right now:

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...-wts-8mm-rem-custom-enfield#Post14687784

I’d be pretty darned tempted if we were in normal times.

Honestly tho a .338 (Win Mag, Weatherby Mag, RUM) would be way better bullet selection- and well as brass availability-wise.

While I don't have an 8mm Rem, I do enjoy my 8x68S.

EFW, yeah, don't I wish it were "normal" times. Only days before the shutdown I put aside a Model 70 in .264 Win Mag. The shop was so busy making pistol and ammo sales, they wouldn't even take my money. Just put it in the back with my name on it. Hope it is still there.

i am seriously considering the original big 8mm magnum the 8x68S

I always wanted one but never did - just liked the look of the case. I've got a 325WSM which is almost a 8mmRM.

I have a Mauser 66 in 8X68 which I've never fired, but I also have a ZG47 in 8X64 which is a hammer on deer and a drilling with an 8X65R rifle barrel which is the same. I have enjoyed fiddling with 8mm calibers since I had an 8X57 rechambered to 8mm-'06 back in the '50's.

I love my .325 WSM..

Todd

I like 8mm over 30 cal. but the Rem. Mag. was never on my radar. Just never developed an interest in it. Good ballistics. Maybe in the future American shooters will stop turning up their noses at the 8mm but, I doubt it.

Either shot or observed 5 moose being shot over last couple seasons. 3 of the moose were taken at 200 yards with 300 Win and Wby Mags using factory loaded Trophy Bonded bullets. All shot thru chest and all 5 bullets were found against the skin on the far side. The last moose was shot at a bit over 300 Yards with an 8mm Rem Mag shooting 200gr Partitions, 1 shot did it and that bullet is still flying out there somewhere, full penetration.
I wonder if one of the newly introduced powders, say RL33, might improve the performance of this smasher even more???
Appears to be woefully underestimated.

Hey let's not forget Jwall!
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[quote=SCGunNut]I'm an admirer, though mine has thus far only been used on deer.


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YEAH, there are more than 3 of us.

To answer the OP - "Why no love for 8 mag?"

1. The largest NUMBER of complaints I've read is the dreaded RECOIL.
---- The Ruger 77 O G tanger 338 WM Kills on front end and Cripples on the butt end. ---
ask me how I know.


2. The .323 (8mm) has never been popular in America.


in 1977, JRS sold me on the 8mm RM



GRANTED it's not a range gun for extended shooting. It IS a hunting cartridge!


Jerry

I gave great consideration to it when I bought my first left handed rifle. It was either going to be a 300 H&H or an 8mm Remington Magnum. I ended up with a 300 H&H in a LH KS Mountain Rifle. No regrets. I had a lot of brass for the 300 and a good stock pile of bullets. I would have like to have played with 8mm but there always seemed there was another rifle or chambering that was catching my interest. A couple of acquaintances have them and have killed a lot of deer, elk and moose with them and a few bears. I honestly don't know what they use for bullets. Neither have ever complained of a failure.

I had just graduated for high school when that Shooting Times magazine came out heralding the arrival of the 8mm Magnum. I was a poor farm kid saving my nickels for college but nearly swooned over Remington's newest round. Even back then I liked the odd and unusual chamberings.

It seems I have always had the ground the 8mm covers pretty well bracketed. 300 H&H, 35 Whelen, 375 H&H. I guess that's why I never had a 338 WM, 340 Wby, or 358 Norma though I've flirted with the idea many times. Those three and the 8mm RM can certainly do it all for NA big game.

Me too. It's a very underrated and useful round. It suffers from everything that it is not and therefore is under-appreciated for everything that it is.

I worked up loads for a 700 BDL that a buddy owned, for him using the 185 RP and 200 gr NPT. It shot well but the recoil was anything but enjoyable to me. Found out I really didn't need one of those, but it will be awhile before I peddle my 700 Ltd Classic in 8x57. MB

Like the 284 Win, it’s case appears much more popular than the cartridge. It is a very suitable long range, hard hitter, but it is flanked by better cartridges such as 300 Win Mag or 300 Wby on the smaller side and 338 Win Mag and 340 Wby on the larger side. Same for the 8mm Mauser with 30-06 and a 338-06. The 8mms have their place, but it’s a rather small place in the U.S. afield.