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Thread: Source for 8mm Mauser cast boolits...?

  1. 07-04-2016, 11:10 PM #1
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    Question Source for 8mm Mauser cast boolits...?

    I did try to use the search function first for this question, but did not find my answer...can any of you gents point me in the direction of online vendors that sell cast lead .323dia boolits for 8x57 Mauser?

    I've so far found only one vendor carrying .32cal .323dia 170gr RNFPBB intended for a .32/40 application (which I understand might be useable?). I was hoping for something more specific to 8x57 JS Mauser loadings, up to an including any common 170gr, 175gr, 200gr boolit weights.

    These will be for plinking out of a 98k with 'mouse fart, cat sneeze' load data.

    Thanks in advance.
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  2. 07-04-2016, 11:24 PM #2
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    Matt carries a 185gr .323
    http://www.mattsbullets.com/index.ph...bspi3h1161muf3

    But this may be the one you already know about. It's not a 170gr though, or so the ad says.
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  3. 07-05-2016, 07:26 PM #3
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    The .32cal .323dia 170gr .32/40 boolit I found was from Penn; and it's special order. Matt's example looks good...already got a gas check too. Thanks for the suggestion.
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  4. 07-05-2016, 07:32 PM #4
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    For what ever it is worth, I have zero luck shooting a .323 cast bullet out of my 8 X 57 mm rifles.

    A .325" cast bullet , now that is another story entirely.

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  5. 07-05-2016, 07:54 PM #5
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    What Ben said about the .325" sizing standard. My G98/40 dotes on the Lee 8mm-175 grain GC bore rider so sized and loaded atop 16.0-18.0 grains of Alliant 2400.
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    .326" cast here in most of my 8 mm x57 rifles ( except one really worn that need .332")
    .323" is jacketed realm in my book
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  7. 07-06-2016, 10:36 PM #7
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    Interesting...I shall have to investigate further into the .325dia then. Could still use some vendor links online where I can find a similar boolits for this application...
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  8. 07-06-2016, 10:43 PM #8
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    Western bullet has a 220 grain gas check sized to .325 slug your bore and will probably need the .325 This is only commercial bullet sized to .325 I could find.
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    Midway sells two different sizes of a 170 gr FN from Hunters Supply Bullets one was .322 and the other was stated as .324 I bought those and they were actually .325 dia. When they arrived .
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BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
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