I have a couple of Hungrian steyrs in 8x56R. two rifles and two carbines. I put scout mount scopes on one rifle and one carbine. I took the rifle out yesterday. with some reloads(nobody wants to shoot 1938-39 German ammo in these rifles), I started with 19gr.s of Red Dot and a few people on this list said that was not a good idea.(it might be a little over loaded.)
My bullet mold is suppose to be a 205gr. bullet for this caliber. it pours with pure lead about 215gr.s(and yes, with a gas check.) what I had was these bullets with 9, 10, 13 gr.s of red Dot. a friend shot the 10 gr.s of red dot and got about a 3 inch group at 50 yards. he also got about a 3 inch group at 100 yards with the same load.(this is all bench rest shooting.) I didn't do quite a good but I was fairly close to the same size groups. what was interesting was the rifle(scope!) was dead on at 25 yards, it was about 2-3 inches high at 50 yards. and point of aim at 100 yards.(and about 3 inch group)s so it looks like my midrange is 50 yards. this was the most accurate grouping I've very seen with this gun. I might have to start reloading this case again. and yes, these rifles load with a 5 round clip(just like a M-1 garand but it's an 8 round clip). the recoil with these loads is like a .22mag. not like a pile driver with the "factory" ammo. it was a good day at the range!