Sound Guy, I'm up in the NE corner of Ohio. I also shoot cast in 8mm. I've had good luck with a range of weights. If at first, you don't succeed. try again using a tuft of dacron poly!
Sound Guy, I'm up in the NE corner of Ohio. I also shoot cast in 8mm. I've had good luck with a range of weights. If at first, you don't succeed. try again using a tuft of dacron poly!
^^ It's Real... But, It is something I will Not Do. Use an appropriate Powder..in fact even Red Dot or Uniique, do Not need a Filler!!!
In My Mausers anyway!
It's real for sure but depends on the bullet weight and powder burn rate you are using. Suggest you read post #2 in https://castboolits.gunloads.com/sho...use-of-fillers
Larry Gibson
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― Nikola Tesla
Up date on the FN 98 Husvarna
Been to the range 2 times with it
Using 3006 converted brass
Lee C324-175 mold with gc
1st time was not very good target / brass was hard to close / bore scope = tiny bit of lead
slugged barrel / lapped sizing die to .325 / took another .002 off shell holder = ( more as first size bolt would not close at all)
Using unique
2nd trip 10 of each
Unique 15.0 = average velocity 1721
Unique 16.0 = average velocity 1860
Unique 17.0 = had some werd velocity 1761-2024 and large group size
Have to load some
12-13-14-15 for next trip
You may have to turn the necks of the brass if they are converted. The brass is thicker on the sides of the cartridge, so when you seat a .325 boolit and the ticker case neck it is too large for the chamber. https://www.brownells.com/reloading/...rning-handles/ https://www.brownells.com/reloading/...?sku=749011562 Lyman makes a neck turning fitting for their case trimmer.
Speer and Hornady make great jacketed bullets in the 150 to 170g range and you wont have to turn the necks.
In the early days of this board, Oldfeller gave the opinion that the 8x57 could be made to shoot faster and longer than the 35 Whelen. There was a Mid South custom 8mm bullet that weighed 240 gr. Those who chose to push it said the almost needed shoulder therapy and wondered if the stock would hold up. I would look at custom designs from accurate but it can be an amazing cartridge. I barreled mine to 243 in the 80's and haven't had one since.
[The Montana Gianni] Front sight and squeeze
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
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" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |