| vegard_dino |
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| 19/06/10 07:56 AM |
8*51R Mauser????
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Hi all
Looking at a old drilling in 2* 16 gauge and the rife to be a 8*51R Mauser.
How is that caliber?
How was it back then?
I guess it was a deer, boar caliber in europe pre WWII/WWI.
How will it be to use it today?
Brass and so?
THanks all
| mehulkamdar |
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| 19/06/10 08:28 AM |
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Some information on the rimless version of the round here.
| eagle27 |
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| 19/06/10 09:36 AM |
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Loaded some 8x51 rimless for a MS rifle some years ago using 308 Win cases. Just ran them through the FL die and loaded up with .318 projectiles. Worked up a good load that was accurate and would have been virtually the same performance as a 308 Win. The owner of the rifle had got some dies made but had no cases. Just had to be careful to mark the packets with a warning and colour the primers to distinguish the ammunition from 308 Win.
I don't know where you would start with a common rimmed case to make them for your rimmed 8x51R.
| vegard_dino |
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| 19/06/10 10:05 PM |
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Thanks for helping
Will be a good deer/hog caliber today.
Just have to find out where to find brass for the 8*51R Mauser......
| lancaster |
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| 20/06/10 04:19 AM |
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in the middle of nowhere!
make it from 8x57 IRS brass
| Yochanan |
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| 20/06/10 04:35 AM |
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Vegard Dino
Contact Horneber http://www.huelsen-horneber.de/frame_engl.html and buy enough to last a very long time.
Necking up 307Win might be another doable solution.
Cheers
Johan
| vegard_dino |
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| 20/06/10 05:22 AM |
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Thanks for the help