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Caprivi
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Re: 8x51 ??? No, really a 8x54mm Krag
24/12/12 01:16 PM

Daryl,

Agreed on all the info. The 55mm case will hold the same as a 57mm. My current (stainless Tikka) 6.5x55 uses within 2% of H1000 with a 140 as does my 6.5x284.

In years gone by I had a 96 & a 95 mausers in 6.5x55 and 7x57 respectively, They both used the same load 47grs IMR4831 with 160's.

The fatter 55mm case cool. A friend has a SAKO on a pattern 98 style action chambered in 8x63mm. Common thought this would be a .30'06 case but it is the fatter 55mm style case. He lucked into a handful of cases that take standard primers. It outruns my old 300H&H.

The 8mm loads sound right on. I am thinking the top end stuff will have way more recoil than I am thinking I want to put with in this rifle. Anyway I have a scoped 8x57 to handle all of those variety of loads. It will indeed run with a .30'06. I agree with you on the 200gr Speer. Great bullet and maybe the cheapest jacket 8mm bullet available. I see Hornady has a 195 as well. With this rifle turning out to be a .323" it eases the pursuit of jacketed bullets. I noticed there is a custom LEE FN 215 and 225gr molds available as well.

Best I can come up with is that the original load was a 196 at 2300ish.

Anyway, loadwise, I like the original ballistics. The rear sight is a replacement, front sight seems genuine. Been thinking that I will find a fac. dup. load and then file the sight. Thinking a 100 standing and a 300 folding....thinking it will shoot flat enough for that. If I ever stumble over some original ammo I will be close with the sighting to use them.

Just really enjoying the feel of this old, long-ish, skinny, trim, round rifle. I am already re-learning the virtue of a light, iron sighted, long barreled, long-ish L.O.P. small around bolt rifle of plenty of power. It is no pristine collector piece, actually the near oppisite. It is a nice honest rifle I can learn from. I have missd having a rifle around to rub some oil on the wood and some Rangoon on the blue

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
8x51 ???	Caprivi	26/11/12 09:51 AM
Re: 8x51 ???	lancaster	26/11/12 06:01 PM
Re: 8x51 ???	Caprivi	27/11/12 01:59 AM
Re: 8x51 ???	Igorrock	27/11/12 06:31 AM
Re: 8x51 ???	lancaster	28/11/12 06:34 AM
Re: 8x51 ???	Caprivi	28/11/12 02:11 AM
Re: 8x51 ???	lancaster	28/11/12 06:38 AM
Re: 8x51 ???	Huvius	28/11/12 09:52 AM
Re: 8x51 ???	DarylS	28/11/12 09:57 AM
Re: 8x51 ???	StephenCoker	28/11/12 10:19 AM
Re: 8x51 ???	Caprivi	28/11/12 03:06 PM
Re: 8x51 ???	StephenCoker	28/11/12 03:26 PM
Re: 8x51 ???	Caprivi	28/11/12 03:33 PM
Re: 8x51 ???	Caprivi	28/11/12 03:44 PM
Re: 8x51 ???	eagle27	28/11/12 04:18 PM
Re: 8x51 ???	Caprivi	29/11/12 02:24 AM
Re: 8x51 ???	DarylS	29/11/12 02:36 AM
Re: 8x51 ???	Caprivi	22/12/12 03:40 PM
Re: 8x51 ???	Igorrock	22/12/12 05:57 PM
Re: 8x51 ???	lancaster	22/12/12 11:43 PM
Re: 8x51 ???	DarylS	23/12/12 03:14 AM
Re: 8x51 ??? No, really a 8x54mm Krag	Caprivi	23/12/12 03:38 PM
Re: 8x51 ??? No, really a 8x54mm Krag	Caprivi	23/12/12 03:57 PM
Re: 8x51 ??? No, really a 8x54mm Krag	DarylS	24/12/12 03:07 AM
Re: 8x51 ??? No, really a 8x54mm Krag	Caprivi	24/12/12 07:30 AM
Re: 8x51 ??? No, really a 8x54mm Krag	DarylS	24/12/12 10:18 AM
Re: 8x51 ??? No, really a 8x54mm Krag	Caprivi	24/12/12 01:16 PM
Re: 8x51 ??? No, really a 8x54mm Krag	Igorrock	24/12/12 04:35 PM
Re: 8x51 ??? No, really a 8x54mm Krag	Caprivi	25/12/12 02:24 AM
Re: 8x51 ??? No, really a 8x54mm Krag	DarylS	25/12/12 03:20 AM
Re: 8x51 ??? No, really a 8x54mm Krag	Caprivi	25/12/12 06:53 AM
Re: 8x51 ??? No, really a 8x54mm Krag	DarylS	25/12/12 08:09 AM
Re: 8x51 ??? No, really a 8x54mm Krag	Igorrock	26/12/12 12:27 AM
Re: 8x51 ??? No, really a 8x54mm Krag	Caprivi	26/12/12 04:04 AM
Re: 8x51 ??? No, really a 8x54mm Krag	Caprivi	30/12/12 02:31 PM
Re: 8x51 ??? No, really a 8x54mm Krag	Caprivi	08/05/13 02:20 PM
Re: 8x51 ??? No, really a 8x54mm Krag	Caprivi	24/05/13 01:45 PM

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