Thread: 8mm Mauser

I used a Brno for years in Africa & Oz & took everything up to Buffalo with it ,the old load data l just dug for it was what l used for plains game & here for Red deer, Fallow ,pigs & goats was a 150 Speer pushed along by 51gn of AR2206H that gave 3020fps.

My favorite all round load was 180gn Barnes TSX pushed a long by a stiff load of 51gn of W-760 that gave 2670ffps & smoked everything ,this was 1/2 grain off pressure signs in that rifle but shot into 3/4 MOA & was the most accurate load out of the rifle & it dropped a nice Red Stag at 535 mtrs went through both shoulders with a tennis ball exit wound .

The heavy load was a 200grn Woodleigh pushed by 46.5gn of AR2206H that ran at 2520FPS that dropped 1/2 a dozen Buff ,a couple of Kudu & numerous Brumbies & Donkeys etc .

This was all nearly a decade ago so god knows what you can get hold of now with the Ammo supply SNAFU ,but in Africa while Guiding we always used RWS & Geco factory loads & they were loaded far better than the yanky stuff, who as usual loaded everything to be lawyer safe in old Bubba'd surplus rifles ,so if you are looking at using factory loads for brass see if you can get some of them,l was getting a easy 1/2 dozen reloads out of their brass with most lost while hunting in rough ground by then .It is a great underrated caliber IMO