Thread: has anyone tried loading 8x57 mauser as a subsonic?

Subsonic it won't matter... You only really get two terminal results. Most projectiles will pencil through with little expansion so what they are and how heavy doesn't matter,once heavy enough for pass through any more weight is wasted. Or super soft and super big Hollow point...I class the specialist monos in here as same terminal effect. A bigger hole but still no shock value so kill very much like a Broadhead arrow. They kill by cutting a hole in stuff be it lungs/ heart so it bleeds out fast it nervous system so brain disconnected. Shoulder shots might also slow do ability to move which is good as long as pill still reaches vitals.8mm is still a reasonable sized hole.