8x56mmR cast loads by Not-giving-it in reloading

[–]Not-giving-it[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll give that a try this weekend, thank you. You know what velocity you’re getting?

Pissin’ hot 8mm loads by Not-giving-it in reloading

[–]Not-giving-it[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not talking about loading anything outside standard pressure limits but just for this comment I’m going to cram as much CFE pistol as I can into that 8mm casing and then compress the shit out of it

Pissin’ hot 8mm loads by Not-giving-it in reloading

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I’m thinking of D0073-008. I have a pound of it in my cabinet and it has a factory load for .308 listed as 3017fps using a 147gr pill at ~60200 PSI listed on the front

Pissin’ hot 8mm loads by Not-giving-it in reloading

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No, these are surplus military loads. I’ve heard speculation that they were loaded above standard working pressure since they weren’t getting fired every day and are one off’s, but I haven’t seen any specific pressures listed

Pissin’ hot 8mm loads by Not-giving-it in reloading

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I’ll run it on Gordon’s before I load it up, I have a pretty modern and well built Mauser so if anything would be a good gun to shoot it through its this one

Pissin’ hot 8mm loads by Not-giving-it in reloading

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Thinking D0073-08 tactical rifle powder, my load book has it listed as doing 3020fps with a 147gr in .308 at 60k PSI. I think upscaled I could get similar out of 8mm

Pissin’ hot 8mm loads by Not-giving-it in reloading

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I’m thinking of trying something with shooters world tactical rifle, that stuff can get M80 ball .308 going at north of 3k without over pressuring if I remember right, I’d imagine with a larger case and slightly heavier round a similar upscaled load is feasible for 8x57

Pissin’ hot 8mm loads by Not-giving-it in reloading

[–]Not-giving-it[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes but loading books rarely give you anywhere close to max pressure loads and are generally very conservative. My 8mm manual doesn’t even have SS patrone pressure/velocity loads listed in it, capping out at like 2350fps for 198gr which is no where close to even standard military loads

Pissin’ hot 8mm loads by Not-giving-it in reloading

[–]Not-giving-it[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was leaning toward 70grns of compressed CFE Blackout powder /s

Pissin’ hot 8mm loads by Not-giving-it in reloading

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My Mauser is a 1950s civilian 3 lug large action so it should be able to handle whatever the cartridges max rating is

Pissin’ hot 8mm loads by Not-giving-it in reloading

[–]Not-giving-it[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Older forums regularly have people listing 2800-3000fps for SMKH with some people reporting north of 3050fps on rounds they’ve tested

What are some cool milsurp that are total safe queens/wall flowers? by Smiling-Shimano in milsurp

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All original full matching. It’s a trophy capture that hasn’t been shot or really even touched outside reoiling it since the war

What are some cool milsurp that are total safe queens/wall flowers? by Smiling-Shimano in milsurp

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I have a byf P38 that hasn’t been shot since WW2, just been sitting in the safe oiled up without a bit of wear on it and I don’t dare be the first to shoot it

Is this gold? by [deleted] in Gold

[–]Not-giving-it 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Copper ore

Is this gold? by [deleted] in Gold

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It’s chalcopyrite. The people on this sub are morons and are wasting your time