longshooter99
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In the latest issue of Handloader, Mike Venturino talks about loading reduced (squib, gallery, whisper, etc) for old military cartridges. While the article covered Mausers to Mosins, Enfields and Springfields, my main focus would be the 8mm Mauser cartridge. While I don't have my copy on hand, I know Mike used Trail Boss and the same charge for all cartridges, which I THINK was 5 grains. He also mainly used cast bullets that were either very light for caliber or pistol bullets.
Now, I don't have any experience with cast bullets (yet) nor any with trail boss and reduced loads. I'm curious as to using 85gr 8mm Nambu bullets from Buffalo Arms loaded to low velocity. My main concern is that these bullets are listed as .320 diameter as opposed to .323 for your regular 8mm rifle loads, and yes I am fully aware of the barrel diameter differences in these old Mauser rifles.
I'm mainly looking at making these rounds for fun plinking and maybe poking around for small game. Any of you guys have tips for these reduced loads or have you ever used these smaller Nambu bullets in a rifle?
Here is the link to Buffalo Arms if your are curious,
http://www.buffaloarms.com/8mm_Nambu_Bullets_it-157027.aspx?MANF=878
Thanks for your help!
Now, I don't have any experience with cast bullets (yet) nor any with trail boss and reduced loads. I'm curious as to using 85gr 8mm Nambu bullets from Buffalo Arms loaded to low velocity. My main concern is that these bullets are listed as .320 diameter as opposed to .323 for your regular 8mm rifle loads, and yes I am fully aware of the barrel diameter differences in these old Mauser rifles.
I'm mainly looking at making these rounds for fun plinking and maybe poking around for small game. Any of you guys have tips for these reduced loads or have you ever used these smaller Nambu bullets in a rifle?
Here is the link to Buffalo Arms if your are curious,
http://www.buffaloarms.com/8mm_Nambu_Bullets_it-157027.aspx?MANF=878
Thanks for your help!