I have got a nice SAKO Mauser in the obsolete 8x60 (.318). As the gun is almost not used and shoots superbly, I have no intensions to rebarrel it. I have handloaded with RWS 196 RN and Barnes X. These are the only available .318 bullets here in Sweden. But even though the Barnes performs excellently, I would like to try a 220 or 250 grains bullet in the rifle. Does anyone have some suggestions?

Fritz K.

There is possible to make a die that "calibrate" a .323 bullet to a .318. It is used in the reloading press and reshape your .323 bullets to .318 in notime. This way you can use any good 8 mm bullet like SAKO Hammerhead or Norma Oryx for ex.

Stefan.

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Originally posted by Stefan:
...to make a die that "calibrate" a .323 bullet to a .318.

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Thanks for your response, Stefan!

Interesting idea, but would that be done without inferiating the precision of the bullets? I suppose you mean some conical die, into which you press the bullet, using some sort of bolt. But all that must be done very exactly without wrinkling(?) the jacket.
Did you ever try this operation yourself?

I think I still would prefer to find a bullet originally made in .318.

Fritz K.

I have reshaped bullets from .323 to .318 without any problems with wrinkled jackets or ruined presicion. I first tried this with .44 handgun bullets for my .416 Taylor. This gave me cheap 240 gr bullets for practise on the running moose range. The precision with the reformed handgun bullets was not like with a match bullet. They shot about 2-3" at 80 m and that�s enough for my level of shooting at a running target

When reforming bullets from .323 to .318 the amount of pressure on the handle on my Rock chucker is less than a full length rezising of a .308 Win case.

Stefan.

I have made these dies my selfe and I don�t think there is anyone making them comerseally. I don�t think there is any problem to reform .227 bullets to .224.

I have remade these bullets only for target practise so far. I have no idea of the expantion is suffering from this process. A few shots in wet newspaiper shuld give a clue what�s going on. With moderate reforming like .323 to .318 a bonded core bullet should work just fine, I think.

Stefan.

http://www.z-hat.com/Ring.htm

/K9

That looks wery similar to the type of die I use!

Stefan

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Originally posted by montero:
would it be possible to run .227 bullets through a sizing die and make them .224?
montero

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The RWS in Germany makes a 74-grainer in .224, "Kegelspitz", which could be something for you. They load it in their 5,6x57 to 1040M/S, and it�s used for roe and gams.

I try to have look at Z-Hat Sizing Ring, but that site loads down irritatingly slowly. Seems interesting, indeed. Thanks to K9!

Fritz K.
Fritz K.

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Originally posted by snowman:
The Corbin bullet swage die...

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http://www.corbins.com/corbin.htm

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Originally posted by Mats:
http://www.corbins.com/corbin.htm

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Well, Gentlemen,

you have given me a counsiderable amount of tecnical advices, which mostly are beyond the reach for me. I am grateful for your attention, but I would ever more gratefull for more simple pieces of advice about redy-made bullets.

Your,

Fritz