Anyone have a favorite load for this round? Anyone using 200 grain Accubonds?

Thanks in advance,
Rusty

Don't know if this will help, but here are a couple I use in my combination:
196 grain Norma solids 42 grains IMR3031
220 grain SBT's 41 grains IMR3031
150 grain Hornady SP's 48 grains IMR 4064
125 grain Hornady SP's 51 grains IMR 4895
These all hit in a line over a couple inch range straight up and down out of my O/U. They are hunting accuracy, not match loads. I worked them up to line up the for regulation, rather than velocity or pin point accuracy.
Bfly

http://www.norma.cc/sv/Ammunit...an/Laddata/8x57-JRS/

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Originally posted by Rusty:
Anyone have a favorite load for this round? Anyone using 200 grain Accubonds?

Thanks in advance,
Rusty

Rusty,

I have had great results from Hornady 150 grain SP's and Remington bulk 185 grain PSP's. IMR 3031 and 4895 have been my best powders. I have 5, 8x57 guns with military barrels and they all shoot MOA with these bullets and powder. Most accuracy loads are about a grain less than max in the Lyman manual.

Have to check the load data for Vihtavuori powder.

I use the 200grs AccuBond.
I have been plenty pleased although the only game thus far taken has been on safari; the performance especially on Gemsbok was exemplary, indeed.

The accuracy also is in a class of its own!

I decided to go with the AccuBond as best combination of all traits important to me. What I'm after is a do-it-all bullet that will open up well on small game such as roe deer, but will also hold together and penetrate deep enough when shooting my main quarry moose and wild boar. The splendid accuracy and cheap price are bonuses. Thus far I have not found an inaccurate 8mm 200grs bullet!

- Lars/Finland

Where ever possible I have switched over to Accubonds. I have been a Nosler fan since the Mid 1950s and Accubonds have served me well.

Rusty,
I have not tried any Nosler bullets in this caliber. My Bernhard Merkel 8x57IRS Drilling as well as my 8x57IS Mauser Stutzen build in 1942 both like the 175 grains Sierra SP bullet very much. With 49 grains of Vihtavuori N140 powder, 3 Shoot groups below 0.8 inch are the rule.
Robert

Thank you all for your input.

We took an 8x57 Erfurt Mauser to Africa in June loaded with the 180 gr Ballistic Tip over CFE223 powder. I am away from home so exact change available but it was a bit below max indicated on the Hodgdon website. Worked just fine on impala.

I use 46 grains IMR4895, and 200 grain Nosler Accubond. Ne450no2 has witnessed how effective it is on game.

Hi Rusty
I have just been presented with a Blaser K95 in 8 x 57JRS, she is an absolute “peach”. Initially she wouldn’t group using IMR4831, I switched to IMR 4064 and 47 grains behind a Woodleigh 220 RN SP is giving me 2450 fps and they are cutting one hole at 50 m. When the wind drops this evening I am going back to 100, 200 and 250 m. She shoots to the same POI at 50 and 100m. Normally a rifle of this caliber I would zero at 300m for North America, but I leave for Mozambique at the end of Aug and plan on hunting a Croc with her so I am putting on a 100 m zero. I am very impressed with this cartridge, but I have only been shooting her for two weeks, so not a lot of experience here.

John, I'm sure you will find the K95 to be capable of exceedingly great accuracy. There are some among my Blaser friends that are getting theirs to shoot in the .2s and .3s.

Incredible rifles.