Dear friends:

I am a fan of 8x68 S, but a friend of mine says the performance of 8X64 S is very close to 8X68 S, specially if you reload light bullets (170-185 gr), at modern firearms pressures (60.000 PSI). This man says he can get 3050 ft/s with a 23.5" (60 cm) modern rifle and 170 gr bullets.

What is its performance when you load it in a modern action till 60.000 PSI?
Has anybody experience in this caliber for drive-in hunting?



Thank you in advance for your information

I never tried 170grs bullets in 8x64S, but i got 2950fps - near by 900m/sek. - with 180grs Nosler BT, this load was pressure tested at the DEVA labor.
I use my 8x64S as my favorite gun for drive-in hunting for red deer and wild boar, but I prefer the 200grs bullets like Norma-Oryx and Woodleigh at a speed of 2850fps over the Nosler BT.

I shoot my 8x68S with 200 grs bullets at around 2500 fps, I have started to experiment with a 170 grs RN designed for the 8mm Mauser. Even with that load the does a great job on animals

Aleko

Buenos días, Ignacio.

I have used the 8x68 for many years but I have shot an 8x64 for the two last seasons.

An 8x64 is no 8x68.

The larger capacity of the 8x68 case allows for 300 fps higher speed, given equal bullet weights.

My 8x64 has been quite satisfactory in wild boar and red deer, but the the 8x68 hits them much, much harder, and shoot flatter, too.

It ain't an 8x68, no.

saludos desde Madrid.

Montero

Hello Montero, you are rigth, like the .30/06 never will be a .300 Mag, the 8x64S never will be a 8x68S. Sure the 8x68S is more powerfull, you can shoot on longer distances.....but you have much more recoil, more then the .300Weatherby! The guns are heavier and so on! With 2800fps with 196 grs bullets you are with the old Brenneke over the .30/06 in the area of the .300WM, and I never saw a red stag or a big wildboar which has not dropped immediatly!