If a 284 based version will give '06 performance from '08 length, would the Steyr based version getter closer to the Mag performance? (I realize short mags might work better, but only if the rim size works in the bolt ...)
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If a 284 based version will give '06 performance from '08 length, would the Steyr based version getter closer to the Mag performance? (I realize short mags might work better, but only if the rim size works in the bolt ...)
Do a search as someone here was playing with an 8mm version.
See I was thinking a matte stainless CRF action, 24" Shilen, 3gray Mcswirly Sako pattern stock and 2.5x8x36 VX3 scope right at 8 lbs or so and throated to make maximum use of the 180 and 200 grain TSX's.
Any ballistics is 8mm-.376?
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See, that's the whole problem. We are thinking on two similar but different tracks. You guys are thinking hunting large game, so .375, 3.323 (8mm), 9.3, etc sound great to you.
I am thinking long range hunting of 2-legged vermin and that requires VLD type projectiles, so either 338 or 30 cal. I was thinking of redoing an old 30-06 barrel in the 30 cal version of 9.3 x 64 Brenneke ... then thought that 30-376 Steyr in a .308 barrel might give me a smaller package with close enough results ...
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I used the .376 in my encore because short fat case gives good efficiency w/o the preasures of the WSM (which are hard on the encores).
If I was looking for a rifle in 8mm, I'd just get the .325 WSM. All the stuff on the .376 are sort of a "WSM LITE." They do more than the 06 based wildcats, but not as much as the magnums. Of course is the goal is to have a "Wildcat" then that changes everything.
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So at 80 grains it is roughly the same capacity as the WSM's. So would the ballistics not be pretty much the same? (i.e. a .323/376 would have the equivalent ballistics as a 325 WSM.)
Like I said earlier I am looking for a good elk cartridge for a 1910 Mexican mauser. From what I can see a .323/376 would work better than a 325 WSM in this action.
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If you want high velocity, flat trajectory, great wind bucking ability and low recoil, why not neck the Steyr to 6.5? It should be a little more potent than a 6.5 x 284 but not as overbore as a 264 Winchester Magnum...Rusty.
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i have built 2 of the 8mm steyrs 200 gr accubond at 2885 and 2830 23 in barrels on turkish 98 actions and bansners stocks, both guns have taken elk deer and bear. next up 338 and then 300 allready have the reamers....
Originally posted by 300stw: i have built 2 of the 8mm steyrs 200 gr accubond at 2885 and 2830 23 in barrels on turkish 98 actions and bansners stocks, both guns have taken elk deer and bear. next up 338 and then 300 allready have the reamers....
Can you share pictures of the cases?
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