I decided to continue on my tirade of project guns, that i'll never be able to afford in my life, based around 8mm cal mainly as an answer to Fritz's question on the 8x68S. Anyway, here goes:

1)--8x68S
Large ring (hopefully FN Commercial) Mauser action
timmney hunting trigger
nice walnut stock
26" douglas sporter bbl
4 round cartridge trap
rubber butt pad
pistol grip cap
rosewood nose cap
3-9x Leupold scope
2--8mm WSM/SAUM
Winchester M70 or Remington 700 action (depends on what happens my way at the time)
24"-26" Douglas sporter bbl
synthetic (probably the new real tree camo) stock
3-9x Leupold
3--8mm Rem Mag
Rem 700 action
most likely a synthetic stock
27.5"-28" heavy Hart bbl
harris bi-pod
6.5-42 Leupold/Night Force scope

how's this strike you guys?

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Curtis sounds good!!! I too like the 8mm and wish it would have caught on here in the U.S.A. I too have a few 8mm projects on the wish list.

1.) .323 Hollis
VZ 24 action
Blackburn trigger
Balckburn bottom metal
25" Tapered Octagon Lothar Walther

2.) 8mm WSM
Mexican M1910
Blackburn trigger
24" Tapered Octagon Lothar Walther

Curtis and Chris,

amazing ideas. I try to avoid such fascinating projects, as they are hard to put into reality here. I have reached the limit of my my gun licenses, and I am not allowed to have more. A very good reason for falling into a depression.

Go on with your ideas - it�s always fascinating to take part of all creativity!!!

Best regards,

Fritz

Has anyone ever heard about 8x99, a german military cartridge project during WWII? A friend of mine told me that it was supposed to be used as armor piercing. Don`t recall the speeds he mentioned but it was very impressive!

Sako,

this 8x99 wouldn't happen to be connected to the 7.92 Panzerbauche 39, described in "20th Century Artillery"by Ian Hogg as "...normal caliber as the service rifle but the actual cartridge used a large case which had been developed for a 13mm (.51in) weapon...the PzB39 was a single shot weapon useing a verticle sliding breech block which was opened by pushing forward and down on the pistol grip. a 'quick-loader' clip of 5 rounds could be attached to the right side of the action for rapid reloading. the bullet contained a hardened steele core and a tiny capsule of tear gas; the intention was that the bullet would enter the tank and the tear gas would then disperse and force the occupants to leave. it didn't work; the core penetrated but the capsule was almost always left out side the plate".

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That "7.92 Panzerbauche 39" must be the cartridge my friend told me about. As an 8mm fan maybe he was hoping for it to be an 8mm
Thanks for the info!

Sako,

It's basically an 8mm (7.92mm) bullet on a grossly over size case packed w/ powder. and the gun has a folding but stock...looks excruciating.

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Curtis,

Found a web site with basically the same info you wrote. A nice piece of equipment...
http://www.achtungpanzer.com/pzb.htm