Morning Dave!! Not much out on 8x57. Its a favorite of mine!! I have one in a Arch Angle stock I have worked on a little. It shoots well. I have wanted ta work up good load for ling time. 4064 and a Sierra 175 has been my load for decades and it still is OK. Kills well @ 2650 fos.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for that info CW. If my Son wants to buy the 150gn projectiles, I will try to develop a load.

@cw2a

5 ай бұрын

I have some 150's!

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

5 ай бұрын

@@cw2a Did they shoot well for you? My kid has other rifles that he hunts with. But this rifle was a gift and potentially a family heirloom keeper.

Absolutely love the horseshoes and spurs scope display holder 🔥

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment here. It helps out allot.

I have had many custom Mauser rifles made on Large Ring 98 actions that started out as 8mm. Most of them have been the VZ 24 intermediate length action a few Turks were thrown in and I have a DWM 7mm that has its original barrel. A good friend of mine had several 8mm he hunted with he even had one rechambered to 8mm-06 it was a real thumper. Those steps in the barrel actually made it stiffer. Years ago there was a gunsmith in the town I lived in that would buy Mauser rifles and take the barrels out and put them in his lathe and machine a taper on them removing the steps. It was time consuming and he learned they would sometimes warp making the barrel useless. It made the rifles look better but not always shoot better. My 7mm Mauser has the original barrel I just cut it back at the first step and recrowned it. Didn't seem to hurt the accuracy it still shoots handloads well enough to hunt. My friend would buy surplus 8mm rounds and pull the metal jacket bullets dump the powder in a pan and replace the bullets with the same weight hunting style and use the same powder charge and primer. He just resized them with a die without a decapper pin installed. If the primers were corrosive he made sure to clean the barrel after shooting some surplus 8mm was non corrosive but Berdan primed he even found Berdan primers and reloaded them. Commercial 8 Mauser ammo was hard to find back then. Thanks for the video.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your Mauser history and sharing it here.

Mausers are top notch and well underrated

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

5 ай бұрын

Yes, you never here complaints about their controlled feed and claw extractor operations. Thanks for watching.

Dave. Thanks, another good video and shooting. If you reload it will be interesting to see the improvement over the factory ammo. Thanks for sharing and take care.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Bobcat!

Good morning Dave , Yes most definitely reload and develop a hunting load. I use Nosler 8mm bullets in my CZECH 98/22. I harvested a mature Whitetail doe with it. I really dig your Scope holder Showing your Cowboy side.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your experience with the 8mm.

Still, Good shooing by you. Beautiful wood on the stock!

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

5 ай бұрын

A follow up video will be later in the year with handloads

As my hunting mate would say Dave" That's minute of pig, lets go get 'em." But I'm sure you can find a sweet spot reload for that Mauser. Great vid as usual Dave, looking forward to the next one, mate.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your kind words and Thanks for watching.

I have been liking these 3-12 & 3-15 & 3-18 scopes for hunting. Just a lil better then 3-9.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

5 ай бұрын

Mornin' CW. Thanks for watching.

That looks like my old Remington VLS stock for my 243 I sold off decades ago!

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

Congratulations on getting a scope to review. That is so awesome 👌 I need to step up my game plan. 😂 On those scopes I want to know if it is FFP or SFP also if it has a capped windage turret. Or if it is exposed. And the number 1 thing with a exposed turret does it have a zero stop. If it does how easy is it to set. If you remount the scope to a lighter recoiling rifle. try a tract test with it and shoot a square . Like zero the 1 mil up 1 mil right one mil down to zero 1 mil left. Back to initial zero. Love your videos keep them coming

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

5 ай бұрын

This PRS scope I previously reviewed maybe better for the type of shooting you do. Answers 1. Yes zero stop. Allen screws inside turret to reset. Yes, First Focal Plane, Xmas tree reticle 2 tenths to 1/2 MIL sustentions. No, windage turret is not capped. But in my case that is not necessary because I set to a very legible zero. Track test needs a fixed position like a lead sled to accurately access. Shooting for 1 mil up, down, left, right and return to zero takes a better shot then me. To be honest, I do not use the turrets, I exclusively use the reticle for hold overs.. studio.kzread.infovT0rYCpzOnQ/edit

Dave, I think you can develop a sub moa load easily for this beautiful rifle.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

5 ай бұрын

Maybe so, If my Son wants to buy the 150gn hunting projectiles first.

Rifle and ammo combo, it's just not grouping to compeye with but for hunting 200 yards and in is ready to go

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

5 ай бұрын

Agree. Thanks for watching.

That surplus is PPU (nny) serbian made military ammo, 196gr BT very good stuff

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

3 ай бұрын

Not in my rifle. I experienced several miss-fires . A Full Metal Jacket projectile is not ideal for hunting. Also, the powder they used in this ammo is very corrosive . Thanks for your input.

@zeljkoblazevic2152

3 ай бұрын

The brass looks same as PPU that’s why I said it is, maybe it’s greek surplus or something very old.Almost all are them are corrosive, military rounds where made like that back in the day, and that rifle holds 5 plus one in pipe not 4. FMJ is not good for hunting and you’re right on that, but try them on ballistic gel and you’ll see how destructive they are. I shot elk and pigs with both M76 yugo and Mauser k98/M48A in same calibre (8x57)and they are both joy to shoot, specially on soft targets 😉 All in all nice looking rifle, the scope is high, try different lower mounts so you don’t strain yourself. Happy hunting!

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

3 ай бұрын

@@zeljkoblazevic2152 Yes, already replaced the rings. My other 2 videos may explain more thoroughly. Thanks for watching. Here is the first. studio.kzread.infoA2syQZnM3yw/edit

I would suspect the barrel given it's vintage. However it can't be too bad given the groups. I agree it's the Core-loct ammo. You'll have to invest some significant time and effort in developing a load to see what the possibilities are. Is that worth it is the question. Does somebody love this rifle enough to justify that investment? I would guess the process would be entertaining/informational enough for us in your viewership to warrant the effort.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

5 ай бұрын

You maybe right on all points. We shall see

Dave, I didn't knew anyone could outgrow 30-30 😮 I would also consider running some spired projectiles down there to confirm ammo as the problem. The rifle even after rebuild could have some tolerances slightly off. Looking forward to see if your handloads group better.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

5 ай бұрын

Agree, Yes other ammo/load development needs to be tested.

@wendellbell6164

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for answering questions I had about this cartridge, roughly between a 308 and 30-06. I have a beautiful 8mm I think in remington 700 but haven't shot it yet. I can't wait to see what load you work up for this gun.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

5 ай бұрын

@@wendellbell6164 Thanks for watching. Best wishes on your rifle success.

I would recommend 180 grain and more. 197 grain where the most used in Europe after WWII.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

5 ай бұрын

Yes agreed, But that weight gives lower velocity. We want to see what 150gns will do.

Good Morning Dave! Nice looking rifle!! I 've got an M48 also my is still in it's stock form. Love that stock on your son's, what brand is it? last time I shot mine, the butt plate got my aim pit smashed into the shooting bench! I got a nice bruise on my shoulder. I'd love to change my stock out!!!

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

5 ай бұрын

I believe it is a modified Boyds stock.

They normally shoot 180 gr Bullet's and heavier good. 197 gr was the most popular in Europe. Copper can be lighter.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for this information.

I've had my eight millimeter mouser since nineteen eighty seven. Fortunately And unfortunately , Mine is a total custom rifle. I only wish I had it's twin brother and it's original condition mill serp.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

5 ай бұрын

Glad the rifle works well for you.

Due to the insanely downgraded SAAMI spec for.this cartridge in the USA i suspect it is the ammo. I advise trying some euro spec ammo instead or.just hand load to CIP specs.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

4 ай бұрын

I will be handloading 170gn SST's in this rifle soon. Thanks for watching.

I would try some different factory ammo, first. There are a couple of imported brands that are less $teep than big green, which used to be bargain ammo in the day, and you could see if it would like them better.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

5 ай бұрын

Yes, and save the boxer primer brass for handloading.

@williamgaines9784

5 ай бұрын

@@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009 PPU and Sellier&Bellot are boxer primed.

Just a bit of scope info. If comparing a 30mm tube to a 1" tube the larger diameter tube doesn't increase the amount of light. What a larger tube does allow is a greater amount of adjustment range. The more adjustment range you have means the farther you can dial your turrets before running out of clicks. Thanks for the video.

@davestrohmeyer-saddleupsho8009

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for this information and for watching, Aren't the prism lenses inside the tube and ocular lens larger? Larger lenses produce more reflection and or refraction of the light coming from the objective.