The literature seems to indicate both small and large ring are extremely strong. The 8mm can be loaded quite potent but the US market dials it down a lot.
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The literature seems to indicate both small and large ring are extremely strong. The 8mm can be loaded quite potent but the US market dials it down a lot.
You are right, th eUS commercial 8x57 loads are wimpy.
My reloads are quite a bit hotter than US commercial and I get no signs of pressure with either the Argentine or the Persian load.
I shot the Argentine at the vintage military rifle silhouette match for the first time last Saturday. It did OK--31/40. I need to shoot it a little more and possibly refine the load.
You're going to have to open up another thread with a different title; there is no travesty associated with the way these rifles are shooting!
Here are the results of the match last weekend. There was some pretty good shooting going on there. I was shooting my new scoped Argentine 1909 for the first time in the match and scored a 31. I believe the old girl can do better with a little more practice.
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The Swiss did respectably, but were bested by the Swedish Mauser shooters. I believe that this is due, at least in part, to sights that are allowed on the Swedish Mauser in the match that were not actually "as issued" sights.
David Tubb used to sell a drill bit attachment for cartridge uniformity. I didn't see it on his website; friends who used it say their group patterns tightened up a fair amount.
When you say cartridge uniformity...did it smooth out the bullet tip?
It was a concentricity (spelling?)/uniformity tool for the tip, IIRC. It didn't necessarily make the bullet more accurate so much as it made all the cartridges the same thus making the groups MPI more 'average'.
I'll look into that tool. Thanks, Shooter.