Id Say The Old Girl Can Shoot.

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This is at 50yds prone, with unknow mil surp 8mm. Id say not too shabby. Considering I havent shot in a while. Its a fowler shot on the far left and two 3 round groups shot as fast as I could load them.

 

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And here she is in all her glory.

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This is at 50yds prone, with unknow mil surp 8mm. Id say not too shabby. Considering I havent shot in a while. Its a fowler shot on the far left and two 3 round groups shot as fast as I could load them.

 

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And here she is in all her glory.

 

 

Very nice group, especially with milsurp ammo. I've shot three different kinds of surplus 8 mm and none of them were accurate. Some of the old Turk stuff I have is down-right inaccurate. It's fun (for me) to have some on hand for plinking. Some of the guys at the range like to plink cans at 100 yds - mostly with 22s. Its super-fun to plink cans with an 8 x 57. Actually it's more like "plonking" cans. Usually the Mauser ends-up getting passed around, but no-one usually winds-up taking too many shots with the Turk surplus - it's hot!

 

Back when bullets were reasonably priced ($10/100) I used to shoot a lot of the 185 gr Remington CoreLoks over 4895 (45 gr if memory serves).

 

I would measure max OAL for the rifle by holding a bullet in the throat with a pencil, running a dowel down from the front end until it made contact, and marking with a Sharpie. Then I'd remove the bullet, run the same dowel down on a closed bolt, and mark at the muzzle again. The difference between the two marks is max OAL for that bullet in that Mauser. I'd seat a few thousands shorter.

 

This was always a fairly accurate load for me, although it could be dialed-in for each gun.