8mm/06 piece of junk
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10-07-2006, 03:52 PM
#8
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wall SD USA & Jamestown ND
Posts: 11,474
RE: 8mm/06 piece of junk
It is really nothing more than a 30-06 that shoots 323 diameter bullets instead of 308 diameter bullets. There is no reason on the planet that it will not do anything that the 30-06 will do. Its simply the 30-06 casing necked up to 8MM. It will shoot a 220 grain Spire pouint at 24-2500 fps. Pretty good big game medicine. There is a 338-06 as well that would be the same thing with .338 diameter bullets. Everything based on the 30-06 casing is going to be a pretty hard hitting cartridge. The 35 Whelen is the same thing just necked up to 35 caliber.
10-08-2006, 09:37 AM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Michigan
Posts: 3,476
RE: 8mm/06 piece of junk
ORIGINAL: James B
It is really nothing more than a 30-06 that shoots 323 diameter bullets instead of 308 diameter bullets. There is no reason on the planet that it will not do anything that the 30-06 will do. Its simply the 30-06 casing necked up to 8MM. It will shoot a 220 grain Spire pouint at 24-2500 fps. Pretty good big game medicine. There is a 338-06 as well that would be the same thing with .338 diameter bullets. Everything based on the 30-06 casing is going to be a pretty hard hitting cartridge. The 35 Whelen is the same thing just necked up to 35 caliber.
It is really nothing more than a 30-06 that shoots 323 diameter bullets instead of 308 diameter bullets. There is no reason on the planet that it will not do anything that the 30-06 will do. Its simply the 30-06 casing necked up to 8MM. It will shoot a 220 grain Spire pouint at 24-2500 fps. Pretty good big game medicine. There is a 338-06 as well that would be the same thing with .338 diameter bullets. Everything based on the 30-06 casing is going to be a pretty hard hitting cartridge. The 35 Whelen is the same thing just necked up to 35 caliber.
It is a handload only proposition though.