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Looking for input on a 8mm

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Boys got a cz in 375 H&H and the D-I-L has a 375 Ruger .
Looking for different.
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Then the 8 would fill that niche!

Any of the options listed for it would do you well. Comes down to the action length and how much you are willing to do on the rabbit hole really. If it's the child of the H&H the magnum is the way to go, if it's the 7 rem mag, the 8-06, if you want to go wildcat....sky is the limit. Barrel is needed no matter what, so it will come down to whether or not you do a bolt face and just how much you want to get into with the loading efforts. The 35's are another forgot niche as well. Lots to think about.
...oh yeah! thats gonna hurt!
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"The 35's are another forgot niche as well. Lots to think about. "
Boy has a Whelen Too...
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Different is good.
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So have you figured which length you have yet?
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It's a full length 375 H&H.
Got's start saving my pennies for  barrel and gun smith...
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Originally posted by d4570 d4570 wrote:

It's a full length 375 H&H.
Got's start saving my pennies for  barrel and gun smith...
duh..........d, you needs to be saving yer $$$$$ for that kind of project!LOL
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D, I have a 8mm Mag. It is a thumper, brass is hard to find and very expensive. I don't shoot it much. It is basically a 300Wby necked up, without the Wby radius of course. The 8mag and 300Wby are the 2 most powerful rifles I have left, the RUMs I got rid of. If you want something different and powerful enough for anything in North America, and most of Africa, the 8Mag is for you. When it came out in the late 70s it was far ahead of it's time. The bullets were not designed for the velocity they were being pushed to in the Mag. Basically they were using bullets designed for 8mm Mauser velocity (2500+/-) and pushing them to 2900+ and they were less than spectacular on bigger animals. Nowadays this is not an issue with all the bullet choices available.
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https://www.grafs.com/catalog/product/productId/71173

Not any more expensive then any of the other off the wall stuff
stuff. I can neck up a 7mm wsm or neck down 375 h&h,
both of witch we already have .
At $1.30 a case there only $.30 more then my 6mm

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Originally posted by d4570 d4570 wrote:

https://www.grafs.com/catalog/product/productId/71173

Not any more expensive then any of the other off the wall stuff
stuff. I can neck up a 7mm wsm or neck down 375 h&h,
both of witch we already have .
At $1.30 a case there only $.30 more then my 6mm


I really don't factor in the cost of brass, just the availability. How many do you need? They last a long time for a hunting rifle. The 8mag is an awesome round, but when it comes down to brass tacks, there are several more common rounds that can do the same thing...but it maxes out the cool factor! 
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