8x57 Mauser

[Dalua]

Still umming and ahhing about rebarelling my Sako 75 6.5x55 to 8x57IS for all purpose rifle from roe through boar to elk. Problem is I have a 308w that does the same.....

Some years ago, I rebarrelled by 75 6.5x55 to .270, mainly for the Scottish hills.
Had I been a reloader when I had the work done, I would unhesitatingly have gone for 7x64 as an all-rounder for European use. It will handle the 140gr bullets that I Iike in the .270 for the hill- but there's a good choice of much heavier pills in 7mm than .270.
As you say, .308 and 8x57IS - not much in it, really

 

[Cranhill]

My mistake, not used cases, should be brand new RWS cases

 

[DOGDER]

Anyone using a 8x57 Mauser (Rimmed)?....I understand it has several different names including 8mm Mauser and 8x57 JRS. I have checked with the gunsmith and the one I am looking at definitely takes the rimmed cartridge.

I have my eye on a very nice drilling, double 16b with the 8x57 underneath and just wondered if anyone has experience of the rifle calibre. It would predominantly used as a walking gun for when I’m out checking pens etc. But I am also thinking it would make a half decent driven boar or PG gun.

It’s quite an unusual gun as it is a full ejector, when pushing what would normally be the shotgun safety forward it flips up a Regulated rear sight and engages the trigger for the rifle, push the trigger forward and it becomes a set trigger, flick the top safety back and the sight drops, set trigger disengages and the trigger becomes a single for the 16b DB shotgun which is taken off safe by way of a side safety.

I am assuming it will be a classic ‘Slow and heavy’ type cartridge to reload but not sure about the effective range and accuracy of the round (accepting gun and hunter have a part to play). All my rifles are SS synthetics and best described as tools but I fancy something a bit unusual and a talking point but it still needs to be usable.

HI, I HAVE AN 8X57 X 12 BORE SAUER COMBO BUILT 1927 AND STILL SHOOTS AS GOOD AS ANYTHING. THE 8X57 IS A HARD HITTING ROUND THAT WILL TAKE DOWN ANY WILD BOAR YOU SHOOT AT. A GOOD DEER ROUND FOR FALLOW AND RED AND VERY ACCURATE OUT TO 200 YDS. I HAVE SHOT BLUE WILDEBEAST AND ORYX IN AFRICA AND IT DOES A VERY GOOD JOB ON BIG WARTHOG AS WELL. RWS ROUNDS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE BUT IF YOU LOAD YOUR OWN YOU CAN MAKE A VERY GOOD ROUND BECOME AN EXCELLENT ONE. 196 GN RN WORKS WELL.

GOOD LUCK AND KEEP THE GUN AND USE IT

 

[BigPat]

Thanks for all the contributions guys.

I am sure it will serve me well here and abroad.....when we can travel again!

 

[DOGDER]

hopefully very soon as I have boar waiting for me in France and Germany.

 

[Foxyboy43]

Anyone using a 8x57 Mauser (Rimmed)?....I understand it has several different names including 8mm Mauser and 8x57 JRS. I have checked with the gunsmith and the one I am looking at definitely takes the rimmed cartridge.

I have my eye on a very nice drilling, double 16b with the 8x57 underneath and just wondered if anyone has experience of the rifle calibre. It would predominantly used as a walking gun for when I’m out checking pens etc. But I am also thinking it would make a half decent driven boar or PG gun.

It’s quite an unusual gun as it is a full ejector, when pushing what would normally be the shotgun safety forward it flips up a Regulated rear sight and engages the trigger for the rifle, push the trigger forward and it becomes a set trigger, flick the top safety back and the sight drops, set trigger disengages and the trigger becomes a single for the 16b DB shotgun which is taken off safe by way of a side safety.

I am assuming it will be a classic ‘Slow and heavy’ type cartridge to reload but not sure about the effective range and accuracy of the round (accepting gun and hunter have a part to play). All my rifles are SS synthetics and best described as tools but I fancy something a bit unusual and a talking point but it still needs to be usable.

8x57 Mauser in .323 is an excellent round though it prefers heavier bullets. The lightest I shoot are 150 Sierra Gamekings over 50gns of Viht N140 - very accurate and more than enough stopping power for anything you will encounter in Europe

 

[alberta boy]

8x57 Mauser in .323 is an excellent round though it prefers heavier bullets. The lightest I shoot are 150 Sierra Gamekings over 50gns of Viht N140 - very accurate and more than enough stopping power for anything you will encounter in Europe

Load it with some 195 to 200 gr bullets and it's good for anything you'll encounter here as well .


AB

 

[Muir]

Load it with some 195 to 200 gr bullets and it's good for anything you'll encounter here as well .


AB

PPU makes a dandy 196 grain RN that shoots to the sights on my Husky 648.~Muir

 

[VIGILAIRE]

PPU makes a dandy 196 grain RN that shoots to the sights on my Husky 648.~Muir

Totally agree with Muir. This ammo in my Parker Hale works brilliantly on all deer species as well as boar as in a drop on their shadow experience, reasonably priced too.

 

[alberta boy]

PPU makes a dandy 196 grain RN that shoots to the sights on my Husky 648.~Muir

That 648 of yours is a nice rifle . There's the odd one for sale up here , but they sell pretty quickly .

AB

 

[Muir]

When they were a couple of hundred US each I bought three of them. Gave one to a buddy (Who has never fired it) and one to my son. I kept the third. I have a unmarked bullet mold that casts a 208 grain RNGC that fits this rifle like it was custom made for it. At .325" diameter is shoots exceedingly well and kills deer like Thor's hammer. My son's rifle is marked "Kongsberg Norway" on the barrel. Neither he nor I have fired it but I have 5 boxes of the PPU 196 and a box of 96 Mauser stripper clips sitting next to it. As you know, I have the Husky 148 in 9.3x57. That's a wonderful rifle as well....Muir

 

[Southern]

8x60 is a sublime cartridge. I had one. A result of the Treaty of Versailles. Like the five German enclaves still marooned from when the now redundant Vennbahn was ceded to Belgium.

I have an 8x60, an early Mauser Sporting Rifle, very slim and lithe (and lightweight, under 7 lbs). But recoil is not bad, even with a full load pushing its steel butt plate. It is very accurate.

 

[Southern]

PPU makes a dandy 196 grain RN that shoots to the sights on my Husky 648.~Muir

My 1937 JP Sauer in 8x57IRS loves these cheap PPU bullets. The Nosler 200-gr Partition shoots to the same place with the same load, at 2,500 fps.

 

[6pt-sika]

I’ve got a WWI 98 that was sporterized in the mid to late 50’s with a lovely mannlicher american black walnut stock . Gun has a Lyman peep on the back and has never been D&T’d for scope mounts . My handloads using the now discontinued Nosler 180 BT were quite good and I have thirty or so loaded for the gun . Sorry to say I’ve never plunked a deer with it but if I’m not mistaken my father killed one with it 60+ years ago .

 

[alberta boy]

When they were a couple of hundred US each I bought three of them. Gave one to a buddy (Who has never fired it) and one to my son. I kept the third. I have a unmarked bullet mold that casts a 208 grain RNGC that fits this rifle like it was custom made for it. At .325" diameter is shoots exceedingly well and kills deer like Thor's hammer. My son's rifle is marked "Kongsberg Norway" on the barrel. Neither he nor I have fired it but I have 5 boxes of the PPU 196 and a box of 96 Mauser stripper clips sitting next to it. As you know, I have the Husky 148 in 9.3x57. That's a wonderful rifle as well....Muir

I have a 48B in 9.3x57 , a great old rifle , and very accurate . You can pick up a good 48 for about 300 bucks up here , the 98 actioned 148's sell for about 100 more , a lot of rifle for the money .

AB

 

[alberta boy]

I have an 8x60, an early Mauser Sporting Rifle, very slim and lithe (and lightweight, under 7 lbs). But recoil is not bad, even with a full load pushing its steel butt plate. It is very accurate.

Nice rifle and good to hear from you , I was starting to wonder .

AB

 

[njc110381]

Another 8x60 user here, although mine's an 8x60R and a bit of a mare to find cases for. I size down and trim 9.3x74R - if I use Hornady brass it's very simple and doesn't even require neck turning. Just stuff it through the seating die with the internals removed, cut the top of the case off slightly long with a hacksaw, full length size and trim with a proper trimmer and good to go.

It's basically the same as the 8x57, it'll make a great woodland round because it's not too fast. It'll hit plenty hard enough without being silly.