RE: 8mm
I load 43 to 46of 3031 to push a 185 remington corelock, should work for elk also the 180 nosler should work. As far as the "turk" blowing up there are far to many varibles to blame the gun without knowing, all the turks I have but one have had a good reciever, one was badly abused and it's put up for the future junk heap. Did the guy just buy it, did he clean the comoline out of it, was the previous bullet a dud and the bullet stuck in the barrel and about a million other reasons it could of happened. Don't sweat the strength of the reciever/gun, if in doubt have it checked by a good smith.