With more and more hunters realizing that velocity isn't the only thing that brings down big game, and seeing the popularity of the .338-06 and the gun press' love for the 7mm/08, .308, .350 Rem Mag and .358 Win, wouldn't an 8mm/08 and/or an 8mm-06 make sense as a commercial cartridge?

Both of these numbers would make excellent elk/deer/moose rounds, and they wouldn't kick like a .338 Win Mag. More like a .30-06, actually.

I realize Remington failed miserably with the 8mm Rem Mag, but let's let bygones be bygones, folks, and admit that cartridge is way too much for the average deer and elk hunter and that it kicks just way too hard to ever become popular. Also, there is now a much better supply of 8mm bullets for the handloader than ever before.

I would unhesitatingly buy a rifle chambered for 8mm/08 and happily hunt elk in the woods with it for the rest of my life.

Whattaya think?

Good Dogwork and Good Hunting

Edited by - seattlesetters on 11/09/2002 23:13:17

Edited by - seattlesetters on 11/09/2002 23:14:55