OK, I just bought an 8mm Mauser VZ24 yesterday. I am going to have the headspace checked on it to make sure everything is in good working order. I will spend the next few weeks that I can' t shoot collecting all of the reloading components for when I can shoot.

What bullet size should I use? The gun will be used for deer mainly, but I have read reports of it being used for short range elk.

I read somewhere a while back about using .30-06 to convert to 8mm brass. This should work, as they have the same headsize. Has anybody done this, or is it a waste of time? I have plenty of .30-06 brass around, so making 8mm brass would be no problem if it is logical.

Thanks for the feedback guys.