My 8x57jrs is chanbered in a Krieghoff drilling. The gun was made in Oct. of 1935, and i know the guy who "took" it out of a castle in Germany tward the end of WW11. He had it at his mothers home in the mountains in Califirnia, and only used the shotgun bbls, as he had no idea what rifle ammo to buy for it. I'll leave that story right there, and fast foreward to when i got it.

When i got it, the stock was broken is several pieces, the shot bbls dented, and the over all gun looked fairly rough, BUT the rifle bbl was in "perfect" condition!! Through my eyes, i had something completely different pictured, so i got to work on it.

Once restocked, and completely rebuilt, i started useing it for much of my hunting. Over the years it's put a lot of meat in the freezer, and i still look foreward to hunting with it. In the last several years, i haven't used anything else.

The 8mm NP does a great job on everything i've shot, and that includes, from moose on the big end, to coyote on the small end. It also works well enough on white tails, that i see no reason to go to a lighter buller for that size animial either.

I ended up with the 8mm because it came along "with the gun" i wanted, but i ended up loveing the caliber too!!

So far, i've only found this one pict of my drilling.

Drilling Man