8x57 reloading

[Rdlningcltchdmpr]

Lapua is the safe choice.

I'd go with the PRVI if it's half the price. But if Lapua costs only 30 % more it's worth it.

 

[Rdlningcltchdmpr]

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[Zero333]

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If your rifle could speak. Stock shows plenty lines of wisdom.

 

[Rdlningcltchdmpr]

If your rifle could speak. Stock shows plenty lines of wisdom.

I stripped the cosmoline surface with a carbide cutter to get down to good wood so i could apply a (trueoil) finish. It is very rough surface but quite practical/ nonslip . after several coats inside and out i then used the liquid wax to make it waterproof as well. Piller bedded/ Freefloat. I actually have two all original 8mm's ( other than the sporterization) and both shoot 1/2" groups with my special load.

 

[allen529]

I used Winchester brass and found it acceptable but this was in 1986. I also used 150 grain Spitzer bullets and IMR 4064. I killed 2 deer with it. Shot great for me.

This was before I knew anything about Lapua brass. Frontier only offered brass coated in chrome then.

 

[Clark]

In 2002, Win brass was the good stuff to me.
Now I like Lapua and Nosler brass....I am going to try RWS and Peterson, as they may handle higher pressures.