It is likely that more rifles are sold in this country to be used for deer hunting than for any other single reason. It may be partly due to the fact that not one of my hunting buddies has ever so much as mentioned the cartridge, never mind hunted with a rifle so chambered. How I, as someone who literally pours over ballistics tables and the like, could have neglected this fine old caliber for the first 30+ years of my deer hunting career I'll never know. Ed.) But it's my contention that the old, plain Jane, 8MM Mauser is one that we, at least I, have really been downright dumb about. (There are articles about all of these, including the 8x57 Mauser, on the Rifle Cartridge Page. There are some other classic European calibers that we seem to almost completely ignore, the 7圆4, 9.3X74R and 9.3X62 being examples. It still seems to be among the most misunderstood and under appreciated cartridges in the U.S. 318) version of the 8MM Mauser that has been with us for over 100 years. What am I talking about? Why it's that classic and very versatile cartridge, the 8MM Mauser (8X57 S or JS version). Something new and refreshing and, gee, only a bit over 100 years old. By golly I think I may just have stumbled onto something here.
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