Talk:8mm Remington Magnum/@comment-74.51.163.227-20190305215430

In testing the 8 mm remington magnum a number of years ago i found it to out penatrate the 338 win magnum and shoot flatter than the 300 win mag we used 220 grain hornady bullets in the 8 mm 225 hornady spire points in the 338 win.,and 180 grain hornady spire points inthe 300 win mag my test box was a three foot long by 12 inch by 12 inch wooden box with one inch pine boards one inch apart filled with old.phone books in between every layer of bourds then set on a flat peice of plywood with one i ch high guide rails on either side we would set the sled part even with the front edge of the plywood base then measure how far it moved and how far the bullets penatrated the target was set up at 400 yards distance carefully measuered by a tapemeasure that was its self 300 feet long(used on constrution sites)long story short the 8 mm  showed more movement of the sled than the 300 or 338 ,not so much more in the case of the 338 but still more movement and a little better penatration but much flatter shooting around 4 inches flater in the case of the 300 win mag trajectory was about the same but the 8 mm had more penatration and moved the box in its rails a greater distance by far the 338 had a 26 inch barrel the 300 and 338 were both 24 both were 700 bdl remingtons the 338 was an early m77 ruger stainless .According to the ballistic data it shows the 300 win mag slightly better in remaining energy out at 400 yds but our tests told a whole different story !I just thought id share this with anyone interested in actual tests vs paper ballistics,some times ive found them quite different,and as far as recoil they really seemed about the same felt recoil but then we shoot a lot more than most guys ,the 338 had a muzzel brake custom made by Albert Hays a local smith who has made some mighty fine bench  rest rifles i think hes retired now he in my opinion wad the finest rifle builder that ever came down the pike he even made his own actions to such fine tolerences as hadd to be seen to believe!,oh i was about to mention the 338 feels like shooting a 243 !!