From Sweden i am, just listened to this podcast. I hunt with a 8x57is, chambered in a Sako 85 hunter with short barrel and suppressor on it. I think it definitely has it's own place, I see it as a option to the 30-06 as they are really close in performance. All depends on how you load it. 30-06 will have better bc and higher speeds, but also wants a longer barrel. 8x57 uses a little bit faster powder, has less powder and bigger bore so works great in shorter barrels. Also gives a little bit bigger hole in the animal and heavier weights, over here we load it with up to 250 gr bullets. But mostly use around 200 gr. So for me who hunts moose in tight terrain, the 8x57 fits perfectly in my compact rifle and delivers a bigger punch than 308. I Would however choose 30-06 if I was mostly hunting in open terrain where I can carry a longer rifle comfortable and use the better ballistics of the 30 cal.

My neighbor growing up as a young boy was an older gentleman nicknamed “skeeter” that was like a grandpa figure to me who always hunted with a sporterized k98 Mauser 8mm, it was his favorite rifle that quite literally killed hundreds of deer over the many years. So growing up I always wanted a Mauser to hunt with like skeeter. I ended up getting a really nice k98 and fashioning a high turret scope mount that is my favorite and most accurate deer Rifle that will out shoot many of my other deer rifles. Side note after skeeter died his son ended up giving me his old Mauser that he use to hunt with and needless to say I was a blubbering mess. I was so grateful for his gift something that I will pass to my sons with the story and also So I can still go hunting with his Mauser keeping the tradition and also feel closer to skeeter.

In 1976 in Fargo ND I purchased a sporterized 8x57 German war Mauser. The barell had been cut to 24 inches and it had a Fajan stock that really needed a lot of work. I spent a considerable amount of time making the stock look and feel like a nice fitting gun stock. I must have removed almost half the stock material that I started with. I then checkered the pistol grip and forearm. This really turned out great and I got a lot of compliments on the stock. The action was in pretty good condition. I cut the bolt handle off, bent it and rewelded it on to the action. I then was at a gun show and bought new bottom metal and a Timney trigger along with a new safety that relocated it to the side of the rear bolt. I still have this rifle after all these years. This rifle has taken Pronghorn, Mule deer, White Tail deer and Elk without any problem. The rifle shoots consistently at 1 MOA.

This cartridge and the 7x57 Mauser are historically very important because they are how the .30-06 came to be. I doubt cartridges like the .30-06 and .308 would be around today if it wasn't for these.

Have been shooting with 8x57js for past 25 years in South Africa.Bushveld and Kalahari hunting eland with no problem.A real gem.Using 165g Peregrine bullets South African made

First of all, thanx for your informative Podcast. Mr. Mackenhirn is an encyclopedia. I'm from Germany and hunt with a 8x57 in a blaser R8 straightpull with a 20' barrel, and a silencer. Ammunition wise my choice, if I can get it, is 160 gr. Barnes TTSX. I like it a lot. My alternative is a Blaser R8 20' in .308. Barnesd 130 gr. TTSX. Usually I hunt roedeer and wild boar. I never needed a different t, more powerful cartridge. Those two riffles and cartridges tick all my boxes. Greetings from Germany. Thomas

I shoot 8mm in military calibre competition in Australia. I use S&B 196gr FMJ in my 1944 K98 all matching. Very full loading and really packs a punch. Very accurate; bullseyes at 500m open sights. Just love it.

Sorry to have discovered this excellent video only now -- nearly a year after release, but better late than never, I guess. Ex-NY'er-now-a-Mainer here, and I "stalk" with two (2) 8mm Mausers; a fully-sporterized K98, and a slightly-sporterized G98 with the original 29-inch barrel. Both have original markings, and have been fitted with scopes. The G98's only sporterized modification was having the stock shortened in the front, and the top handguard removed. The fully-sporterized K98 had lots of weight removed (e.g. the ball on the bolt handle has been hollowed out) and thus it kicks like a mule. The G98, however, is a dream to shoot. Have taken many a white-tail with both; the K98 is a nimble brush-gun, while the G98 is more of a long distance / cross-valley rifle. Although I have plenty of factory ammo (e.g. Remington Core-Lokt), I've gotten into hand-loading for these. Now that I'm in Maine, I'm going to enter Maine's moose tag lottery and hopefully win. I'd love to take one of the Mausers out for a moose hunt!

I shot my first deer with a numbers matching k98 in 1985. I was the youngest kid and the only option left in our family was that "old German gun". I wish I appreciated what I got to use then like I appreciate the 8mm now.

I hunt with an old Zastava factory-sporterized version of their M48. Bought it all beat-up off the used rifle rack at Cabelas as a refurbishment project and really took a liking to it after it was done.

I sporterized an old Turkish Mauser. I've used it for the last 25 years. Mule deer, elk, black bear, mountain lion and bobcat have all felt the wrath of the 8x57. Love this cartridge!!

The J is a actually an I for „Infanterie“. The J carried over from the font of german writing of the time.

In Europe there are many 8mm Mauser derivatives like the : 5.6x57mm Mauser 6.5x57mm Mauser 7x57mm Mauser/.275 Rigby An old obsolete 8.8x57mm 9x57mm Mauser 9.3x57mm Mauser 9.5x57mm Mannlicher-Schönauer/.375 Rimless Nitro Express 8x60mm 8x60mm S 8x64mm Brenneke 7x64mm Brenneke 9.3x62mm Mauser 9.3x66mm Sako Magnum/.370 Sako Magnum As well as the rimmed versions of many of those.

It was my very 1st deer rifle, I built it back in 1987. Still Have it today, love my 98K.

From Norway her Been hunting Moose and deer for over 10yrs with the 8x57 using modern copper bullets.. Sauer 101 and lately the German Heym SR21 beats .308, 6,5 cartridges all day long. Perfect cartridge with short barrels and silencers! Bullets from 100gr to 220gr! Just love it! And yes I want a episode on 323wsm and 6,5-284 Norma, and I’m curious about the 7mm Sherman.. bring me more cartridge talk it’s the highlight of KZfaq these days! 👌

I hand load 8x57 I hunt with a new-barreled k98 and a Yugo m76 It does everything 30-06 can do but with the bonus of a heavier bullet. Absolutely love the cartridge.

I have an 8x57 Ackley Improved that is a tac driver. Very accurate and very fun to shoot. My normal big game rifle is a 1939 Mauser 98k that has been sporterized. Have never had to make a second shot on anything. The Ackley I regularly shoot out to 1,000 yds and my other I would and have taken to 500 yds easily. I have hunted with mine since 1975.

I've been using the 8x57 for years. Started off with a sporterized k98k and had the ability to shoot Mule deer, moose, black bears , whitetails, and more. Used it for lots of chores on the farm. Since then I've bought several commerical made 8x57s in Cz, Sauer, tikka, Remington and etc. Very happy with the performance. With careful reloading work I got 150's to 3000 fps, 180gr to about 2800 fps, 200gr up to 2700 fps which all have been safe In my modern rifles. I've been taking game with these loads pretty much every season. I also guide in grizzly country and don't feel under gunned carrying the old reliable 8mm. At the end of the day it's literally on par with the 30-06 at normal hunting ranges (0-350 yards). The -06 does eventually overtake it due to higher BC bullets but the animals won't tell the difference.

The family of cartridges based off the 8x57 is a wide range. At the small end the 5.6x 57 is still the hottest factory .223 then the 6mm Remington, the .257 Roberts, the near extinct 6.5x57, the ever popular 7x57, the parent 7.92x57 with 9x57 and 9.3x57 at the top end . They all have great virtues

I have hunted with 8×57 mauser in model 98 sporting rifles made in Germany and custom made there since I was in my early 20's I'm now 61. I never lost a deer or bear with one shot . A fantastic round that can take all large game in North America.

Greetings from across the pond. I wanted to weigh in on the cartridge's relevance to this day: It is actually on the rise in my opinion, for one particular reason. Unlike the ever-popular .30-06 for example, it performs really well in fashionably short barrels with modern loadings. And with the abundance of suppressors used for hunting here in Europe it is a very good option to get yourself a handy tool. In fact, my next rifle - a designated wild boar driven hunt rifle - will be chambered in 8x57mm. Keep up the good work!

I actually have a Remington 700 Classic in 8x57. Love the caliber!

Ive used a 8mm turkish mauser for several years and gotten deer with it every season I used it . I have had others military bolt action rifles in that caliber in the pass I took deer with . Great round , very underrated . I always loved old military rifles and the history behind them .

Finally! Been waiting years for you to cover the 8x57. Recently procured myself a 1913 Persian after many years of searching.

Its a very popular cartridge here in Sweden. My Antonio zoli drilling is chambered in 8x57JRS.

Have several 8mm Mausers. My favorite is a 1914 Orbendorfer commercial Mauser with beautiful dark burled wood, safari sights, barrel banded sling mount, schnabeled. Its the rifle ryan described. Same action and the stock just as pretty as an old Rigby. Not for sale :).

I bought a yugo Mauser back about 20 years ago from a place in the shotgun news that is a shooters grade for $70 and also bought 700 rounds of 8mm on stripper clips in bandoliers for $30. The ammo was stamped 1940. It was very hot. I love shooting this rifle. I would never sell it for any amount. I highly recommend getting one and shooting it.

30-06, 8mm Mauser, and .303 Brit were the cartridges I learned to reload first. The real advantage of the 8mm was its ability to function extremely well in full automatic weapons like the MG-42. The US Army tried to modify the MG-42 to fire 30-06, but the length of the cartridge required a longer cycle and did not work. The MG-1 is a modern version of the MG-42 and is chambered in 7.62 NATO and functions just like the 8mm. The case length of the 7.62 is close to the 8mm, therefore it cycles the same way.

The 8 mm Remington magnum was one of Craig Boddintons favorite calibers and he hunted lots of game in more country’s and is considered one of the great writers of the 20th century

We need a P17 enfield podcast. More popular than the 1903 in the war but few people know that

I have two.... a Zastava M76 semi auto and a K98 manufactured in 1942 by Sauer and Sohn and was a Russian Capture. Both beautiful rifles

Finally someone with a audience can explain that the 6.5x55 is limmited by the pressure standard of old. Also that it actually has something more to offer than the 6.5 creedmore in speed.

I hunt with a Remington 700 factory chambered in 8mm Mauser. They had a short run in early 2004. From what I gather, they didn't make many. I'm mostly a target shooter so my first time hunting wasn't sure I was really going to be able to take an animal, but my very first shot at a hog dropped it like nobody's business. Also helps when my shot placement was spot on, but yeah I love my 8mm Mauser hunting rifle!

You guys should do a podcast on cartridge efficiency and compare typical calibers on a spreadsheet. I always hear MC Ryan talk about cartridge efficiency often on cartridge talks.

I had an 8 x 57 and a 30o6 I loved the 8mm hand loaded with 200 gr as I lived in British columbia Canada it was extremely accurate shot many moose elk and mule deer Al's shot bear never had had to fore more than one shot and they all dropped where they stood in some ways it hit harder than my o6 incredible cartridge

325 WSM ten minute talk! Let’s go!

Hearing about the 8mm Mauser really has me intrigued about the .325 WSM, another 8mm cartridge that’s never heard of anymore. Thanks for the episode fellas!

Stalking sounds so much cooler! Well said! We often use the phrase "still hunting" for what the Brits call stalking. Well done discussion on the 8x57.

In Finland it could be had off the shelves (sort of, you can order a rifle which is 8x57 and it does not incur in any fancy stuff surcharge). But for the 308 you have heaps more options for everything (guns, ammo, reloading) even here, so the 8x57 is far more niche than you'd expect.

I just picked up 1,000 round of surplus Yugo 8mm Mauser for 40 cents per round to shoot out of my Kar98AZ and Yugo captured Kar98k. I used to love shooting my Mosin Nagant when less than 5 years ago it was 25 cents per round. Now it is 60 cents per round for the same 7.62x54r and might be getting even more expensive. Now the Yugo 8mm seems like a more attractive option. It's actually good ammo. I've shot hundreds of rounds so far and they all went bang even though the ammo was made in 1940. Accuracy is good enough to hit a 1/3 steel silhouette at 100 yards every shot with both of my rifles, which is good enough for me. I can't believe I've slept on surplus 8mm for so long. It's not that hard to clean the corrosive slats after every range session and I wonder how cheap it used to be 5 or 10 years ago.

Thank u for doing this cartridge it's been something I've been wanting you all to do. Awesome episode will reference it many times most likely

Love my Hakim in 8mm Mauser ! A little expensive to shoot nowadays !

Strasser RS14 Evo Thar is my first and still goto hunting rifle in 8x57IS ... Forested area in Austria with ranges up to about 200m ... Works like a charm from foxes to wild boar 😊

Please ask Ryan on the 325 wsm talk to compare it to the 338 ruger compact magnum, and discuss why Winchester never released a 338 wsm.

I've gotten several8 Mausers over the years. If I didn't have my Savage110 in 06 I would have sporterized a Mausers and used it. Another thing I ran across fairly often back in the80s was the Mausers rechambered in 8mm/06. The chamber was just lengthened to the size of 06 and then a06 case necked up to 8mm. It was a great round. Can't shoot much now because of my health but I do enjoy discussing this cartridge.

The first rifle I ever shot, when I was about 8 or 9 in the early 1960's, was a surplus K98 in 8x57 my father bought for probably about $20. He later sold it to my uncle who had it destroyed in a house fire(really). I purchased a sporterized K98 earlier this year in 7x57, and it shoots way better than I do, and I have shot sub 2moa with it.

I am hunting here in Germany with the 8x57 S in 3 guns: old WWII Mauser, Browning Double Barrel as 8x57ISR und super modern Blaser R8 Ultimate with full on tech. I also have .308, 30.06 and 9.3x62, 9,3x64 and div. 7mm rifles - but the 8x57s is by far my favorite

For my high school project I built an AR15 and researched its history and development in both the commercial and military applications including US and foreign military (mostly through Diemaco, now called Colt Canada. I thought it was really cool and I'm thankful my teacher let me do it.

It's about time!! Thanks, guys!

Greeting from Germany, the 8mm Mauser really starts to shine when it's combined with a short barrel and a suppressor. Due to its larger bullet diameter, it can be better suppressed than a .30-06 and packs a litte more punch than a .308. But if you don't use a suppressor or shortened your barrel, the .30-06 is the better caliber.

I walked into a cabelas one day 4yrs ago to buy a cheap 1911 due to my budget. As always, I looked around the used guns/surplus section to get my window shopping fix and noticed a mauser. It was a Vz 24 going for 350 bones. I had never seen one before that but was in great condition...I sat with myself thinking I could buy a 1911 any time, and I may never get a chance like this again. I walked out of the store with the mauser and it's one of my favorite rifles to shoot and show off.

There are some wild 8mm Mauser loadings out there. I shot some surplus ammo (I’ve also seen videos of it on YT) that had a 198gr bullet going 3000 fps. Made my 300 Win Mag look weak. I think it’s a wildly underrated cartridge.

About 15 years ago I went to a local gas station to fuel up. While there I started talking with a guy I knew a bit from work. He told me he had been out to show a rifle to sell but the potential buyer declined. He was asking $250 for the rifle and it came with 5 boxes of Winchester ammo. I bought it from him on the spot after seeing it. I learned later that it was a duffle cut Mauser. It was made in Germany in 1944. The thing shoots dimes at 200 meters. Excellent rifle.

I hunt with a Remington mod 700 classic in 8mm Mauser today. Love the cartridge, been hunting with 98's since I was a teen back in the 70's.

After hunting successfully for Whitetail in northeastern Pennsylvania with a model, 94 Winchester in 30-30 and a model 99 Savage in 300 Savage, my first firearms purchase as a 17-year-old was a 1944 vintage Mauser 98 war trophy in 8 mm Mauser which had been sporterized by its former owner. That was in 1969. I still own this rifle. Though half my age, Ryan seems to be living in a parallel firearms universe which many of us seem to do.

Thanks for bringing this one to your viewers. Back in the ‘90s I had a mild interest in 8x57(due to historic significance), 8mm-06, and 8mm Rem Mag equally. Even pondered getting into the wildcat thing with an 8-08 Improved(longer lasting brass and just looks cooler). Never enough interest to commit. Fast forward to ‘09 and I discovered some really nice A-Bolt Micro Medallions at Cabela’s with oil finished stocks, richly blued metal, light, octagonal barrels…and all were chambered in 325 WSM. At that time I had a measure of hate for the cartridge. Everyone(that I knew of) wanted to see the next WSM as a 338. I wanted to see one in 358(based on the case dimensions and action length[Model 70] that made more sense to me). So here’s this gorgeous rifle in a chambering I cared nothing for….so it went home with me. And I began with what turned out to be an adventure in feeding this thing. I own only hunting rifles and it is my most accurate one. Yet another example of hate making a turn for the better. Just owning this thing has helped me maintain an interest in other 8mm cartridges. My number one pick for an 8x57 hunting……sorry, STALKING rifle would be a 22” NULA. They have an action sized specifically for this cartridge length. I have to add my voice to those asking for a 10 Minute Talk on the 325 WSM. This episode has reminded me of the one you guys did on the 8mm-06. Thank you for that one. Thanks again for this one. And thanks for this show in general. Great entertainment👍

I have learned so much from these and greatly appreciate the knowledge. Can you guys do one on the 35 Remington please?

The .30-06 was probably based off the 7x57mm, which in turn was based off the 8x57mm. Since the .308 is a shortened .30-06 case, by a round-about path the .308 is a direct, offshoot descendant of the 8x57mm.

My first hunting rifle was a sporterized 6.5x55 swedish mauser at the age of 11ish. Fast forward to a few years ago I really wanted an 8mm mauser to take to the range and woods occasionally. Picked up a yugo m48 that needed the stock refinished. Refinished the stock, installed a huber concepts trigger and now it's one of my go to rifles. It's fairly short and not too heavy in the recoil department.

The 8mm caliber has been near and dear to me since the very beginning of my gun-owning and hunting life. I have 2 main 8mm rifles: a VZ-24 in 8x57mm, and a 325 WSM. Both are loaded to modern pressures, and have performed well on the hunt. Sad to see the 325 WSM becoming a handloading only proposition (much like my 8mm-06 AI), and even sadder to know the reloading manuals won't treat the 8x57mm Mauser as they treat my beloved 45-70. The 325 WSM does need a place on your podcasting. As I understand it the WSM community really, and I mean REALLY, wanted a 338 WSM. When the 325 WSM was unveiled, it was panned by most as a "not quite the 338 WSM we wanted" on most of the gun forums I frequented then. It's kind of amusing, really: the .323 bullet gets panned as being not much more effective than the .308 bullet ("it's only .015" difference!"), yet the .338 crowd have no end of boasting about the superiority of...the same .015" difference.

A friend of mine has hunted with one since 2000. He has never missed a deer or hog with it. Highly effective. He loads it with 150 grain soft points.

Speaking of a Military round, would love to hear about the 30 carbine or the never dying 41 caliber

I have a yugo 8, a turkish 8, a brazilian mauser, and a hakim in 8mm. Love the 8mm. So much fun to handload for.

I LOVE the 8x57…. As you said, it’s so seriously under-rated… great power, low recoil, etc

Well I don't have a 8x57 but I sure do have a 8mm Remington Mag. I also have a custom made 7x57 Mauser that is just gorgeous.

Stalking is specifically the hunting of Deer in the UK, professional deer hunters are called "Deer Stalkers". I like that terminology it's subtle, very British. 🇬🇧

I took my largest buck ever last year with an old war horse. 1939 K98 Sporter topped with a Crossfire 4-12 x 44. Great rifle!

Fellow wisconsinite here. I was handed down a war trophy k98k awesome gun all serial numbers matching with all the old nazi stampings still on it shoots great with my hand loaded 220 grain sierra bullets I can easily keep golf ball groups at 100 yards cant wait to drop a deer with it

I have been very fond of this caliber for over 30 years.

I’m really curious about Ryan’s perspective on the Sig .277 Fury. Will it usher in a new era of case design? Will it become a top-tier hunting cartridge? Cheers, guys!

You know, even though you guys never talk about the 300RUM I still love watching these cartridge talks!🤙

i restocked and finished my 98,, put a new trigger in it and a boyd stock,,used it for 12 years then swapped the barrel to 35 whelen,, now wish it was original , even though i love it.

The letter "J" often mentioned by English speaking sources is actually an "I" for Infanterie (German for "infantry"). A stamped "I" at the cartridge bottom in writing styles used in the past in Germany could be easily mistaken for a "J". Even in the 21st century the "I" is often substituted by a "J" in English speaking communities and German ammunition manufacturers often write "JS" instead of "IS" to avoid confusing customers. The letter "S" stands for Spitzgeschoß ("pointed bullet"), and the English designation "spitzer" for that style of bullet is derived from this German term.

Every rifle manufacturer in Europe is producing guns in 8x57 IS, which is a fantastic round. Strongly recommended. I do hunt with a 8 x64 S Brenneke (same performance and more as a 30-06 AI) in a Swedish Varberger (custom gun) and have had the 8x57IS in a Steyr Mannlicher. 8mm S is simply a great caliber.

I've never been hunting but one of the first, if not the first centerfire rifles I bought was a Mitchell's M48. It usually comes along on the range trips.

i have an M48- 8mmx57 mauser. i have been (foolishly) thinking about which "modern" cartridge I could turn this thing into. now I'm just going to keep it as is. I have used it primarily for deer .

I have two rifles in the chambering, one is an original number matching 1939 production German K98 and the other is a sporterized 1942 production gun. My target load is 150 gr Sierra SP over 52 grains of H380, which will shoot 3 rounds in 1" at 100 yards. My standard hunting load is 160 Branes TTX on top of 49 grains of Varget that will shoot 5 rounds in 1.25" at 100 yards. I have successfully used this load for coyotes, hogs, deer, and antelope out to 200 yards. Using IMR 4064 and a 200 gr Nosler partition I have successfully taken Elk, Axis, and Bison with the same gun. The groups using the 200-grain bullet open up, so I keep my shots under 150 yards, but it is still very effective on the larger animals. I love the Mauser 98 and the 8mm Mauser cartilage, thank you for helping keep it alive!

There are a lot of conversions of military 98 mausers to hunting rifles in Europe. The really old rifles, build before the 1905 are using the 8x57J so it is usually loaded to a lower pressure. You can get factory loads for the JS in Europe that are quite a bit hotter. There is also the 8x60S. They were 8x57JS reamed for the new cartridge, as the military 8x57 was banned for some years for civil use after the first world war. In new weapons in Europe the 8x57 has lost ground against the 7x64, introduced in 1927 and designed as a sniper cartridge in 1917. In case capacity in between the 280 Remington and the 280 A.I. Mauser necked the 8x57 up and down. 9,3x57, 9x57, 7x57, 6,5x57 and 6x57. After the second world war RWS introduced in 1964 the 5,6x57. All those cases have or had a rimmed variant. SAMI gives a max pressure of 35,000 psi and CIP 56,560 psi. That would explain the anaemic ammunition produced in the USA. Hand loading for a modern rifle or not to old 98, you should be able to go to 60,000 psi.

Me and my buddies call the 8x57 the homing bullet. We have never missed any target with the 8mm. I would love to hunt with one. We have the running joke of just point it in the general direction of the target and it will do the rest.

The pleasure mauser you mentioned is a South African name for the 7x57 hunting rifle from around 1895 more expensive than normal mausers these where bought by well off Burgers in the Republic of the Free State and Zuid Afrikaanse Republic and used very effectively against British forces in the Anglo Boer war. Seen a couple and highly prized by collecters here in South Africa

i love the 8x57! I moved to the land across the pond and I have hunted with on and found the recoil very mild. It is a all round cartridge but unfortunately it is falling to the side to all the newer ammunition.

I got 8x57IS in my Zastava LK M70 mauser M98 bolt style rifle. Regarding to the price of this rifle, it is outstandingly accurate with factory ammo as Geco, RWS, Norma and Blaser. Made of walnut wood and steel it is not lightweight rifle but with good absorbtion of recoil. I would say, with my 240 lbs and 6'2", it is moderate recoil. Recoil is IMHO subjective feeling. Much milder and easier to handle than my 8x68S. I Use it for roe deer, wild hogs in forest area and fallow deer very successfully up to 250 m (270 yards) with little or any ballistics correction. 8x57IS is old but stil very effective and powerful cartridge. My grandpa used it a lot on everything here in Central Europe. My very first shot from rifle was that old grandpas Mauser M98 in this particular caliber. It was and still is unforgeteble expirience. This caliber 8x57 IS with his recoil (poke) made me addicted to hunting and shooting world. It was the love at first sight for the rest of my life. Thank you for good video about this legendary cartridge.

I'm hunting with Yugo M48 and it is a great work horse, fired about 3000 and it has no tendency of slowing down, accurate as hell and can take down any animal in the northern hemisphere... Greetings from Serbia.

Hi from Croatia, here in Europe 8x57 is very popular for deer and wild boar hunt, 30-06 is very popular to, but I use 9.3x62 modern rifle mauser m12 for big wild boars

Just watched your piece on the 8 x 57 JS. I have a Schultz and Larsen Ambassador with 3 different barrels, 8 x 57JS, 7 x 64 and 9.3 x 62. Manufacture about 4 years ago. All great calibres that I use here in the UK, Europe and Africa. 23:36

First rifle I ever bought was a Spanish M43 in 8mm Mauser. Lots of great memories with it. Even though factory ammo for it is expensive in the USA these days, it’s still the last gun I’d ever sell.

I am a mauser enthusiast. The 7.92x57 has been one of my favorites for years. Have hunted with several models, all war rifles. My current hunting gun is a m48 Yugoslavia. Been thinking of a vortex long eye relief scout 2 to 7 x 32 scope. for it You also mentioned my other favorite rifle, 6.5x55 swede. Have hunted with it as well.

I would love to hear a cartridge talk on the .338 Federal.

I hunted mule deer in WA two seasons ago with an Ethiopian contract Czech K98k, made in 1945 just after the war. Wasn't successful, but man it felt cool to be prowling the foothills of the Cascades with that old Mauser. S&B 196gr SPCE loads have okay accuracy for such an old war horse. My dream is to take a deer or elk in the timber with it using iron sights someday.

Ya'll should do one on the 7.5x55 Swiss, that round brings alot to the 30-06 and .308 development!

The 8mm Mauser is what spawned the 30-.06 Springfield. Mauser sued for patent infringement and won a judgment for royalties to be paid. The 30-.06 sold so well in America those royalties were happily paid.

I am giving my grandson my SN matching K98 Mauser, all original and I have taken several big game animals over the years with it. I am a gunsmith (of 45 years) and have made many rifles for my kids and grandkids on the Mauser action… many on the M24/47 but others as well. I purchased a 27” .323 Douglas barrel 20 years ago so I chambered it in 7.9x57mm JS and she will go with my SS stamped Mauser to my grandson. Then he will have an original and a new custom rifle made by me. You cannot go wrong with hunting with an “8X57” anyplace in North America. I bought 5K Remington PSPCL years ago and when loaded “correctly”… they “kill bugs dead”. Good talk about the mother of most early modern cartridges.

The "S" in the Caliber name stands for "Stark" which means strong in english. In WW1 the 98 Mausers were shot so much that pretty much all barrels were worn so the bore got re-cut. The S round is about 1/10 of a mm bigger than the standard 8x57. So many 98s got re-bored that the standard 8x57 wasnt continued anymore. Finding a "real" 8x57 nowadays is pretty much impossible. PS: the j in JS resembles an i wich stands for Infanterie. It stands for the 8x57 originally being a military cartride that was transitioned into civil use, mostly for hunters. PSS: i hunt with the 7x57 out of a Krieghoff 98. I love that thing! With a supressor on it almost has no recoil, but still packs a big punch

I just picked up a beautiful example of a matching Yugo M48, not a Mitchell's Mauser, and spent a little bit of time cleaning out the remnants of cosmoline, to find a BOLD Mauser target trigger installed, set at 3# pull, a nice addition to find. I can't wait to take it out this upcoming deer season and put it to use. Keeping it iron sights though.

Saw a Sears ad in my local paper in early 1968 for a sporterized Mauser 98 in 8mm. The action says Spandau 1916. It cost $29.95 plus shipping delivered to my door via US Mail.

I hunt with a ninety eight mauser in eight mm mauser. I bulit it and stocked it with a boyds stock. Drilled and tapped the receiver for scope mount. I basically made a stalking rifle, light as possible and I really like it.

I've used the 8x57 quite a bit, and always thought of it better than the .30-06, although there is not much to say between the two. As far as hunting goes, I'd rather have a 9x57 any day, or better yet a 9.3x62 which will cover all bases anywhere. The 7x57 is a great round as well, and fills some areas. I think the 8x57 was mainly downplayed because there was never, and has never been any real selection of sporting ammo for it outside of Europe, and this contributed to it's not being spoken of much. The sporting ammo offered by the big names has always been reduced loads due to the possible chambering in the older .318 bore Mausers, and this handicapped it as well. I look at the 8 as a great cartridge, but one that is even better necked up to 9. If I had to choose rifles and could only have one, I'd just go for a 9.3x62 and be happy. Especially when brass is formed from .30-06.

My father hunts with a sporterized Kar98k in 8×57IS and has done so for the last 25 years. My next rifle will be a Sauer 404 in 8×57IS. It's an awesome cartridge that drops red deer and wild boar without any problem.

I have several, and I love them.

I've shot every deer I've been able to recover with my 2 8x57 rifles. Ones a k98k sporter I finished and the other is a Yugoslavian m48a. Still the most impressive was a doe I took on a farm destroying crops with an old yugo m75 heavy ball, hit her infront of the right rear leg and it came out infront of the left shoulder leaving everything in between as black jelly. But even with factory hunting ammo and even Hornady match its an absolutely devastating cartridge that I feel comfortable hunting anything in Western PA with.