OU812
Handloader
- Apr 18, 2006
- 2,099
- 2
Does anyone know if Nosler ever made a 220 grain bullet for the 8mm? Just curious.
Bill
Bill
Bullet ?
- Thread starter OU812
- Start date
wildgene
Handloader
- Jul 4, 2011
- 1,597
- 2
...there won't be ant 220gr. 8mm Nosler bullets until Scotty buys a .325 WSM...
- Thread starter
- #3
OU812
Handloader
- Apr 18, 2006
- 2,099
- 2
wildgene":r37tp2oa said:
So I need to be blaming Scotty for the lack of a 220 NP bullet in the 8mm caliber. I'm good with that.
Bill
wildgene
Handloader
- Jul 4, 2011
- 1,597
- 2
OU812":2djfapum said:
...yes, it's all Scotty's fault... :mrgreen:
bullet
Handloader
- Dec 26, 2007
- 4,975
- 18
No, it is not all Scotty's fault, just some of it. Until FOTIS releases to me the 8mm Mag he acquired, Nosler will not make a 220gr 8mm bullet. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
- Thread starter
- #6
OU812
Handloader
- Apr 18, 2006
- 2,099
- 2
bullet":dpu6u64d said:
Well here ya go and it's even a classic. Any thing to help the 8mm 220 NP cause.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... =292303346
- Oct 30, 2004
- 24,445
- 3,485
I need a 220 AB for my 8mm maggie 
DrMike
Ballistician
- Nov 8, 2006
- 37,542
- 6,615
Someone should jump on that one. The 8RM is a great cartridge.
- Nov 4, 2004
- 25,587
- 9,730
Man, that M700 Classic 8mm Rem Mag is tempting!
JD338
JD338
DrMike
Ballistician
- Nov 8, 2006
- 37,542
- 6,615
That particular Classic should prove to be a shooter. I've handled a couple of them; and each was a powerhouse and a shooter.
Oldtrader3
Ammo Smith
- Nov 6, 2009
- 8,406
- 6
Both Sierra and A-Frame make 220 grain 8mm bullets.
- Thread starter
- #13
OU812
Handloader
- Apr 18, 2006
- 2,099
- 2
Oldtrader3":8gsq9a93 said:
Yes but did Nosler ever do so?
Bill
Bill, I have been reading alot of Bob Hagel's book lately. Great writer for hunters and gun nuts like us. He was about the biggest fan of the PT's I have ever read and when he mentions the 8mm's and 35's he says how great of an elk cartridge the 8mm Rem Mag would be IF Nosler produced a PT for them. Then, later he mentions that Nosler finally released the 200 PT and states how it would be about the perfect elk rifle combining trajectory and power. Never a mention of a 220 though. He also stated how much better the 358 Magnums would have been with a PT.. Wished he had a chance to see the bullets available today for the big guns. Probably have to rewrite his books!
Have you tried any of the 200 PT's in your big 8mm? I know the TSX seemed to work awfully well for you too. I would like to see the 220 out there. Seems like the right size for those bigger cases and the BC is pretty good for the existing ones, so I can only think a PT or AB would be great.
Have you tried any of the 200 PT's in your big 8mm? I know the TSX seemed to work awfully well for you too. I would like to see the 220 out there. Seems like the right size for those bigger cases and the BC is pretty good for the existing ones, so I can only think a PT or AB would be great.
- Thread starter
- #16
OU812
Handloader
- Apr 18, 2006
- 2,099
- 2
SJB358":68thpshm said:
Scotty I have yet to try the 200 Partition in my 8mm mag but intend to do so as I also think it would be a super combination for elk and the like. I have always been and most likely always be a fan of heavy for caliber bullets, with in reason, I'm not going to use a 200 or 220 in my 300 savage.
The TSX did an awesome job on the elk and has been accurate as hell in everything I'v tried them in but, (and this is just a personal thing) the animals shot with the TSX did not have the reaction to the impact that I wanted to see or have seen when hit with a Partition.
The reason for the 220 Hornady is I know or at least believe it will not hold together quite as well as a Partition but the BC is .464 and they scoot along at 2960 in my gun.
I am patently waiting for some 8mm 200 gr partitions to show up at SPS. They got to mess a few up at some point to classify as 2nds. :mrgreen:
Bill
That is why I switched to all PT's or AB's Bill. I blasted one elk with the 35 Whelen and 225 TSX. Zipped through and killed him just fine, but it didn't seem as walloping as the PT's or AB's.
I am a heavier for caliber as well. Just can't change.. Then again, I haven't ever been disappointed with a Nosler bullet..
I am a heavier for caliber as well. Just can't change.. Then again, I haven't ever been disappointed with a Nosler bullet..
- Thread starter
- #18
Oldtrader3
Ammo Smith
- Nov 6, 2009
- 8,406
- 6
I have never seen a 220 gr Partition advertized for 8mm by Nosler since 1963. Had the 8mm Rem Mag been a bigger seller, it might have been but the demand was not there, except for the 8x64 Mauser (another not too common chambering).
