I have an 8mm-.06 that I have not looked at in a good decade, and am missing a very detailed reloading log that I am afraid may have gotten destroyed in a flood a couple of years ago. Back to shooting that rifle, I found a box of handloads with relatively good notes in the lid: bullet weights, powder, charge weights, base to ogive distance, etc.
Two rows of the rounds are loaded with 57 grains of IMR7828 behind a 200grain projectile. Please note that before I took a long hiatus from all things Firearm related, I was very a meticulous reloader. Wandering off the reservation or getting near the top of the pressure curve I actively avoided.
Now I am befuddled, and that’s why I’m here. I have searched 10-20 year old Speer, Hornady, Nosler, Barnes, and Swift reloading manuals as well as the internet. I cannot find a single mention of IMR7828 in 8mm-.06. For that matter, I can’t find IMR7828 listed in those manuals for any caliber I’ve ever had.
And yet….there is a 1/4 consumed 8 lb bottle of it on the shelf. Which means not only have I used it, but I’ve shot it. Have I shot it in 8mm-.06? Are these loads the beginning, or end, of a series? No idea.
So, question for you guys: do any have you have, or know of, a load for 8mm-.06 using IMR7828?
Two rows of the rounds are loaded with 57 grains of IMR7828 behind a 200grain projectile. Please note that before I took a long hiatus from all things Firearm related, I was very a meticulous reloader. Wandering off the reservation or getting near the top of the pressure curve I actively avoided.
Now I am befuddled, and that’s why I’m here. I have searched 10-20 year old Speer, Hornady, Nosler, Barnes, and Swift reloading manuals as well as the internet. I cannot find a single mention of IMR7828 in 8mm-.06. For that matter, I can’t find IMR7828 listed in those manuals for any caliber I’ve ever had.
And yet….there is a 1/4 consumed 8 lb bottle of it on the shelf. Which means not only have I used it, but I’ve shot it. Have I shot it in 8mm-.06? Are these loads the beginning, or end, of a series? No idea.
So, question for you guys: do any have you have, or know of, a load for 8mm-.06 using IMR7828?