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<blockquote data-quote=".300 Dakota" data-source="post: 2910303" data-attributes="member: 106514"><p>That sounds like a formidable round, indeed. Quite a jump from the 9.3x62 (or even the 9.3x64). Sounds like an excellent water buffalo round!</p><p></p><p>I toyed with the idea of a .358/.33 Nosler, but performance wouldn't be significantly better than the .358 STA. What it would do is readily fit into a standard length magazine and allow the loader to find brass occasionally that would take less work on the brass to form. </p><p></p><p>That .27 Nosler case is really appealing to me. I would go as far as making a 7mm/.27 Nosler and sacrificing a couple grains of barrel-burning capacity from the .28 for a neck ample long to comfortably hold even the longest 7mm pills. </p><p></p><p>But yes, the 8mm way under appreciated in the States. I found the combintion of the .325 WSM and Norma 203B powder with 200 grain Speer Hot Cors to be an astonishing combination yielding well in excess of 4000 ft-lbs of energy from a 23" Browning X-Bolt barrel. Nothing else came close! I'm longing for the day when Woodleigh Weldcores come back to market! I wouldn't burn 203B in a Nosler-based 8mm, but I could certainly use MRP! (I also long for the day when Norma powders are available again.)</p><p></p><p>I have several 8mm bullet varieties onhand, and would like to find a platform to launch them from that would be worthy of their potential. Perhaps I can decide on a barreled action and stock combination to give it a go!</p><p></p><p>Your .36/.30 Nosler gives me assurance that I can indeed reliably expand the .277 neck to .323. I would be using Peterson brass instead of Nosler or ADG. I know Peterson makes good brass, but I don't know about its properties that govern expansion and stretching of brass. Presumably, any brass that is sufficiently annealed would be suitable. I do know that Peterson brass is annealed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE=".300 Dakota, post: 2910303, member: 106514"] That sounds like a formidable round, indeed. Quite a jump from the 9.3x62 (or even the 9.3x64). Sounds like an excellent water buffalo round! I toyed with the idea of a .358/.33 Nosler, but performance wouldn't be significantly better than the .358 STA. What it would do is readily fit into a standard length magazine and allow the loader to find brass occasionally that would take less work on the brass to form. That .27 Nosler case is really appealing to me. I would go as far as making a 7mm/.27 Nosler and sacrificing a couple grains of barrel-burning capacity from the .28 for a neck ample long to comfortably hold even the longest 7mm pills. But yes, the 8mm way under appreciated in the States. I found the combintion of the .325 WSM and Norma 203B powder with 200 grain Speer Hot Cors to be an astonishing combination yielding well in excess of 4000 ft-lbs of energy from a 23" Browning X-Bolt barrel. Nothing else came close! I'm longing for the day when Woodleigh Weldcores come back to market! I wouldn't burn 203B in a Nosler-based 8mm, but I could certainly use MRP! (I also long for the day when Norma powders are available again.) I have several 8mm bullet varieties onhand, and would like to find a platform to launch them from that would be worthy of their potential. Perhaps I can decide on a barreled action and stock combination to give it a go! Your .36/.30 Nosler gives me assurance that I can indeed reliably expand the .277 neck to .323. I would be using Peterson brass instead of Nosler or ADG. I know Peterson makes good brass, but I don't know about its properties that govern expansion and stretching of brass. Presumably, any brass that is sufficiently annealed would be suitable. I do know that Peterson brass is annealed. [/QUOTE]
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