Author Topic: 8MM Remington Magnum : Reloading for Whitetail/Moose (Read 664 times)

Arrroman · « **on:** July 12, 2003, 07:34:42 PM »

I'm looking for some dual purpose loads that could be used for both whitetail and moose. Is there a good combination that will not ruin too much meat on the lighter critters and still get the job done on the big ones? Anybody got any experience with this caliber? I would assume that the lighter bullets would just go off like a hand grenade unless they were deliberately downloaded. I am thinking 200 grain partitions would be a good choice for a bullet but would like to know just how it performs on the lighter game. I'm leaning toward IMR4350 for powder. I ordered dies this week and I figured it would be worth soliciting an opinion or two before getting started on this case.

Selmer · « **Reply #1 on:** July 13, 2003, 04:37:29 AM »

I have zero experience with this round, but I load a .338/.378 Wby. for a friend that primarily whitetail hunts with it, and plans to hunt Alaska with it. He wanted a whitetail load and an Alaska load, I loaded him some 250 gr. Nosler Partitions and said, "here, you can do anything that walks in North America with this load" He said, "I want a super-fast, big varmint load for whitetails so they won't run far" I loaded him some 180 gr. Ballistic tips with great reluctance, and they flatten whitetails, destroy pounds of meat, and don't penetrate as well as I think they should, but he loves them. I made him shoot a deer with the 250 gr. load last year to see how it did, it knocks them off their feet, literally, at 200 yds, and wrecked about 1-2 pounds of meat in the shoulder, but very good penetration (it penetrated through the poplar tree behind the deer) I'd go for a heavy bullet, like a Nosler Partition or a Swift A-Frame, and get an accurate load for it, it will do anything you need it to.
Selmer

Lloyd Smale · « **Reply #2 on:** July 13, 2003, 11:34:02 AM »

My favorite load in mine is 83 grains of 7828 with a cci mag primer and a nosler 200 partition. It does real well on the big stuff and doesnt mess up the small stuff.

todbartell · « **Reply #3 on:** July 13, 2003, 12:40:56 PM »

The 200 gr. Partition would be a good one, and I'd lean on RL22 or H4831 for a powder.

Arrroman · « **Reply #4 on:** July 14, 2003, 05:48:03 PM »

Thanks for the information. I checked in seven different loading manuals and R-22 was listed a number of times as most accurate powder tested. It will most likely be the first one I will use as I do have a fresh can in stock. Now I just have to wait for UPS to deliver my dies. I have added IMR7828 to my powder list and will give it a try as well.