Bill, as I understand it , if you re-load and the cartridge all over length using a Speer bullet, 200gn is 89mm, which I think is suppose to fit in the standard magazine box....what I will do is to make a dummy ( 89mm long) when I am back in the gun smith shop , fit it in a Mauser action and see if it feeds...I did not do it prior to my build since I knew I wanted to open up my Mauser MOD 98 Obendorf actio...to accommodate a 91mm round..the reason being I am compensating for the thick RWS brass with less water capacity..the disadvantage of this procedure is that it is a lot of extra machine work, longer build...and no warranty that I actually am correct...a lot of other 8x68S owners I believe would not agree with me.... Maybe it is a disadvantage , but to me it gives me insight into procedures that is attempting by real gunsmiths ...and not every gunsmith will go that route...at least I learned something new....I still need to work out how much work I still need to be doing on the feeding ramps...this I only wil know when the magazine box is completed... One aspect we all will agree on is that the 8x68S caliber is a great caliber ..standing alone , something unique..the brass is made specifically for the 8x68S , and it was not a military designed Mauser caliber at all.... a caliber designed by a gunsmith ..and RWS company..
8X68, the Brno 602 is the ultimate action to be building a 8x68S onto...I really wished I had a BRNO 602 action to do my build on...it would have been a walk in the park build ..no machine work at all...strong action, magnum action, it will fit like a glove..
Bill, if I may ask, at what distances did you shoot these animals with the 8x68S...since the greatest property this caliber has is to kill large bodied animals at long distances,,,
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