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The big brother to my 6.5x68s, is my newly acquired rifle in 8x68s cal.
Just like my 6.5x68s, I had never heard of this 8x68s cartridge until I was offered to purchase a rifle in this caliber. It is a Sauer Weatherby Mark V made in 1964. The very first Mark V rifles were built in Germany by J.P. Sauer, and under license from Weatherby, Sauer was able to build Mark V rifles for the European market in various calibers. This is one of them. The 8x68s cartridge is a very powerful 8mm cartridge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8?68mm_S
This unique rifle has a 26" no. 1 contour barrel with an island rear site and a barrel-banded ramp front site. It also came with a claw mounted scope. I was able to find custom loaded ammo from Reed’s Ammunition & Research ... https://reedsammo.com/product-...tric-calibers/8x68s/ ...
The ammo shot very well in this rifle and I expect to use it for hunting Wisconsin Whitetail Deer this Fall.
http://www.buckstix.com/buckpics/8x68-000.jpg
http://www.buckstix.com/buckpics/8X68-TARG-0.jpg
Just like my 6.5x68s, I had never heard of this 8x68s cartridge until I was offered to purchase a rifle in this caliber. It is a Sauer Weatherby Mark V made in 1964. The very first Mark V rifles were built in Germany by J.P. Sauer, and under license from Weatherby, Sauer was able to build Mark V rifles for the European market in various calibers. This is one of them. The 8x68s cartridge is a very powerful 8mm cartridge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8?68mm_S
This unique rifle has a 26" no. 1 contour barrel with an island rear site and a barrel-banded ramp front site. It also came with a claw mounted scope. I was able to find custom loaded ammo from Reed’s Ammunition & Research ... https://reedsammo.com/product-...tric-calibers/8x68s/ ...
The ammo shot very well in this rifle and I expect to use it for hunting Wisconsin Whitetail Deer this Fall.
http://www.buckstix.com/buckpics/8x68-000.jpg
http://www.buckstix.com/buckpics/8X68-TARG-0.jpg