I purchased a German schuetzen rifle this week end and wondered if anyone has tried loading with the stop ring bullet and has any info they would like to share. I ordered a stop ring mould from NOE to try.
I have owned a couple of these rifles in the past but breach seated, thought I would try something new (to me).

Thanks Dale

Hey Joe;
With the BP, what kind of accuracy at what distance?
Thanks
Cary

I have tried 2 kinds of stopring in the 8.15x46R.
My Mauser is special in that it has a biiiiiiiig long throat and .300 bore/.315 groove.
So i got a stopring that is .317 at the nose and use it in cases trimmed so the boolit sits on the rifling. Shoots better than i can.

I then got a stopring that is a borerider on the front part. That one i loaded in full length 30-30 cases so the stopring is as close to the rifling as i can get it. The jury is still out on this one!

Both is the same design from Tom at accuratemolds.com

From the top:
8.15x46R (normal length)
8.15x46R (full length 30-30)
32-40 (from 30-30)
32-40 (original case)

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I've become convinced that you really need to have a stop-ring bullet designed to fit your chamber if you are going to try that route and shoot the rifle the way the German/Swiss did.   They had a really wide selection of factory swedged bullets to choose from to fit their chamber and throat design; and the gunsmith who put their rifle together probably told them which one was the best match for the way he cut the chamber.   
That info is long gone on the rifles as we find them and simply buying what NEI or Buffalo offers over the counter is in my opinion a long shot. 
I've tried the Buffalo S-R bullet in 3 different rifles with less than mediocre accuracy.  Nothing is  exactly wrong with the bullet or NEI's either, they are  good bullets as long as they fit your  rifle properly.   
I'm making several chamber throat and entry rifling casts of my rifle and I'll be having Tom at Accurate Mold cut one that will fill the space between case mouth and the entry rifling solidly with ring diameter to create a good gas seal.    From the looks of the first couple casts it looks like I might benefit from a longer than standard case----the full length 32 win sp case might be a good fit for starters at least I'll use it to find what length I need----46/47MM seems too short so far.

30-30 works excellent. Some rifles may require a smaller rim diameter.  Turn mine down in the lathe.

        Joe. 

I have a stalking rifle that someone tried to re chamber to 32-40 from 8.15x46r but 32-40 reamer did not clean out old chamber. Does not shoot to bad with 32-40 case but fired rounds look strange.

When the 8.15 round came in to general use, every gunsmith produced his own reamer. Early rifles show a lot of variation, but around  the early 1900s, they all got together and agreed a "normal" set of dimensions. If your rifle is marked "Normal" then a set of CH dies and an NEI mould should work fine. You only need the dies to form cases from 30-30s, after the first firing, the bullet can be thumb seated.
Fred

Fred Boulton wrote on Nov 27^th, 2013 at 12:09pm:


Mine is from 1937 and has the odd chamber with no throat.