 World War II spoiled the commercial introduction and spread of the 8×68mm S amongst German hunters.The cartridge became due to its high performance and flat trajectory popular after World War II when German hunters were allowed again to own and hunt with full bore rifles.The 8×68mm S performance was also made available to hunters who previously had problems with handling magnum cartridge recoil and had stepped down to less powerful but for German conditions adequate medium cartridges like the 8×57mm IS, 7×64mm (Brenneke) or .30-06 Springfield (also known as the 7.62×63mm in metric countries).