8mm Mauser ammo from Ecuador?
Greg
Yugoslavia and an M48 that load, fire and extract Remington 8mm Mauser ammo
just fine, but the bolt is very difficult to open when I fire the Ecuadoran
stuff. I got it at a recent gun show for $1.75/box and it was made in the mid
'50s. The cases look fine once I can get them out, it's just very hard to open
the bolt to extract them. I'm going to try some other brands of ammo (like
Sellier & Bellot) but wanted to know if anyone else had this problem. They
both shoot & extract the Remington stuff just fine, but it's spendy at
$18.00/20 round box. Thanks,
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M1 Carbine Gunner
I've never heard of the Ecuadorian 8mm. These are the ammo types I've tried, with
success, in my WWII K98 rifle: East German, modern Yugoslavian, Sellier & Bellot,
Portuguese, Egyptian, and of course U.S. commercial loads.
The Egyptian ammo is extremely hot, but the K98 will take the pressure just fine
(I fired over 300 rounds of the stuff over a year period of time, with no change
in headspace), but it is extremely corrosive, so make sure you clean the barrel
with warm soapy water very shortly after firing.
The East German ammo is made to the same exact specifications as the original
German WWII ammo, and in fact may even have been made on the same machinery. It
is found with green-colored steel cartridge case. It is also corrosive, but
shoots very well and recoil is not nearly as punishing as the Egyptian stuff.
The Yugoslavian, Sellier & Bellot, and Portuguese are all non-corrosive, and the
S&B is reloadable. I think the Yugo is also, but I'm not sure. All 3 shoot well.
I've never had any extraction problems with the above ammunition. Some of the
Egyptian ammo will not fire; there is impact of firing pin, but maybe the primers
are dead. I'd say it is usually 3 or 4 rounds out of a box of 50 that misfire.
John
Greg wrote:
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Kevin Baker
M1 Carbine Gunner wrote:
#The Yugoslavian, Sellier & Bellot, and Portuguese are all non-corrosive,
and the
#S&B is reloadable. I think the Yugo is also, but I'm not sure.
Well, maybe. The Yugo 8mm is Berdan primed, but with only one, central,
flash hole. (Very strange)
I used a decap-only die to punch a primer from one when I saw that it had
the central flash hole, but was surprised to see that the anvil was part of
the case. I suppose you could get Berdan primers and reload this stuff, but
I think it might be more effort than it's worth.