8mm Ammo Questions

[Stiletto Null]

OK, check these links out: unmarked, non-corrosive. Same stuff as far as I can tell, '70s Romanian milsurp 8mm.

Anyone have experience? I really want to start my 7.92x57 ammo stock (there are rumblings of zombie bear uprising in my area), but I also want to confirm with someone IRL that it's good stuff.

That aside, how's the Wolf Gold Line ammo? At a hair under 50c per round for new production, FULL-HOUSE, I'm highly intrigued.

 

[cracked butt]

The Yugoslavian 8mm is really good stuff. I treat it as corrosive.
Never tried the Romanian.

Never tried the wolf 8mm either. If it has decent accuracy it blows winchester/remington 8mm loads out of the water for power and value.

 

[Ad Astra]

Corrosive primed might qualify as "non-corrosive".

Ammonia-patch it when you're done shooting; it'll be fine.

Cheap bore insurance.

 

[Murphster]

I shot quite a bit of it through an FN-49 I once had. It was accurate, powerful, and reliable. Never had any trouble with any of the rounds. I kept reading mixed reviews on whether it was corrosive or not, so I always Windexed things, then cleaned as usual. Only added about a minute to cleaning the semi-auto I used them in. FWIW, it is dirtier ammo than some.
Wouldn't matter or be noticeable in a bolt action, but was noticeably filthy in an FN-49.

 

[BsChoy]

I think they have to say corrosive or not to save themselves from liability paying for a mauser collection that someone destroys shooting corrosive in

 

[Bridger]

I like the Yugo surplus best, corrossive is no big deal. The Romanian doesn't seem as accurate to me, but I haven't benched it. It is dirtier for sure and the steel case doesn't seem to make as good a seal so the action gets a little dirtier, but again, no big deal. I think it's fine for fighting off the mutant zombie biker bear hordes, and definately fine for general range plinking.

 

[roo_ster]

Romanian is kinda dirty & it was my impression that it was corrosive. Not a big deal, just clean it up at the range, starting with a windex patch down the bore & using windex to wipe down the bolt.

I get ~25% split necks with Romanian 8x57.