Having researched and fired Turk ammo (but shooting other surplus as well) I am amazed at the complaints made against it. About the only valid claim against it is the brittle brass and split necks caused by not annealing their brass until 1950. I was shooting my Hakim Saturday along with a friend who was shooting his Turk 1938 bolt action. Out of 50 rounds he had 5 misfires and blamed the ammo (1943). I explained that it was more likely the spring was weak in his rifle and to prove my point I took all 5 "defective" rounds and fired them in my Hakim with no problem. Another myth dis-spelled.