surplus ammo

[gun_lover_87]

i know you guys dont want to read another surplus ammo post, espically from a noob like me, but i really want to shoot my newly accquired yugo mauser m24/47. heres my question, hows the 1950s 8mm mauser ammo they have at century? any info would be greatly apparciated. btw already know the basic about corrosive ammo and how to clean it.

 

[Hoppy590]

well. with out even seeing them or knowing much about 8mm mauser. assume they are corrosive. and become familiar with the cleanig techniques required of corrosive rounds

 

[RevolvingCylinder]

Go for it. Corrosive only becomes an issue if you don't clean it properly. I've shot my share of surplus and have been somewhat satisfied. The corrosive ammunition has done nothing to my M48 because I don't leave it dirty.

 

[Third_Rail]

Any surplus ammunition not known to be non-corrosive should be treated like it's corrosive. Most of the time, you'll be right in doing so!


Another thing to remember is that just because the ammunition is surplus doesn't mean you won't get decent accuracy out of it.

 

[kungfuhippie]

If it's 1950 yugo you'll have some hang fires and duds. Of course I've got 30 rounds of Yugo made in 1957 sitting next to me. May even have a few loose bullets (don't shoot loose ones). If you can get the 1970's yugo it's much better. All yugo ammo is made at the same factory that makes modern wolf in 8mm mauser. I prefer the 1970's romanian. It seems to shoot more accuratly in my 24/47 and the steel cases haven't caused any problems. Avoid any greek stuff and it's modern equal, Olympic, they're loaded hot and I've had a sticky bolt after using olympic in a few different firarms. Turkish ammo is mostly good though i've found a few that are hot. Ecuador ammo stinks, 1 in 3 FTF and required a 2nd firing. I don't like hearing "click" and then waiting a minute to see if anything happens before recocking to try again. No wonder Ecuador lost it's last war with Peru. I just got 50 rounds of turk to try. aparently the turk is from 1926, two are from 1922, I'll be saving those.

Look here http://www.turkmauser.com/ammo.htm

 

[gun_lover_87]

some people have had issues with the 50s yugo 8mm ammo, just want to make sure im getting some decent stuff.