good 8mm mauser ammo?
i just got an 8mm yugo mauser. got some mil surplus ammo for it yes the corrosive stuff.. put about 20 rounds through it. love the gun great shooter. but took me about what seemed like 2 hours to clean it. cant seem to find anything but mil. surplus. and suggestions.
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Clean it faster.
Other than commercial or what you load yourself, what else is there?0 -
If you can find it FNM is good stuff. I have some that's dated '72 and it's noncorrosive.
Keep a watch on the auction side. There's a seller who lists 20 rnd boxs as Match ammo. It's a bit pricey, but not as high as the big three.0 -
Your Mauser will safely shoot any commercial 8x57 Mauser ammo you can find. I shoot lots of old mil surp and have no problems. If you suspect corrosive ammo, go ahead and shoot it. Just be sure to clean it as soon as you reasonably can, using water to dissolve the salts in the barrel. 0 -
USMARINE,
Welcome to the Gunbroker forums and thank you for your service!
Cleaning after shooting corrosive ammunition should be a matter of 10 minutes as long as you're not having problems with copper fouling.
I have sent you some links to suggested instructions for different situations.
Reloading and shooting is the best solution but being in the military makes this a little difficult so experiment with cleaning procedures and see what works conveniently for you.
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USMARINE,
As noted you need to quickly eliminate the corrosives from becoming active in your barrel after shooting. If it's carbon you keep pulling out of the barrel you need to get a foam that will sit in the bore and soften it up. Those barrels have sat for a long, long time and it may take two or three good soakings to get that gunk out. Some of that is also, no doubt, dried cosmoline. I left some bore foam in my Yugo M48's, Turk, and Czech VZ-24 overnight to get the bores to come clean. That stuff isn't corrosive and will help emulsify the crud and help to get it out.
BTW, what exact model is your Yugo?
As far as commercial ammo goes, Remington, Winchester, and especially Federal all make commercial ammo. These run pretty slow and have extremely low pressures.
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I missed the two that jptatum mentioned and I concur with him. They are good ones too. S&B is a little dirty but not corrosive. And very consistent.
For mil-surp and I wanted accuracy, I would first look to see if you could get the Yugo M75. It shoots a 196 gr. bullet at around 2400 fps. But the stuff is just flat out accurate. I've fired a number of sub-moa groups @ 300 using this out of my sons Rem 700 8x57 "Classic" and my Yugo M48BO. Next for accuracy is either the Yugo Brass or Romanian brass cased ammo. I haven't had great luck for accuracy with the steel cased stuff.
For flat out velocity, the Turk ammo is the best. But, it's corrosive. And, not really all that accurate in anything but the Turk rifle. It pushes a 154/155 gr. bullet out @ 3000 from a long barrel. Accuracy, with a scoped rifle was around 2.5" @ 100. From a non-scoped rifle it was about 5". I got around 3" with it out of the Turk rifle un-scoped.
There is a whole bunch of mil-surp out there, you just have to try them to see which ones shoot best from your rifle.0 -
The ammunition made in Europe is very good, Sellier & Beloit, Norma, etc. That ammunition is "hot" compared to what is made is the USA. 0 -
as someone posted above 8mm mauser ammo is uncommon to find in most local shops, wally world ect. most will now be listed a 8 x 57 , which is the same ammo just a different discription. Cabelas was selling it in the 18.00 a box range less than a year ago, it just takes a little more looking to usually find it. 0 -
Due to the vast number of surplus arms floating around, plus the overall utility of the cartridge, 8mm Mauser (aka 8x57) is still fairly popular, and there are plenty of modern non-corrosive loads available.
Unfortunately, unlike the still relatively cheap 8mm surplus, the commercial loads cost more or less the same as any other modern rifle round.
In addition to the European loads already mentioned (eg Finnish Norma, Czech Sellier and Beloit, etc), there is also "Wolf Gold", which I believe is the same as the Serbian Privi Partisan, but re-branded.
Also, there ARE some American loads still available, I think:
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sand warrior: its a 1943 M48A yugo all #'s matching except for the floor plate. 0
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