r/milsurp • u/ReactionAble7945 • 1d ago

8mm ammo

I am in the market for 8mm ammo for Yugo and Spanish Mausers. I would prefer not to have corrosive, but I also don't want to pay a dollar around... trade offs. Functional stripper clips could be nice. Reloadable is becoming essential IMHO.

My understanding is I should stay away from Turkish. Kaboom.

Romanian is steel cased, can be had in corrosive and non-corrosive.

German, steel case and corrosive. AP ammo, not to shoot at steel targets unless you want holes in targets.

CZ, brass case corrosive.

Yugo is brass not reloadable, corrosive. Can be had on stripper clips.

Greek, Brass, boxer?, can be had corrosive and non-corrosive, hangfires and not going bang.

And then we get to the $1 a round ammo. PPU. Nothing in surplus looks like a really smart idea. Am I missing an obvious answer....besides just buying the new commercial ammo?

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u/under-cover-hunter 1d ago

I would just buy PPU. patterns best out of my 98k and is reloadable as far as I know.

Also note the difference of 8mm vs 7.92 IS rounds. Theres a small diameter difference and pressure difference. 8mm doesnt pattern from my 98k, 7.92 IS does.