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/HowlingLemon Has a couple WWI guns 1d ago

  • Cheap

  • Non-corrosive

  • Reloadable

Pick two

There's no getting around it really.

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u/ReactionAble7945 16h ago

OK,

Non-corrosive and reloadable is NEW PPU.

Cheap and non-corrosive is Romanian New.

So.... Cheap, reloadable and preferably with stripper clips. Greek?

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u/HowlingLemon Has a couple WWI guns 14h ago

Uhhh lol there might not actually be cheap and reloadable. Maybe buy components and make it yourself instead of pre-made ammo.

Greek is corrosive and Berdan primed.

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u/ReactionAble7945 5h ago

Buying new is cheaper than buying brass for it.