What should I feed my incoming M-48's

[BlackBore]

Turkish or that South American , Ecuador , I think , 8mm ? I don't care if its corrosive or not either .

Blackbore

[zouavexx]

http://www.gunsnet.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50672&highlight=turk+ammo



http://www.gunsnet.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=51115&highlight=turk+ammo


Originally posted by Schuetzenman


Turk S bullet ammo at 155 gr. weight projectile is for the Turk 38's as their sights are regulated to it.

All the other model of rifles have rear sights that are regulated to the 198 gr. sS heavy bullet that replaced the lighter 155 gr. bullet. All your other 8 mm rifles you listed are designed for the 198 gr. bullet AFAIK, including the Persian. Got a buddy with 3 of them and he shoots that bullet type in them all the time.

http://www.gunsnet.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43607&highlight=turk+ammo

[AKWARRIOR]

I suspect most guys here will recommend Yugoslav 8mm.However I shoot 8mm Turk ammo through all mine with good results.Stock up its cheap and reliable.:D

Regards,

[Schuetzenman]

Originally posted by AKWARRIOR
I suspect most guys here will recommend Yugoslav 8mm.However I shoot 8mm Turk ammo through all mine with good results. Stock up its cheap and reliable.:D

Regards,

And in my opinion too freaking hot!

[Buster Charlie]

Originally posted by Schuetzenman


And in my opinion too freaking hot!


Care to explain? What should one use that isn't too expensive? The Turk stuff may not be the most accurate but unless it will damage my gun i'd rather be able to shoot the gun freely vs having to ration out my ammo due to cost :)

[GCcowboy]

And in my opinion too freaking hot! [/B]

For semi's yes, but I am under the impression that a robust bolt action rifle, with Peter Paul Mausers' strong locking lugs like the m48 can handle the pressures...just my .02 cents

[trotsky]

Hell with this stuff... go to InterOrd or FAC, and buy several cases of the '72-'74 Rommanian 8 mm :) Fairly fresh, cheap, and works VERY well in my M48....

[Schuetzenman]

Originally posted by trotsky
Hell with this stuff... go to InterOrd or FAC, and buy several cases of the '72-'74 Rommanian 8 mm :) Fairly fresh, cheap, and works VERY well in my M48....

Now you're talking!

[aliceinchains]

Never mind my previous question.I missed GCcowboy's reply.;)

[HerrdoktorSchuetzengruvin]

What's all this whining about too hot?:D

I've been shooting PRVI out of my Carcanos and that stuff flattens primers and craters them sound the firing pin indent. And ole Bubba told me that Carcanos will "blow up on ya" haha.

Geez. don't sweat it, and if your concerned about too high of pressures, buy a Arisaka 6.5mm. Postwar tests proved there's no way to blowup that gun, even if you fill the case to the top with fast burning ball powder (which supposedly turned an 03 Springfield into a grenade)..

[101AASLT]

I shot some yugo ammo in my turk38 out of a 15rd box 5 failed to fire. Got some turk ammo 6bucks a bandoleer every rd fired. cheap and decently accurate.

[Schuetzenman]

The Yugoslav 8 mm has hard primers and deep primers. Any that I've fired that failed to go on the first firing pin hit went on the 2nd hit.

The Interordnance Romanian 8 mm suffers from neither problem AFAIK. It's aslo much newer having been made between 1970 and 75.