Romanian 8mm Surplus
 

After reading that most Mausers prefer heavy ball ammo, I was really surprised by the groups I shot with my 43 BCD German Mauser yesterday with the Romanian surplus. I got the same results with my M48 Yugo Mauser last fall.

Anyhow I shot this Mauser for the first time yesterday with 72 dated Romanian surplus, 55 Yugo surplus, 70's Yugo surplus, 39 dated Greek surplus and commercial Olympic brand ammo. Much to my surprise my best groups were with the Romanian. The Olympic did real well to. I had to quit after 60 rounds my shoulder was not real happy.

What, no Turk ammo?

Sounds like a great day to me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was a great day :) alot of fun....Glad to see your still connected Cephus :thumbsup:

Still here ,I got an 8MM that I haven't shot yet ,no ammo any good prices out there !!!!

Widener's still has the 50's Yugo listed but are selling out FAST! http://www.wideners.com/itemview.cfm?dir=18|190|191

AIM still has Romanian listed but it has gone up considerably since i bought mine: http://www.aimsurplus.com/acatalog/8mm.html

Coles has new non-corrosive FNM for $5.95 a box which is very tempting. http://www.coledistributing.com/

I sure hope they import some more, the market is drying up.

The last Romanian I got was from Sportsmans Guide and it was like $59 a crate. That was just a month ago. They're sold out now. Wish I had bought more since I'm going to run my 1919 on 8mm instead of 308 seeing how it's dried up too.

Thanks Tom ,I'll look into them !!!!!:thumbsup: highfive

On most days I take my 8mm's or 7.62x54's out I pop off at least 70-100rds.Not much of sore shoulder you just gotta shoot them more often is all.:)

I believe your correct :) I'm getting alot better than last year.....Before if I didn't have the sissy pad installed about 30 rounds was all i could tolerate.

Of all my Mausers, the Romanian 8mm well only shoot well in an M48 and one of the 24/47's. The rest like the '70's and '80's Yugoslav. My VZ24 really likes the '44 Czech (go figure?). None of them will shoot the commercial Olympic very well. I think I'll sell what I have left of that.


Brian

Check Out Sarco...They Have:
Mauser 8x57mm Ball ammo
Yugoslav manufacture - 15 rd boxes - 900 rds per case AM120

450 rounds - $36.00 (8¢)

900 rds - $67.50 (7 ½ ¢)

3 cases (2700 rds) - $189.00 (7¢)

10 cases (9000 rds) - $540.00 (6¢)

Try Samco:
www.samcoglobal.com

8mm MAUSER BALL (7.92x57JS)

Finest quality 8mm Mauser surplus ammo. Mfg. FNM Portugal. FMJ, 198 GR. Boatail NC/BE. Packed 80 rds per box on stripper clip, 800 rds per wooden case with rope handle. Wt. 63# per case.

29.9 cents per Round
400 rds $ 119.60
$ 239.20 per case
5 cases or more: $ 223.20 per case

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8mm MAUSER BALL (7.92x57JS)

Mfg. Hirtenberger Patronen, Austria, '80s, FMJ, NC/BO (reloadable) 197 gr. Boattail. Packed 20 rds per box. 1920 rds per case. Wt. 132# per case.

36.9 cents per Round
200 rds $ 73.80
$ 689.28 per case
5 cases or more: $ 670.08 per case