Yugo Surplus 8MM silly question?

[RED]

Thanks guys. I pulled down a few rounds and was surprised to find the bullets only weigh 156 gr. The last time I pulled 8MM milsurps they had 196 gr. Which I replaced with 180 gr. Sierra sp's and hunted with them and they were fine. I have bubbaized Mausers that I bought cheap because they were already "sporterized" when I bought them. I just finished the third one and and I wouldn't trade it for a brand new Rem. 700BDL. The smithy did a great job. I will post pics later.

[joem]

The turkish weighed 150 grains and some 1938 german ammo weighed 196 grains. Those are the ones I remember but I have pulled down ammo from other countries.

[jjrothWA]

Are yousure about the "cupro-nickle" jakcets? I heard that the standard 8mm bullets was actually "stainless steel???

[joem]

Are yousure about the "cupro-nickle" jakcets? I heard that the standard 8mm bullets was actually "stainless steel???

Well I didn't have it tested but I thought it was cupro nickle. I think stainless would not be a option during WWII which was the head stamp on this stuff. I did have some 1939 vintage ammo but that got pulled down, reloaded and shot up.

[Tuna]

The Turk ammo is all cupro nickel jacketed bullets. Stainless steel was a very expensive item back then.

[NuJudge]

I once pulled down a bunch of WWII German 198gr 8x57 ammo and loaded it into Canadian boxer brass intended for their Besa tank machine-guns. I got sky high pressures. For at least the first few rounds, reduce the powder charge, seat a bullet, and run the bullet through a Chrony.