I would like to know the rough percentage of cartridges that you felt weren’t safe to shoot, I am kinda curious because it is

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I was curious about these as well. Looking forward to the follow up. So far, Ive avoided the ammo collecting bug, to my wallets delight. Mec-gar mags are a great go to and have served me very well. Good video as always.

we cant even think about that stuff in Turkey. Thank you for bringing this to us.

Looking forward to seeing the testing

I just opened a case of British 303 ammo from 1944. So it was still sealed for about 80 years. I had it for the last 30 years, but I couldn't stand having it sit there any longer. I'm 71, and I wanted to check it out before I might die of old age. Anyway, the bullets, made in 1944, were still in pristine condition. I have yet to shoot any of it.

Mine fired well in my video, your batch looks basically identical to what i got. Im excited to see how your batch runs. At least you have reloadable components. Ive got a solid reloading setup myself, and plan to break down the unusuable ammo in my batch

I also just ordered 820 rounds of Turkish 8mm from Centerfire Systems. I'm less selective than you, so only three of the rounds I considered unfit to shoot out of even a bolt-action rifle: 1) Empty case separated from bullet projectile. All the other bullets in the box were peppered with the gunpowder from them. 2) A bullet whose projectile fell out after I applied only a slight pulling/twisting motion to it. 3) A bullet whose projectile was very visibly pushed into the case more than all the others. The overall length was visibly shorter. Yes, you would be a true idiot to shoot any of this ammo through a semi-auto or even an expensive bolt-action gun. You would also be an idiot to look at the rusty, rough, discolored cases and then complain if any of them had problems with hangfires or extractions. This stuff is strictly for target practice and maybe hunting. Never bet your life on it in for self-defense.

That German ammo almost looks like Romanian with that green tint to the casing. I wonder if Romania copied the steel case idea from Germany(?)Looks rough too! The Turkish ammo I've seen all over for years. Never picked up any. But that's A LOT OF AMMO!! Good stuff👍👍 I gotta get 6.5x55 Swedish. Picked up a Husqvarna made Swedish M38 the other weekend.

Great video, thanks for posting. I picked up a bunch of the Turkish 8mm ammo from Centerfire Systems as well, lots of wiggly rounds…. So far none are able to pull out by hand tho. Sounds like the loose ones should not be fired? They all have powder in them.

I bought some of the Turkish from centerfire systems also about a 50% dud Rate. But still worth it for the components to reload. Sgammo also has Turkish surplus for about 60 cents a round and has run perfectly for me

I recently bough 300 rounds from centerfire. They were $30 per 150 rounds. I got 299 8mm mauser rounds that looked pretty good. And 1 round of 1941 303 brit. Now I wish I had bought 600 rounds. I had rounds from 1935-1949

Wire wheel on your bench grinder will clear that ammo right up.

So the rounds that have loose projectiles are perfectly fine to shoot just not in a semi-automatic rifle I fired over 600 rounds of Turkish ammunition and quite a few had loose bullets but they were just fine not very accurate but for plinking it's more than adequate

Curious as to the success rate of the Centerfire Turkish 8mm. Like what percentage are duds or hangfires

Could you use the Bad bullets safely in a bolt-action rifle?

4:11 this is why I store my ammo in cans with silica packets.

So if the bullet is loose in the case, it's dangerous to shoot? I saw some there with corrosion on the primer. Is that also dangerous to shoot?

I wanted to get some of that German surplus but Ive heard that steel case german is junk and its all click bangs, if at all.

Did you also pick up a K31 from them? Awesome price, better condition.

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Sheeit homie, I have over something like... 1,000+ rounds of Turk 8mm. I'd sell you however much you wanted at the cost I paid for it. I don't want to put any more of it through my K98k (don't want to crack my stock) and definitely won't put it through my FN49. Either it sits in the boxes or I find a Yugo M48 or its variant or an M24/47 and I won't pay over $350 for one. 🤷‍♂️

For the Algorithm!!

I don't believe I would have paid money for those...

The STRIPPER CLIPS are worth 5 (five) bucks a piece.........

didnt this stuff try to kill Ian once

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Thats the one major downside I have found in recent years with 8MM Mauser Surplus Ammo. A lot of it just never held up well. I would probably use the Turk Ammo for reloading components after repriming the cases with non-corrosive primers and powder and just keep the German stuff for display but that is my preference. Also, Check out my channel. Am uploading a video regarding your question on my instagram post regarding loading 8×33 Kurz projectiles in 8×57 cases. Decided to drop a few in cases that couldn't be safely loaded again just to see what would be the result

That's a thumb...

Watch ya don't crack your stock on the Turk stuff........ be well.