That must have been inconvenient when the enemy was inconsiderate enought to not stand up in the open and fought from a trench or was using the kneeling or prone positions ..... No wonder they lost two world wars.

@@314299 ah, but thats why they went to the mp44 and 8mm kurz round. And for around corners, there was the krummlauf device. They didnt lose for being stupid, they were overwhelmed by mass production.

Yes, storage does indeed impact primer life, cool temperatures certainly extend storage life while high temperatures lessen storage life. Of course there is the issue of the quality of the initial product, it seems that high quality primers store much better than low quality ones. An example would be WW2 Canadian 303 ammo, which in my experience is still very reliable, compared to Pakistani 303 made in the 1960-70 period which is noted for unreliability.

Yes it certainly is. Unless proven otherwise one should assume that they are buying some components for salvage and not necessarily usable ammo. This stuff is still good enough to use in bolt actions, but in five or ten years might be full of duds.

Yep, primers are generally the first component to degrade or fail. I was given a few hundreds of rounds of WW2 British made 9x19mm, most of it would not go off at all and if it did performance was erratic. When the bullets were pulled and the powder transferred to other brass with fresh primers the powder worked fine and velocity produced were normal.

@@314299 I've had similar results with old ammo. I've also noticed that I have more hangfires and misfires in cold weather, while the same surplus ammo is relatively reliable in warm weather.

@@Possumliving You know that ammo is getting past it's best before date when the temperature starts to effect how reliable it has become.

@@314299 I know. Just can't get good 100 year old ammo anymore! 🤣

I think you are correct with the big difference being neck tension. The factory rounds seem to have very low neck tension, when I pulled the ammo apart the bullets came out very easily. This is something that I neglected to mention in the video, thanks for bringing it up. As for the sights on the Kar 98k I've never been a fan of them, even when I was in my teens I did not care for the "V" notch and inverted "V" front sight. Now that I'm in my 50's I like them even less!

@@314299. RifleChair in Canada filed the front blade of his M48 Yugo Mauser making it a bit thinner and it seemed to help a bit. Check out his KZfaq channel. I currently have and M48 that’s getting a fine sanding of the stock and oiling 1to2 part mineral spirits and boiled linseed oil. Then a Timney trigger and a Burris 2x7 long eye relief “Scout Scope” with a BDC reticle mounted on a Brass Stacker mount system which eliminates drilling and tapping the receiver. I live in FL and am considering getting some reloading equipment and working out some loads using soft point bullets in the 175 gr weight realm for hunting out to 300 yards with this rifle. I think that higher velocities and better accuracies are achievable with this rifle. Your opinion would be appreciated. Oh the M48 barrel length is the same as the K98.

The Swed 8mm was a great source of components at a good price. What sort of charge are you using with the Swed bullet in the 8x57mm?

@@314299 I think I settled on 45 grains. Lower opened up the groups and I didn't want to go any higher and compress the powder.

Thanks for commenting.

Thanks David.

The different case capacity most likely also plays a role.

It certainly performed better, reliability wise, than I expected it to.

As always there is the competency of the "trigger puller" thrown into the testing equation. I've no doubt that there are shooters who could extract more accuracy from this ammo/rifle combo than I can. It would be interesting to see what other shooters could do with this combo. Thanks for your comment Dave.

No problem, thanks for the comment.

Glad you liked it.

While loading and testing 175 grain in the 8mm Mauser would no doubt be interesting it would be an expensive endeavor with the price of bullets/primers/powder in today's market.

I've done this series a bit out of order, there will be a breakdown and examination of the ammo in review in the future.

Yes, I've heard that Brazil is not a very friendly place for legal gun ownership.

@@314299 verdade meu amigo. aqui é muito rigoroso para ter o porte e posse de qualquer arma de fogo... No seu país oq precisa fazer para conseguir uma dessa????

Thanks Rod.

Many specific models that the "liberals" found scary were banned by name but there has been no blanket ban on semi-autos.

It is the ammo that's Persian, not the rifle.

I clean up the bore after shooting corrosive ammo using a 9 to 1 mix of Ballistol and water, followed up with drying the bore and then using strait up Ballistol. This procedure has been 100% effective in removing the corrosive priming residue, and is less hassle than some other methods I've tried.

@@314299 Thanks I love using Ballistol, but I wasn't sure if I should mix it in water. Do you pour the 9-1 mix down the bore or just wipe it with patches? I roll a piece of paper towel around an AKM cleaning kit jag for my .308 to .323 bores and it wipes all sides of the bore evenly. I just went and shot my M24.47 today, it was a lot of fun.

Your statement is leads me to a question: 2-3 MOA is acceptable to who? If the answer is acceptable to you, then fine, no arguing that. If one is talking about military acceptance standards then it depends on what military, what rifle and what period that is being referenced. Since the rifle in the video is a German one I can say that their accuracy standards for German 98 Mauser rifles was much larger than 2-3 MOA. Reference this video where the German acceptance standards of the day are discussed: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iZ2VhLdqscu6lXk.html

@@314299 U.S. Army basic rifle marksmanship standard. The target is a 4 M.O.A. black silhouette. I cannot tell you what standard was called for in the production of each service rifle. What we are trained to in the U.S. Army is 2-3 M.O.A. I want to say the CMP (Civillian Marksmanship Program) stated the M1 Garand was 5.5 M.O.A. at rack grade.

4 M.O.A supported, to be clear. The newer kneeling and standing is 16 M.O.A. equivalent.