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8mm

xfirexfire Member Posts: 120 ✭✭✭
edited December 2001 in General Discussion
shot 8mm 50 time s in 10 minutesthen one blew thruogh primer is it old ammo or bad gun or ?
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  • b0400879b0400879 Member Posts: 256 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    before throwin' the ammo away.......disassemble the bolt & check the tip of your striker (firing pin) for sharp edges/abnormal wear. should be showing a full radius with no deformation.hope dis helpsbest,joey
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  • xfirexfire Member Posts: 120 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    thanks
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    I've had primers blow through many times over the thousands of surplus 8mm I've shot (especially Turk). Don't worry about it, the 98 Mauser action is so safe that even complete case failure would be unlikely to cause injury (though I surely wouldn't want to experience it!). What gas comes back through the busted primer isn't a major factor. That being said, it is possible it is the gun; do as the previous post advises.
    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conference in 1899.
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