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This is really getting tiresome...
jonk
Member Posts: 10,121
I bought a box of .318 diameter Mauser 8mm I bore ammo a few months back for my Gew.88 from Old western Scrounger and paid a bloody fortune. It sure looks nice- but it don't work! Every round, save for 3, was a dud. The primer fires, but not the powder. The primer is enough to push the bullet into the bore, which then has to be pounded out. Also, powder is sprayed all over the bolt and chamber, necessitating a thorough cleaning before the gun can be operated again. After pulling a few bullets, I found a congealed mass of powder (they used some sort of fine ball stuff, like BLC2 or a similar granulation) at the base of the case. The powder on top of this was fine, but this wad of hardened, greenish, decayed powder was preventing ignition. Having reloaded a lot, I know what the trouble is. They full length sized their cases with a lot of spray lube like Hornady's, then primed and loaded when the inside of the case was still wet. Result: dead powder over the primer. For that matter, even with this goop in the case, the thing would probably fire, but the primer may have been weakened by the wetness too. I can pull the rest of the bullets and reload myself, once I get the stuff, but jeesh, at $35/20, you'd expect every round to work like Gold Dot. I can't return it either, as I dont' have the reciept- bought it months back and just now am trying it. So don't buy any ammo from OWS!!
Topic two: I have been told that I bore Mauser in .318 can be reloaded with standard dies with a different expander. Is this true? I can't see how it could be, as the die body itself would have to squeeze the case down more than the standard die does.
"...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 Conf
Topic two: I have been told that I bore Mauser in .318 can be reloaded with standard dies with a different expander. Is this true? I can't see how it could be, as the die body itself would have to squeeze the case down more than the standard die does.
"...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 Conf