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8MM AMMO
Rosie
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I don't know a lot about 8mm. I believe it's 7.92x57 and has about the same punch as 30.06, correct?
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I know its probably a stupid question but oh well. Ive been called worse than stupid, and that was tonight.
The wooden bullets are for blanks.
Looks like .25/round on the auction side. A few are asking .30/round but I have not seen it sell at that price.
The wooden bullets are for blanks.
I was told it was from ww2 that they spintered when entering body and really messed people up. Its a 8mm round with a wooden tip instead of lead.
Wood is so light, compared to lead, that it would not carry downrange very well.
I wouldn't want to get hit with a wooden bullet at 10 feet, I am sure it would splinter and cause massive wounds.
But, at 100 yards it probably would bounce off.
The Swedes made lots of wooden bullets, they had a special wooden bullet catcher that screwed on to the muzzle to catch, and fragment the bullet in practice. Ruined a lot of Swede Mausers by threading the muzzle for that damn wooden bullet catcher, and I have two of them.
That seemed to be the ceiling. When I tried $20.00 no one bought.
Not ideal for a K98k but good blasting ammo.
Wulfmann
"Fools learn from their own mistakes. I learn from the mistakes of others"
Otto von Bismarck
Two years ago I bought a box of 10 bandos from an outfit in Johnson City Tennessee, $38 out the door for 700 rounds.
They told me the stuff came in in big shipping containers, each container had over 1,000 pounds of Turk ammo in it. They had to unload the containers from the truck with a fork lift.
They still had 3 unopened containers in the back of the store.
The country was awash in cheap Turk ammo a few years ago, those days are gone.
I remember when Wideners jumped the price from $59.99 a tin of 900 Yugo to $89.99. They usually got $69.99 but weren't selling much so dropped ten bucks off.
I bought a couple but why keep it around when it will always be cheap and available???
With thinking like that its a good thing I don't play Wall Street!!
Wulfmann
"Fools learn from their own mistakes. I learn from the mistakes of others"
Otto von Bismarck
Although I don't shoot it much, its a hoot to shoot! I ended up sporterizing the rifle, bent bolt & scoped, shortened the barrel to 20" and its pretty handy now ... how many people can brag about having a centerfire rifle and 2,000 rounds of ammo for less than $250!
? otherwise, you'll find an excuse.
Sorry dont mean to hyjack your thread, you just reminded me. I have a few 8 mm wooden bullets. Someone, I dont remember who said they were illeagle cause you cant do bullistics with them. Is this true?
"Someone (I don't remember who)" is Full of Chit
The wood bullets come in a couple types, training blanks and Grenade blanks (that's the reason for the various colors, to tell them apart). The bullets tend to splinter in the rifling and those that don't shatter just past the muzzle. The Sweed muzzle device was intended to cut the bullet to insure fragmentation (again it was used as a practice device).
BTW, A lot of countries (including the US) used wood bullet blanks.
quote:Originally posted by chiligunguy
Sorry dont mean to hyjack your thread, you just reminded me. I have a few 8 mm wooden bullets. Someone, I dont remember who said they were illeagle cause you cant do bullistics with them. Is this true?
"Someone (I don't remember who)" is Full of Chit
The wood bullets come in a couple types, training blanks and Grenade blanks (that's the reason for the various colors, to tell them apart). The bullets tend to splinter in the rifling and those that don't shatter just past the muzzle. The Sweed muzzle device was intended to cut the bullet to insure fragmentation (again it was used as a practice device).
BTW, A lot of countries (including the US) used wood bullet blanks.
Thanks for the info!! Always learning something huh. I think it was the guy who sold me the tin of ammo that told me all the horse hocky, most of tin had reg 8mm but had about 10 or so wooden.
I also have 30-06. some military and some commercial. I have about 2/3 of a 50 cal can. Is it worth anything or just better to keep it?
Keep it. Use it for a barter trade. Never know when you will get a deal on a 06' and then not have any ammo. It ain't getting any cheaper.