8mm Mauser projectiles...

PTHEIM

Okay,
I have a pile of spent 8mm Berdan primed shell cases and want to link them into a belt for a friend so they can mount them on the wall of their "gun room".

I can get MG 34/42 50rd belt sections and starter tabs from Sarco Inc @ $5.95 ea./shipping.

I'm looking for the projectiles. I'd like wood or plastic training rounds if possible.

Does anyone know a source where I can buy them??

I don't see the expense of using good rounds for decoration as I will not be adding powder or primers to these reloads.

Any ideas, guys?

wpage

If you are handy you could fabricate out of wood dowls or plugs. Hammer into casing grind to form dip in brass or copper paint for look.

beantownshootah

I think you may run into a problem here in that 8mm wood or plastic bullets are so specialized that even if you can locate a good source, they're likely to cost more than actual military surplus ammo, eg:

http://www.thedealershowroom.com/catalog/item/1275214/6771209.htm

You can probably turn your own "bullets" from sections of dowel, but it may not be worth your time to do it.

Loaded surplus 8mm ammo still costs only about $0.30 per round or less.

At that price, its probably going to be cheaper for you to buy 100 rounds of live ammo, and pull the bullets to reload into your dummies, rather than find and load up plastic or wood bullets.

Actual bullets in the dummies should look nicer than fake ones, plus you might be able to find a use for the primed cases and powder!

PTHEIM

quote:Originally posted by beantownshootah
Loaded surplus 8mm ammo still costs only about $0.30 per round or less.

At that price, its probably going to be cheaper for you to buy 100 rounds of live ammo, and pull the bullets to reload into your dummies, rather than find and load up plastic or wood bullets.

Actual bullets in the dummies should look nicer than fake ones, plus you might be able to find a use for the primed cases and powder!




And this is why we need experts.[;)]

Saving powder and primed cases would save in steps for reloading for hunting rounds. I didn't think of that before.[B)]

Thanks, beantoenshootah, I have been having a retard moment allllll week, well since last friday anyway.

v35

Drill 1/8 holes in side of loaded rounds, shake out powder and squirt penetrating oil into holes of standing rounds to kill primers.
Use very thin oil as Berdan primed cases have small holes.
Locate the holes so they would be hidden in the belt.

Horse Plains Drifter

I agree with Beantown.