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Turkish 8MM Mauser - very consistent

dclocodcloco Member Posts: 2,967
edited February 2006 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
Ran some Turkish 8MM Mauser through the chronograph. Only thing I can say...is WOW!

Low - 2804 fps
High - 2823 fps

Total of five shots.
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  • richbugrichbug Member Posts: 3,650
    edited November -1
    Velocity is consistant, their bullets leave something to be desired. They crimped in the canalure, in the process deformed many of the bullet jackets. That being said, it is a lot of bang for the buck. I paid $60/1400 for what I have here.
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  • Bill CostikBill Costik Member Posts: 1,845 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hey Richbug where did ya find a deal like that?
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  • richbugrichbug Member Posts: 3,650
    edited November -1
    Gunshow, I sold the crates for $10 each, about $50 worth of stripper clips per case went bye bye one Ebay. So the ammo was basically free.
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  • sandwarriorsandwarrior Member Posts: 5,453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The Turk stuff I've shot runs hot. 2960-2980 out of my Turk T-38. It does about 2920-2930 out of my Yugo though.
    Strange as both barrels are 1-10" twist. The Turk puts them into a 3-4" group and the Yugo puts them into 4-5" groups. Most of the Turk stuff I still have is '41 and '42.
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  • PearywPearyw Member Posts: 3,699
    edited November -1
    I found the Turk ammo did better in my Turk and Spanish 98 Mausers. It also didn't do as well in my Yugo 48 as some Yugo surplus ammo I have.
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  • roysclockgunroysclockgun Member Posts: 310 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I pulled the bullets on a number of Turk rounds and re-inserted commercial SP bullets, after re-weighing and adjusting the propellant charge. For what it cost, the stuff is great, even for deer hunting if reworked as I described. I had hand-picked a Yugo Mauser for grouping at the range, and gave it to my nephew, complete with plastic stock and no tap scope mount with 4X scope. He loves the thing because no one else in the deer camp had anything like it. The Turk ammo that I reworked took his deer on the second day of the hunt. One shot at 85 yards with nice through and through wound that would have left a clear blood trail, but was un-neccessary as the deer was anchored by his hit. Of course, I instructed him on how to clean up after using corrosive ammo.
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  • sandwarriorsandwarrior Member Posts: 5,453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    roysclockgun,

    what bullets did you use and where did you keep the powder weight at?
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  • roysclockgunroysclockgun Member Posts: 310 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    sandwarrior, I am in Florida and all my load data is in Maryland. I hesitate to quote from memory. I do not believe that you can go wrong, if you use a slightly lighter SP bullet to replace the FMJ in the Turk ammo and reduce the load two grains and then work back up, as we usually do.
    Just pulling out the FMJ bullet to suit my chamber, in terms of OAL, really helped accuracy and was good for practice rounds. Sometimes in that old ammo the bullet needs to just be loosened a bit, in the throat to improve accuracy.
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