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turkish ammo

ac4142

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has anyone had any problems with the 1940s turkish 8mm ammo? i hear it is very hot loads.
 
It won't, but you might find the accuracy lacking due to the less than optimal bullet weight. 154 grain Turk works well in the long barreled rifles (like my 98/22), but you'll probably find better accuracy with 196-198 grain ammo.

Pat
 
I have shot a lot of the Turk 154grain ammo.

It is fairly hot ammo, the brass is quite brittle and may split and lastly the primers require a HARD strike or it will misfire. Clean your bolt and firing pin and you won't have a problem.

I wound up pulling down 700 rounds of it and reloaded it into winchester cases. It uses a very good german flake powder originally loaded at about 46grains.

I did some testing and my K98K's and my G98-40 like 41 grains for optimal accuracy but at 39grains I have really good accuracy and the lighter recoil is easier on my rifles.

I also use the powder to make some nice shooting cheap pulled 150grain 30-06 loads for my 1917 & 03-A3 those I load at 42grains of powder.
 

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