8x56R Military Surplus
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Price varies widely at gun shows. Some people just want rid of it, some want to retire on a small batch, and everything in between. Somewhere around $1 a round and up. It will sell at $1, for sure. I have some, but I would be asking $2 - IF it was to be sold.
Isn't that the debate eh.
I have a bunch of brass now and a mold for 0.329 bullets, looking at powder coating too.
If the lead bullets shoot well then I should decide what I do with the 1938 military stuff. It is all in the original packs on original clips, but then again, where the heck would I ever get this stuff again?
Crazy that I do not want to shoot it due to the value but also really do not want to sell it, ha ha.
I see it at gunshows for 2/2.50$ a round, 10rd boxes on clips for 30/40$s these days. There is ppu ammo, but it doesnt come with the clips. I have seen people asking 5$/clip alone.
Personally I would keep 8/38 wollersdorf stuff, and sell any 1/38 or bulgarian - Hungarian stuff, unless I wanted some as collectables.
Personally I would keep 8/38 wollersdorf stuff, and sell any 1/38 or bulgarian - Hungarian stuff, unless I wanted some as collectables.
This is Bulgarian I think.
The clips are the hard to find item for sure, I hate posting things up in the EE for the "what I would sell it for" price, makes me seem low I guess. I saw 1 post on there for powder, unknown how long it had been sitting around, guy was asking $100/lb, blew my mind that anyone would even consider spending that.
I just checked it, I have some clips with the lion but all the ammo is packs is 1938 VIII with the eagle and swastika on clips with eagle and swastika.
I shoot my Mannlicher 8x56R fairly often and always use the Hungarian or Bulgarian surplus. It is utterly reliable and fairly accurate...not to mention relatively painful. I usually pick it up when I find boxes for USD10-12 per 10 round box, on the clips.. I have seen it up to $50 a box, but just chuckle and walk by.
Well that is the thing, it is almost to the price of selling 10rds for the price of buying 50 bullets. So if I want to shoot it more maybe I should sell it, buy more boxes brass and PPU bullets to feed it.
Where do you find it for $1 a shot? Have never seen it that cheap, the cheapest ever at a gun show around me was $20/10 and that was in the before times.
That's the price for it on chargers, in original boxes.
There was a bunch of it sold by International that was loose in wooden crates that held 2500 cartridges.
The original brass is not bad to reload. If you can find some Berdan primers you can cast bullets for it or bump up .323 bullets.
I found it easier to swage down 180-200 grain jacketed 338 bullets, using a die made up from an old reloading die and using my Rock Chucker press to push them through, after lubing of course.
.333 inch diameter bullets are available from Speer and will swage down easier.
Mold makers also sell 333 diameter molds which are almost perfect for most M95s right out of the mold and don't require resizing, only lube.
In truth, keeping the M95s fed is a pain in the butt.
You won't be chuckling much when it's all gone. It's getting very difficult to find at most shows and dealers don't have any.
I believe PPU was still making it but don't know if they still do.
Where are you finding 0.333 bullets? Speer has nothing listed, just 0.323 and 0.338.
I have lots of PPU and Graf brass now, hence the consideration to sell this stuff and buy components while components can still be had.
