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Does anyone know where I can source approx. 300 rds of commercial, modern production, .30 Mauser (7.63 x 25mm).

We have a museum piece that will be fired, and recorded, if we can find a reliable source for the ammunition.

If anyone has any ideas, please contribute to the thread.

Thanks
 
You can buy brass from rustywood trading if you wanted to load your own. Not sure how old the gun in question is but you can get your self lower pressues then factory ammo koading your self
 
DO NOT USE S&B AMMO IN YOUR "MUSEUM PIECE", OR ANY OTHER MAUSER FOR THAT MATTER. If you do the research you will find that both S&B, and their re-boxed Winchester, is some of the hottest 7.62/7.63x25 ammo available. And that's including all the "Hot Tokarev SMG" ammo that everyone warns about (that doesn't even exist)!
 
I am aware that these ctges are available from various manufacturers. What I do not currently have is someone in Canada with stock.

I have tried various dealers and importers. I do not need suggestions on who to call, I want to know if you know of someone with stock.

This purchase is for a Base Museum and will have to go through purchasing.

We are not permitted to roll our own, though that would likely be the easiest way to get the results we need. We require commercial new manufacture for liability reasons.
 
Light Infantry said:
Ok, I will call a few dealers for you. On second thought, let me get in my car and drive to the dealers and physically check for you. Holy F'ing hell.:rolleyes:
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Your reading comprehension seems to be a little low. The original post was very clear that I am only looking for a known source. Not suggestions on who to call. If you have seen the ammo in stock somewhere, then please feel free to offer that business name. If not, please do not assume that I'm lazy or incompetent and suggest things that have already been done.
 
Petrock said:
Your reading comprehension seems to be a little low. The original post was very clear that I am only looking for a known source. Not suggestions on who to call. If you have seen the ammo in stock somewhere, then please feel free to offer that business name. If not, please do not assume that I'm lazy or incompetent and suggest things that have already been done.
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What an attitude for someone seeking help.
 
After reading this thread, It dawned on me the conclusion.
Its not the pressure or dimensions of the cartridge that kills C96 broomhandles, Its steel cased ammo that does that.
OP. If you can get yourself some Russian 7.62 tok with brass cases your broomhandle will handle it without issues. Steel cased ammo is the stuff that damages bolts and deforms chambers. C96 was issued to be used with brass cased ammo, 7.62x25 is the same round only constructed with cheaper components like steel. Find some surplus 7.62x25 ammo made with brass components and just shoot your C96, nothing bad will happen to it. Just clean it after with soapy water and lube after.
Enjoy.
 
Replace the recoil spring on your museum piece, at the very least, before you fire it.

Wolff and Numrich sell them
 
gewehr76 said:
After reading this thread, It dawned on me the conclusion.
Its not the pressure or dimensions of the cartridge that kills C96 broomhandles, Its steel cased ammo that does that.
OP. If you can get yourself some Russian 7.62 tok with brass cases your broomhandle will handle it without issues. Steel cased ammo is the stuff that damages bolts and deforms chambers. C96 was issued to be used with brass cased ammo, 7.62x25 is the same round only constructed with cheaper components like steel. Find some surplus 7.62x25 ammo made with brass components and just shoot your C96, nothing bad will happen to it. Just clean it after with soapy water and lube after.
Enjoy.
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Nonsense.
FYI, the Germans produced tons of steel-cased 7.63 ammo for the C96 both before and during WWII.
 
Had these at an LGS near one of my clients. Must be older stock as the copper is a bit dull and the boxes were 26.95 each! Probably should pick up the rest of the boxes.


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gewehr76 said:
I guess that explains it why majority of C96 broomhandles have bolt failures and in bad conditions.
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Where do you get your BS info.........garbageinfo.com???
1. The majority of C96 Mausers, that are still taken to the range, shoot just fine.
B. A pistol in bad condition (over shot, corrosive ammo not cleaned, useless springs, unrepaired previous damage, etc), will possibly fail no matter what ammo you use.
III. A large number of the C96s in circulation (many that guys have trouble with) were poor condition junk that came out of China, often with one or more of the issues listed above.
4. If you have no real knowledge about a subject, perhaps you should read, listen, and learn before spouting useless crap from the internet.
 
jonnyc said:
Where do you get your BS info.........garbageinfo.com???
1. The majority of C96 Mausers, that are still taken to the range, shoot just fine.
B. A pistol in bad condition (over shot, corrosive ammo not cleaned, useless springs, unrepaired previous damage, etc), will possibly fail no matter what ammo you use.
III. A large number of the C96s in circulation (many that guys have trouble with) were poor condition junk that came out of China, often with one or more of the issues listed above.
4. If you have no real knowledge about a subject, perhaps you should read, listen, and learn before spouting useless crap from the internet.
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No need to get your panties in the nut here over this. However let me educate you a bit on common sense on what ammo to use in your firearms.
Steel has been and always will be harder than brass. If you don't know this, then you have a gap in your knowledge. No matter what kind of firearm we can take, its action will get destroyed faster by steel cased ammo than brass cased. Steel cased ammo usually loaded hotter, because it can take higher pressure than brass.

So now turn your common sense here before yelling BS and compare 2 simple steel objects one was constantly acted upon by steel and the other by brass, which one will have less damage?
Steel on brass or steel on steel? Steel on brass of course, its common sense.

To get back on C96 topic and its ammo, 7.63x25 and 7.62x25 were the same cartridge, right up until some accountant at the ammo factory decided to save costs. Brass is expensive to throw away. So let’s make steel cases and use steel in bullet construction, it’s cheaper, it’s only common sense. Yes its common sense, but delicate action of broom handle was not meant to be used with steel cases, when it was designed brass was material for ammo cases not steel. Therefore use of steel cases in C96 is damaging and lead to failures.

So now you can go back to gunboards, to US or Israel, wherever you came from and tell everyone that its common sense to use brass cased ammo in firearm that was designed and manufactured in era when no one heard of steel cases.
 
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