8mm ammo for K98 availability

[CanadianAR]

Just a heads up for safety:

The WW2 German Steel Case Ammo can and will corrode and rust from the inside out, just like a rusty old sewer pipe, depending on how it was stored. It wasn't meant to last for 70+ years. Some are good, some are bad, and some you just don't know.

I'll take some pics of some I bought a few years back.

Typically German steel cased ammo was lacquered inside and out until 44. the 44 and 45 dated stuff may not have been lacquered inside which leads to rust and unsafe cartridges.

I actually fired a steel cased 40 dated German cartridge yesterday by mistake, and it was powerful as hell, but no corrosion at all inside.

 

[Coyote Ugly]

I have some that are eaten right our on the sides from corrosion and still in the original boxes.

Typically German steel cased ammo was lacquered inside and out until 44. the 44 and 45 dated stuff may not have been lacquered inside which leads to rust and unsafe cartridges.

I actually fired a steel cased 40 dated German cartridge yesterday by mistake, and it was powerful as hell, but no corrosion at all inside.

 

[CanadianAR]

Interesting. Dates on the cases? I know guys who shoot a #### pile of german 8mm still and they typically shoot pre 44. And they run it in mgs.