8x57 Igman?

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Thinking of ordering from Districorp some 8x57 igman ammo.
Anyone use it here? Did you like it?
Just currious and some of you have been very helpful while others ....well

HHB

 

[Claven2]

I use it. It's of marginal quality, but the brass is great for reloading.

 

[Proutfoo]

I use it. It's of marginal quality, but the brass is great for reloading.

How -normal- is the flashhole on the 8x57? Is it crimped too?

I have 6.5x55 that after de-crimping, flashhole normalizing (read: drilling) and serious annealing, it is workable for me

Tough as nails once you beat it into submission

 

[Claven2]

I can't remember if it's crimped or not...? I have some ammo left somewhere but I;d have to go digging for it.

As I recall, the flash holes were acceptable. Maybe 1 in 10 needed re-centering. I never had to anneal it right away, but I anneal every few loading anyhow on most brass - just to extend case life.

 

[Paulinski]

What Claven said.

 

[Proutfoo]

I can't remember if it's crimped or not...? I have some ammo left somewhere but I;d have to go digging for it.

As I recall, the flash holes were acceptable. Maybe 1 in 10 needed re-centering. I never had to anneal it right away, but I anneal every few loading anyhow on most brass - just to extend case life.

what annealing method do you use?

With the Igman, I seem to have to anneal it once, neck-size, and re-anneal it again Then I can seat bullets with appropriate neck-tension.

The 6.5x55 brass at least seems to like to spring-back to its former self after resizing, and when you seat the bullet it sometimes does not hold it well afterwards, it can slide in and out rather easily; the second anneal seems to finally get rid of that. I am using the quasi-scientific "blowtorch-till-you-feel-the-heat-on-the-fingers" method...