Surplus 8mm Mauser

Travis Bickle

Travis Bickle

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Alright; again I am seeking out 8mm surplus military ammo.

No dealers are importing or selling for reasons unknown. That and Marstar has informed me they have tons "offshore" and to wait just a bit longer :bangHead:

Is there anyone out there with a stockpile in their basement willing to part with some for a fair price and shipping on me of course? lol

This drought is killing me.
 
Travis Bickle said:
Is there anyone out there with a stockpile in their basement willing to part with some for a fair price and shipping on me of course? lol
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What do you define a "fair price" to be?

cdqxyy said:
And the stuff that is available right now is way over priced!!!!!
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What is the going rate these days? Seeing as how it is the only game in town, the sellers can charge whatever they want. While it sucks, supply and demand rules apply.

It is situations like this that drove me to invest in reloading gear.

Mark
 
mmattockx said:
What do you define a "fair price" to be?



What is the going rate these days? Seeing as how it is the only game in town, the sellers can charge whatever they want. While it sucks, supply and demand rules apply.

It is situations like this that drove me to invest in reloading gear.

Mark
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A fair price to me would be anything cheaper than expensive high quality hunting ammo which is all that is available at almost all retailers at the moment hence "surplus".
Do you have any you would be willing to part with or are you just picking threads apart?
 
Surplus prices are determined by availability, and since 8mm has not seen any large scale military use in decades there isn't much "surplus" to be found. It's going to be hard to find any 8mm factory made/military surplus ammo for less than $1.25 - $1.50 a pop.
 
"...track down whatever last remnants are within my locality..." You likely already have.
"...No dealers are importing..." NRCAN won't let it in if it has corrosive primers.
Prvi is loading 198 grain FMJBT's. Haven't a clue who might have it down your way though.
 
sunray said:
"...No dealers are importing..." NRCAN won't let it in if it has corrosive primers.
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Are you 100% sure on that? if this is true how do we have the thousands upon thousands of rounds of Czech surplus 7.62x39 or the Russian 7.62x54r that Marstar recently brought in. This ammo was imported legally and is most definitely corrosive.
 
ArtyMan said:
Are you 100% sure on that? if this is true how do we have the thousands upon thousands of rounds of Czech surplus 7.62x39 or the Russian 7.62x54r that Marstar recently brought in. This ammo was imported legally and is most definitely corrosive.
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And let's not forget the freshly arrived Czech 7.62x25 surp! It all seems to be ok'd
 
I am considering starting to reload mostly because of lack of Mauser 8mm ammo... anyone that has surplus will try to sell it for more than a dollar a round which is expensive IMHO, when you can get hunting rounds for 1.25-1.50 i finally got my hands on some reasonable priced 8mm but was only able to get a couple hundred rounds. i will definitely be keeping all the brass.
 
ArtyMan said:
Are you 100% sure on that? if this is true how do we have the thousands upon thousands of rounds of Czech surplus 7.62x39 or the Russian 7.62x54r that Marstar recently brought in. This ammo was imported legally and is most definitely corrosive.
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my understanding is that is has to do with mercury in the primers...
 
I'm offering trading up quantities of 8mm mauser surplus for .338 Lapua Mag which I have no use for anymore. I have aprox. 30 rounds.
How does that sound to anyone out there hoarding?
Contact me if this grabs your interest.
I heard something as well about the reason it causes so much of a problem being the mercury salts in the primer.
 
I got into 8mm late last year and love the caliber. I've been buying good commercial loads for a few months and stocking up on brass. I have the dies, primers, powder and ready to go with loads when I have enough casings. Short of this, I'd love to see some good prices on ammo. I'd like to try some MFS in 8mm, even if not a long term solution. At the end of the day, it costs less to reload.
 
ArtyMan said:
Are you 100% sure on that? if this is true how do we have the thousands upon thousands of rounds of Czech surplus 7.62x39 or the Russian 7.62x54r that Marstar recently brought in. This ammo was imported legally and is most definitely corrosive.
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Because Marstar started that process several years ago.

It isn't worthwhile bringing in small quantities of surplus, and in many cases it is impossible, because to do it, you need full cooperation of the original manufacturer. The manufacturer has to release chemical composition of primer and powder, along with production quality control records.

Also, if you don't want your "investment" in the NRCAN testing process to go to waste, you need to buy/tie up all of that particular batch of surplus, so in a couple years, IF it is eventually approved, you can then bring it into the country.
 
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