Swedish ordnance engineers came up with a cost effective alternative and in 1937 they adopted the M38 Swedish Mauser. Vintage 1896 Swedish Mauser Military Rifle Leather Sling W/Hook. Original Swedish Mauser Sling Clip Adapter. We are always finding new goodies and Waffenamted items for our customers. Some people have problems, some don't.Hover to zoom.

The reviews of the HotShot on SGAmmo reflect this. Some folks have reported these are oversized, and had problems clambering them, I know a guy who bought a couple cases to run in his MG34 and they wouldn't chamber, same stuff ran fine in a MG42.

It is sold through a few channels, the 'Hot Shot' mentioned above (Hot Shot is a Century brand I believe), it is also available from Midway as 'PW Arms ()' and from the arseholes at Sportsmans Guide unbranded (). There is also ammo coming out of Romania, new manufacture (rather than surplus) but appears to be the same specs as the Romanian Surplus when it was available. Unfortunately it is the soft point and not the ball, but it should still shoot fine, and the brass is still good. The Wolf Gold linked above is also good stuff, the conventional internet wisdom is that it is made by Privi Partizan, and is really the only way to get their 8x57IS ammo in the U.S. I don't know what China used for ammo, I don't see any mention in Ball's book about ammo specifications. That looks like a pretty good price for it as well, 50Вў/round is better than I remember seeing it. The Sniper stuff linked above uses the same bullet, just held to higher tolerances. Yeah, the Yugo stuff was essentially the German 1933 Patron s.S, 197gr FMJBT at a little under 2500 FPS. That would be the original Yugo ammo, it doesn't get any closer than that. The best answer is to reload (same rifle, same day): Seller & Belot and Norma both make a few 196 loads at ~2600 FPS, but availability is spotty, and while the price on the S&B is decent, the Norma stuff is up in the $2.50/round neighborhood. Nosler has a 200gr AccuBond or Partition at 2475 fps, and a 180gr Ballistic tip at 2600 FPS, but they are really proud of them, at about $2.50 per round. Hornady and Nosler seem to be the only US folks making 'real' 8x57 ammo, Hornady has two options, a 195 hunting bullet and a 196 gr match, both 2500 FPS, which is pretty close to the original military load. Federal's only option is even wimpier 170gr 2250 FPS. Remington's and Winchester's only offerings is 170 gr 2360fps. Naturally, they only sell the wimpy stuff in the US. For example, the '8x57' IS 198 gr FMJ is 2425 FPS, (essentially the 1934+ military load), but the '8MM Mauser' 198 gr FMJ is only 2180 FPS. Privi Partisan actually makes both, if you look at their online catalog, they have entries for both '8MM Mauser' and '8x57 IS', with the latter having a higher velocity for the same bullet. Generally, what you can get in the US is '8MM Mauser', and it the anemic SAMMI spec.

To further muddy the waters, '8x57 IS' is often written as '8x57 JS, evidently because the Germans used a Gothic script, and the I looked like a J. For commercial stuff Privi makes decent ammo with good reloadable brass, but the stuff they sell here is underpowered.Д«ackground: There are two specifications for what we call 8mm Mauser, the US SAMMI spec '8MM Mauser', which has a max pressure of 35K psi, and the CIP '8x57 IS' which has a max pressure of ~56K psi.

Any of those will work, but all of them are underpowered.

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