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Post by antony35 on Nov 17, 2010 14:21:19 GMT -5
Prvi Partizan Ammunition 8x57mm Mauser (8mm Mauser) 196 Grain . would you folks tell me how is this on big game .
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Post by smokepole50 on Nov 17, 2010 22:27:51 GMT -5
If your rifle will shoot it accurately then it will probably be just fine. I have not killed anything with Prvi ammo but I do shoot Prvi ammo and I reload Prvi bullets in a 9.3x57 and 9.3x62 Mauser. There are several people over at Gunboards in the Swedish area that hunt with the 9.3x57 and x62 and use 285gr Prvi bullets. They report that the Prvi penetrates well and holds together very good on deer and elk so I would think the 196gr 8mm Prvi bullet would work good as well.
Smokepole
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Post by antony35 on Nov 18, 2010 21:20:49 GMT -5
helo smokepole , thanks for the advise . my gun shoots good with surplus ammo yugo . at 100 yards see the atached picture of the target .
whe i got this gun , it was shooting the same ammo at 50 yards all over the target . dave d on this board advice to lap the barrel . i was planing to rebarrel it . so i tried to make an experiment on the barrel . i soaked the barrel with hopes solvent . and use brasso metal polish to lap the barrel . and i crowned the barrel . the result was amazing . so now i am not rebarelling it plans to keep it . i have an idea of reloading . i am new to reloading , befor esteping into reloading i am studying how to do so .
antony
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Post by toosensitive on Dec 11, 2010 10:22:23 GMT -5
I have several K98's and found lots of Mil surplus out there, rather old batches though and every now and then a case would rupture. (Yugo 1955). All FMJ - no good for hunting. Cost is pretty high on new brass so I cut and resize 30-06 cases. Works great. I pull the old bullets out of the surplus to save some money. There are several companies/dealers that sell hunting ammo for 8mm Cheaper Than Dirt maybe. It's out there but pricey. Reloading is the way to go. My rifles like 196 gr and have reloaded 150? grain for funzies.
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Post by cheesehead on Dec 11, 2010 13:22:49 GMT -5
I have several K98's and found lots of Mil surplus out there, rather old batches though and every now and then a case would rupture. (Yugo 1955). All FMJ - no good for hunting. Cost is pretty high on new brass so I cut and resize 30-06 cases. Works great. I pull the old bullets out of the surplus to save some money. There are several companies/dealers that sell hunting ammo for 8mm Cheaper Than Dirt maybe. It's out there but pricey. Reloading is the way to go. My rifles like 196 gr and have reloaded 150? grain for funzies. |
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Post by rjhans53 on Dec 12, 2010 17:30:33 GMT -5
the 170 partizan shoots well in my rifles. One is still 8 x 57 but the other is the original barrel, I just reamed it to a 8-06. The 185 rems shoot pretty decent (2-3.5" @ 100) but the 170's shoot a bunch better in the 1 1/2" range.
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