8mm Yugoslav ammo

[Aragorn243]

I'm looking for inexpensive ammo for my new K98. Cheapest I've found is '50's era Yugoslav manufacture. Stored in the usual tins it looks Ok.

I seem to recall reading somewhere that an individual had some issues with the main charge not going off with some type of ammo and I was thinking this might be it. I can't find the thread anymore, probably not on this site.

Anyone have any experience with the stuff?

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[Skip]

Yugo has hard primers and I sometime have to recock and it fires on the second time.

[nimrod]

Some has also split cases near the head, a bad situation. It finally happened to me; a case split lengthwise for about the lower third, then across the base to the primer pocket. That made a believer out of me-I was wearing glasses and the K98 handled the escaping gas like it should have, but I still had to disassemble the bolt and wash it out along with the inside of the receiver (everything the corrosive primer gas touched). The remaining rounds of that lot got pulled down and reloaded into new cases with a slightly reduced and more consistent powder charge.

[gunner]

I dont like the old Yugo ammo. The new ones are good and non corrosive.

Regards

Gunner

[jmoore]

I had a bunch of the '50s vintage stuff- traded most off for 70's and 80's vintage Yugoslav (3 for 2) and shot the rest out of an MG34- in which it worked perfectly...The owner of the '34 was shooting the same stuff w/o dramas as well. I guess it just depends on the individual lots and how it was stored.

[Aragorn243]

I found some newer Romanian stuff that looks pretty good for the same price the 50's ammo was selling for.

[wizzegun]

I run 50's Yugo thru my Yugo M53...seems fitting. It's sure fire except when you switch to rifles. The deep primer seat and hard primer combo lets you work on your flinching, that's for sure. Always goes on the 2nd try. A new stiffer firing pin spring helped my Turk Mauser but it still only runs Yugo 80%.

I did run Romanian thru the M53 and discovered I had slamfire issues. Damn crappy light primers! So now the Yugo stays with the Yugo and everything else gets the "good stuff."

[infidel]

I've put about 400 rounds through my FN 49 without a hiccup. If I could buy another crate I would.

[Rob]

50's Yugo is good ammo just has the hard primers.If you have problems you may need to put in heavier firing pin spring.70's and 80's Yugo is better but still corrosive and hard to find.Romy is good too but also corrosive

[Mk VII]

two 11 * 54 Yugoslavian ones from the same bag that split on firing:-