Hi all:

New here. I am not in Canadaicon but my boss is from Canada, I just shot a pilot for a new show this Summer in Ottawa so it seemed like a refreshing choice to join a Canadian board.

I have a typical 1937 K. Kale Turkishicon Mauser in decent, but not great condition. At the same time I bought the Turkish Mauser, I was able to buy about 1,000 rounds of 1950s Yugoicon 8mm ammo on strippers. The one time I tried to fire this ammo, it seemed that my old (I understand that most of the Turkish Mausers are actually from the era of Gallipoli, not the late 1930s) Mauser's firing pin spring was not up to the task, it was igniting about 3 out 5 rounds, on average.

While I like the Turk, it is rather long. It is the same with my Mosins, I hardly ever shoot my 91/30s and always shoot my M44s, carbine length rifles appeal to me much more than long, long rifles. I have discovered that the primers in the 50s Yugo are notoriously hard and the firing pin spring in my Turk is probably tired after almost 90 years. I paid U.S. $250.00 for the Turk with a nice bayonet. I can probably sell it for a little more than I paid for it and here in the U.S., an almost new, pristine M48A or 24/47 can be had for about $300.00. So do I stick with the Turk, buy a new Wolf firing pin spring for it and then discover that maybe it will ignite all of this Yugo 8mm, or do I sell it and buy a much newer, shorter, carbine-like length M48A or 24/47, which has a better chance of having a strong enough firing pin to ignite this stubborn ammo?

I have some that much newer M75 "Sniper" ammo and the Turk shoots fine with it so I know it is the 50s Yugo primers and the probable weak firing pin spring. I don't have any particular attachment to the Turk and yes, I would rather have a nice RC98 or 98K but those are pretty expensive here, while the M48s seems like a bargain.

What to do?

Thanks,

Capy
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