![]() ![]() Remington makes good ammo, though their 8mm Mauser is considered underloaded by European standards, the brass is "finest kind". If you want reloadable brass, Norma makes fine quality sporting ammo, (at "fine quality prices -not cheap). If you just want something that goes bang, steel cased works, so does any milsurp, use whatever you can find. ![]() IF I ever have to "issue" out one of my 8mms to arm a friend/neighbor in an emergency, a bandolier of that stuff will go with it. Have a few bandoliers of Turkish stuff (mfg date unknown) that is brass cased. This ammo "ain't fer shootin', its just fer lookin at." I know the Germans used both brass and steel cases, during the war, and I find it interesting that apparently they began producing steel cased 8mm (at least) BEFORE wartime demands "forced" the use of steel cases. Dark green color cases, magnet sticks to them. I have a few boxes of 1939 German ammo, and, interestingly its STEEL cased. If you can find a quantity of cheap milsurp ammo, snap it up, its almost all gone, and won't ever be coming back. The days of cheap milsurp 8mm ammo are just about gone, if not already. ![]() The days of decent, cheap milsurp 8mm ammo are GONE. ![]()
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