Just joined. I'm still somewhat perplexed by the info on 7.92 Mauser FMJ ammo I've read here and at other sites.
I've had Mauser military rifles for many years and until the last few years never had an issues finding ammo. I hadn't looked much in the last years as I had lots of Yugo ammo and still have about 100 rds of 1950 or 60's Yugo brass FMJ.
Recently at an Atlanta gun show I bought a couple 20 rd boxes of Romanian that says 8x57 JS Mauser w/ Lacquered steel case, 170 grain. I specifically asked if it was useable in WW2 German military 7.92 weapons. Yes, I was told. I took it to my indoor range's rifle range and tried it in my Mauser 98k and K43.
In the 98K it would chamber but the bolt would not turn down. I tried 6 or 7 different rds. Then I tried my brass case old Yugo 7.92 and it loaded & fired perfectly. Next I loaded 5 rds of the Romanian in the semi-auto K43. The rds would in most cases not chamber from the mag. It seemed the rd's bullet would hit the top of the entry poiont into the chamber. Oddly after trying it with different loads in the 10 rd mag it did fire 1 rd and then jammed again, again and again. Is the issue the lacquered steel case ?
I guess my question is what 7.92 do I need to by online for FMJ ammo. That Romanian stuff is all over the internet. I do see some other, old Iranian and new Yugo or is it Serbian. I think "Partizan" or something like that. I just need to know for example that "Partizan" or some other is OK. I want FMJ. I can buy expensive hunting soft nose but don't want that for putting holes in paper !
Can anyone steer me right ?
I've had Mauser military rifles for many years and until the last few years never had an issues finding ammo. I hadn't looked much in the last years as I had lots of Yugo ammo and still have about 100 rds of 1950 or 60's Yugo brass FMJ.
Recently at an Atlanta gun show I bought a couple 20 rd boxes of Romanian that says 8x57 JS Mauser w/ Lacquered steel case, 170 grain. I specifically asked if it was useable in WW2 German military 7.92 weapons. Yes, I was told. I took it to my indoor range's rifle range and tried it in my Mauser 98k and K43.
In the 98K it would chamber but the bolt would not turn down. I tried 6 or 7 different rds. Then I tried my brass case old Yugo 7.92 and it loaded & fired perfectly. Next I loaded 5 rds of the Romanian in the semi-auto K43. The rds would in most cases not chamber from the mag. It seemed the rd's bullet would hit the top of the entry poiont into the chamber. Oddly after trying it with different loads in the 10 rd mag it did fire 1 rd and then jammed again, again and again. Is the issue the lacquered steel case ?
I guess my question is what 7.92 do I need to by online for FMJ ammo. That Romanian stuff is all over the internet. I do see some other, old Iranian and new Yugo or is it Serbian. I think "Partizan" or something like that. I just need to know for example that "Partizan" or some other is OK. I want FMJ. I can buy expensive hunting soft nose but don't want that for putting holes in paper !
Can anyone steer me right ?