No more 8mm mauser surplus?

**jpkotor** · October 11th, 2012, 12:39 AM

I haven't purchased 8mm mauser ammo in a few years. When I got my Yugo m24/47 a few years back I bought a few hundred rounds of Yugo 1950's surplus and a spam can of 1970's Romanian surplus for ~20c/rd. I moved from CA and left it all behind at my dad's place.

I was considering investing in a Yugo M76 now and decided to look up how much 8mm mauser surplus is going for... apparently it's not (I don't count the 1930's Iranian stuff I'd never put in my guns)

I can always get my dad to ship what I have in CA over to me I guess, but I'd hesitant to get the m76 if there isn't a surplus supply of 8mm... Esp. when 762x54r is still cheap and a PSL costs about the same as an M76.

Anyway, back to the original point. How long has good surplus 8mm been missing and does anyone have any clues about it ever coming back?

**Yellowfin** · October 11th, 2012, 12:47 AM

AIM Surplus had it forever but then I stopped seeing them have it about 6-8 months ago at least. I was really really tempted to grab up some for MG shoots in case I got the opportunity to shoot an MG42, but then it vanished right when I got that idea. Maybe drop them a line to see what they think about it resurfacing in the near future.

**USMC3531** · October 11th, 2012, 12:56 AM

Id get the m76 because its better built and would be easier to reload for, and caliber changes would be less involved.

**jpkotor** · October 11th, 2012, 08:22 PM

Originally Posted by Yellowfin

AIM Surplus had it forever but then I stopped seeing them have it about 6-8 months ago at least. I was really really tempted to grab up some for MG shoots in case I got the opportunity to shoot an MG42, but then it vanished right when I got that idea. Maybe drop them a line to see what they think about it resurfacing in the near future.

I'll give them a call tomorrow morning and post their answer here. iirc I did get most of my surplus from them.

**bortle** · October 11th, 2012, 09:08 PM

Seems like all the misurp ammo is drying up, except nagant stuff. Can't find swede 6.5x55 anymore. 303 is long gone. Bandoliers of turk used to be 8 bucks and nobody wanted it. Still some K31 around. The golden days are over.

**Kramer** · October 11th, 2012, 09:12 PM

Most of the 8mm Mauser has dried up due to the large amount of semi 1919s made over the past decade, plus the transferable 1919s as well.

**LEUVUK** · October 11th, 2012, 10:50 PM

PSL barrels are known to have good amount of whip.

There are people on AK forums that have builds with cut barrels. From what I read they are pretty happy with them.

8mm ammo is still out there, not much, but there is still some.
Samco Global has some 1950's Iranian surplus. https://samcoglobal.com/Ammo-8mm.html
SOG and Widener's also have 1950's Yugo http://www.southernohiogun.com/ammo-...pper-clip.html

If you want to shoot 54R go with VEPR in 54R, super solid platform.