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    Hundids
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    • Dec 2013
    • 283

    8MM Ammo Question

    Hello everyone. I'm looking to pick up some non-corrosive for my K98, and was wondering if the M75 that Widener's has in stock right now (https://www.wideners.com/itemdetail....18%7c830%7c854) is corrosive or not. I've heard nothing but good things about this particular ammo and it supposed to be "the best" ever made. Does anyone have any experience with this stuff? Thanks.
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      M1A_KICHI
      Senior Member
      • Aug 2006
      • 601
      I have shot several hundred rounds of this stuff and it is very nice ammo. I shoot it out of a K98 byf rifle out to about 200-300 yards (I know I could go farther but I don't). I usually treat any surplus from eastern european country as corrosive and clean when I get home using boiling water. I have not had a rust spot yet in the 3 years of shooting the m75 and never got around to test if it is corrosive. If you clean your rifle properly there would not be a problem with corrosive ammunition.
      Last edited by M1A_KICHI; 06-30-2014, 12:49 AM.

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        • #3
          Mssr. Eleganté
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          • Oct 2005
          • 10401
          Nobody has done any official tests on that ammo yet so you will just have to assume it is corrosive. The M75 ammo from the mid 1980's is definitely corrosive. Why are you concerned about corrosive ammo in a bolt action?
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              mosinnagantm9130
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              • May 2009
              • 8782
              IIRC it's corrosive but as long as you clean properly it's a non-issue.
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              I am currently cleaning it and I noticed when I squeeze the snake this white paste like substance comes out. What the heck is this crap?
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                • #5
                  xDoodles
                  Member
                  • Oct 2012
                  • 232
                  I have some boxes of those and they are corrosive from I what I've heard.

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                    • #6
                      6mmintl
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                      • Apr 2008
                      • 4822
                      It is corrosive and extremely accurate, 1MOA out of my accurized FN49

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                          Capybara
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                          • Feb 2012
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                          Love that ammo, very good stuff. I bought a dozen boxes of it from Wideners. I treat it as corrosive, even though I don't know for a fact that it is. Why not, cleaning up after corrosive is just one extra step?
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                              Hundids
                              Member
                              • Dec 2013
                              • 283
                              Why are you concerned about corrosive ammo in a bolt action?
                              I'd just like to have a small non-corrosive pile I suppose. Would anyone happen to know if PPUs 8MM Match is comparable to the M75? I believe they are the same manufacturer?

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                                  OpenSightsOnly
                                  Senior Member
                                  • Sep 2009
                                  • 1557
                                  Originally posted by Hundids
                                  I'd just like to have a small non-corrosive pile I suppose. Would anyone happen to know if PPUs 8MM Match is comparable to the M75? I believe they are the same manufacturer?

                                  Yugo M75 primer is always corrosive while brass is berdan.

                                  PPU 8mm is boxer, same bullet weight, and a lower powder charge - somewhat gentle on the shoulder.

                                  M75 is very good - its as close to the German s.S 198gr ammo

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