8mm Mauser, Surplus or Reload?

[someoneeasy]

How exactly would that work out?

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[Divernhunter]

I dislike shooting most corrosive ammo so I sometimes take it apart and use the powder/bullet in a boxer primed used/resized case. This is because I bought some mil surplus ammo real cheap and do not always want to have to clean after a range trip or just a couple of shots.
Keep that in mind if you have or can get surplus ammo cheap and do not have the cash for new powder/bullets.

[bigbossman]

Show him a recipe or confirmation email?

All worked out. Brass and bullets will be in the mail shortly.......

[Enfield47]

All worked out. Brass and bullets will be in the mail shortly.......

That's a very generous offer you made. Hi five to bigbossman!

[GVDP]

I am about to start reloading 8mm soon as well. I want to see what your recipes and load data are.

[bohoki]

its good to have a setup to reload and buy surplus

[Capybara]

Not to discourage you at all, reloading is a great choice but shop hard and wise for bullets. .323 bullets are not cheap at all unless you score a special deal but even if you end up at the same per round cost as surplus, they won't be corrosive and they will be far more accurate and consistent. But this is partly why I jut sold off my Mausers, finding .323 bullets for a reasonable cost was tough. At least 7.5mm Swiss for the K31, my Garand for .30-06 and any .308 rifle I might buy all can share the same common and affordable bullets.

[emptybottle151]

Start picking up 30-06 brass at the range. You can convert them to 8mm.

[longhairchris]

Start picking up 30-06 brass at the range. You can convert them to 8mm.

I did this. It's a bit of work to convert but a solid way to have brass for cheap.