8mm Turk Test

8x57NZ · #1 September 22nd, 2002, 05:02 PM

Tried out some 8mm Turk ammo last weekend and am not all that impressed.
I shot at 100 meters from a bench rest and got the following;
Group size was 4.5 inches,
Velocity averaged over 10 shots was 2837fps,
The worst bit was the group printed 12 inches high with my rear sights flat down on the 200 mark.Rifle used was a M48 Syrian contract K98 with bright bore and deep rifling.These rifles must be regulated for a heavier bullet than the 154gr Turk.Year of manufacture for the ammo is 1952.
Anyone got any idea what weight bullet the Syrians used in the 8x57?

SrBenelli · #2 September 22nd, 2002, 06:20 PM

That Turk stuff is usually all over the place as far as accuracy is concerned. They Yugo stuff is much more consistent, though not quite as "hot".
The upside to Turk stuff? I can buy it for less than $4 per 70rnd. bandoleer. figure the cost of the strippers and bandoleer itself, I'm basicly buying 70rnds. of 8mm for $1!!!

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8x57NZ · #3 September 23rd, 2002, 07:08 PM

That bandoleer you got for less than $4 cost me here in New Zealand NZ$55 or about US$25.
It'll be the only one I'll get I would say.No Yugo 8mm here in NZ that I know of and S&B is available but costs NZ$1 a round.
Wonder if the bullet having such a short shank gripped by the case has anything to do with average accuracy in the Turkish 8mm ammo?You can wiggle the bullet out of the case if you try hard enough.I'm not talking about the faulty 47 stuff either.The extreme spread of that string I tried was 56fps and the average deviation was 9fps,so not too bad and should have been a better group.My reloads using the Lee C324-175-1R ahead of 9.6grs of Vectan D20 will make half the size groups at a seventh the cost.