Hi All,
The other day, I was down at the Kittery trading post peering around for anything of interest, and I came across what i thought was an excellent deal. It was $45 for 90rnds of Portuguese 1945-1947 mfg 8mm. After taking it out and shooting, I can solidly say that this ammo is rubbish. I compared it with 2 other ammo types out of my 1942 k98k. It was s&b soft points and greek 8mm surplus ammo. As far as performance, the greek preformed well, and the s&b did excellent(not unexpected) but the Portuguese couldn't hit anything from 200m, despite painting the same target with the other ammo types. I also had about 4 duds out of 40 rnds, and another 5-6 hangfires. That being said, im not too unhappy, as its at least SOMETHING to feed the k98k, as all other ammo types are hard to come by or have outrageous shipping costs. Hopes this helps someone
The other day, I was down at the Kittery trading post peering around for anything of interest, and I came across what i thought was an excellent deal. It was $45 for 90rnds of Portuguese 1945-1947 mfg 8mm. After taking it out and shooting, I can solidly say that this ammo is rubbish. I compared it with 2 other ammo types out of my 1942 k98k. It was s&b soft points and greek 8mm surplus ammo. As far as performance, the greek preformed well, and the s&b did excellent(not unexpected) but the Portuguese couldn't hit anything from 200m, despite painting the same target with the other ammo types. I also had about 4 duds out of 40 rnds, and another 5-6 hangfires. That being said, im not too unhappy, as its at least SOMETHING to feed the k98k, as all other ammo types are hard to come by or have outrageous shipping costs. Hopes this helps someone
