Surplus Turk 8mm that isn't corrosive?

[Sandman]

I just bought a few hundred rounds of 8mm Turk from SOG. Here's what it says on the web site description:

"You'll love this beautiful non-corrosive 8mm ammo packed in 70Rd bandoliers on 5Rd stripper clips. Full Metal Jacket and brass cased."

Is this true? The headstamp reads 1944 and I've heard that all the 8mm surplus (turk, yugo etc) used corrosive primers. I am planning on shooting some today or tomorrow and want to know if I should bring some windex to the range with me in case I need to run some patches through.

 

[No4Mk1*]

Though I have not tested it personally, I suggest treating all surplus 8mm as corrosive. I wait until I get home to wash the bore with water. I will make a point to avoid supporting SOG if anyone can prove that this ammo is corrosive. You can test it by pulling a bullet, dumping the powder and firing the primer while aiming at something that can rust (like nails). Set those nails aside next to some that were not exposed to the fired primer and see how fast they rust.

 

[PlayTheAces]

I've never heard of any Turk ammo that wan't corrosive, and I would certainly treat it as such. As long as you rinse out the bore and clean the bolt face, you'll be fine. I use windex myself.

I have several Mausers I feed the Turk to, and haven't had any problems at all. If you haven't used it before, you'll find it to be a rather stout load - a wee bit of a kick to it.

 

[telewinz]

This has come up before, ALL Turk ammo is corrosive period. I heard that SOG says that their distributor told them it was non corrosive and bye God they are sticking to that response also. Ammostore has 8mm going for less than .04 a round but they DO admit it's corrosive. I shoot it all the time.

 

[Okiecruffler]

I've got a Turk mauser that I forgot to clean a few weeks back that would disagree with SOG. Nothing alittle steel wool and some TLC couldn't fix, still made me feel kinda dumb.

 

[GD]

All Turk surplus 8mm ammo is about as corrosive as you can get.

 

[Snowdog]

Good luck finding any ammunition sold by SOG that's listed as corrosive.

 

[Feanaro]

It's corrosive, one hundred percent sure of it. You can bypass the Windex and just use water, preferably hot.

 

[NoHarmNoFAL]

I guarantee you that Turk is corrosive. That stuff could grow hair on a turnip.

 

[BowStreetRunner]

yeah, SOG is lying, not even through their teeth, thats a bald faced lie
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