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8mm Ammo

jithaca said:
You think it is WWII vintage
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Yeah WW2 German lacquered steel case. Probably related to what Peter wrote above, I'd heard some of the chemicals in the powder deteriorated over time and rusted/rotted the cases from the inside out. As I said in my 1st post, I don't have first hand experience with this stuff.... well shooting it anyway.
 
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heavy_mech said:
Yeah WW2 German lacquered steel case. Probably related to what Peter wrote above, I'd heard some of the chemicals in the powder deteriorated over time and rusted/rotted the cases from the inside out. As I said in my 1st post, I don't have first hand experience with this stuff.... well shooting it anyway.
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Yep you are correct, the Germans skipped a step in the acid treating process. I read somewhere that the Germans had plans for any of this rushed ammo to be recycled once it hit 5 years old.
 
during ‘43 they changed the powder making process by eliminating a rinse step which left the powder acidic, leading to the rounds corroding through the steel from the inside. I don’t recall what the resource trigger was (shortage of something) I hadn’t read that they had a plan. I’ve had good luck with the 1940 steel cased ammo I got from Mowzerluvr, no rust through’s & 100% ignition so far.
 
As others have said, I think it would matter who made it. when, and what their compounds were. I could see them being anything from junk to fine.
 
Not to go down some rabbit hole, but it's the same thing we see with steel. Their loss of certain critical compounds, i.e. chromium, molybdenum, etc. really effected the quality of the steel they could produce.
 
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