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The Romanian 8mm is too short (150g) to work in my 08/15, but PPU and the like (170g and higher) work fine.

Very interesting! The 8mm Romanian I was referring to above is the surplus military stuff that was available in bulk around 15 years ago. Since then, I encountered some current manufacture Romanian 8mm ammo. Yes, the current stuff is shorter than the military stuff from back then. I was given two loaded Vickers belts, 500 rounds total, of the short 8mm ammo. I removed the ammo from the belts, pulled the bullets, and reseated the bullets back to match the overall length of the longer 8mm stuff. The reseated bullet ammo fed and fired just fine.

 

Here is a picture I took showing before and after of the reseated the bullet ammo:

IMG-1615.jpg

 

The left two rounds are the current manufacture Romanian short 8mm ammo.

The third round from the left is a surplus 8mm Romanian round from 15 years ago.

The round on the far right is an 8mm Romanian short round with the bulled pulled and reseated back to match the overall length of the 8mm surplus ammo.

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Did you crimp the rounds you reset?

 

 

 

 

The Romanian 8mm is too short (150g) to work in my 08/15, but PPU and the like (170g and higher) work fine.

Very interesting! The 8mm Romanian I was referring to above is the surplus military stuff that was available in bulk around 15 years ago. Since then, I encountered some current manufacture Romanian 8mm ammo. Yes, the current stuff is shorter than the military stuff from back then. I was given two loaded Vickers belts, 500 rounds total, of the short 8mm ammo. I removed the ammo from the belts, pulled the bullets, and reseated the bullets back to match the overall length of the longer 8mm stuff. The reseated bullet ammo fed and fired just fine

Here is a picture I took showing before and after of the reseated the bullet ammo:

IMG-1615.jpg

 

The left two rounds are the current manufacture Romanian short 8mm ammo.

The third round from the left is a surplus 8mm Romanian round from 15 years ago.

The round on the far right is an 8mm Romanian short round with the bulled pulled and reseated back to match the overall length of the 8mm surplus ammo.

 

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Did you crimp the rounds you reset?

 

 

 

 

The Romanian 8mm is too short (150g) to work in my 08/15, but PPU and the like (170g and higher) work fine.

Very interesting! The 8mm Romanian I was referring to above is the surplus military stuff that was available in bulk around 15 years ago. Since then, I encountered some current manufacture Romanian 8mm ammo. Yes, the current stuff is shorter than the military stuff from back then. I was given two loaded Vickers belts, 500 rounds total, of the short 8mm ammo. I removed the ammo from the belts, pulled the bullets, and reseated the bullets back to match the overall length of the longer 8mm stuff. The reseated bullet ammo fed and fired just fine

Here is a picture I took showing before and after of the reseated the bullet ammo:

IMG-1615.jpg

 

The left two rounds are the current manufacture Romanian short 8mm ammo.

The third round from the left is a surplus 8mm Romanian round from 15 years ago.

The round on the far right is an 8mm Romanian short round with the bulled pulled and reseated back to match the overall length of the 8mm surplus ammo.

Nope. I just seated the bullets back in their new location.

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