06-07-2003, 02:28 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tucson, Mexico
Posts: 1,836
|  Turkish ammo in the Hakim Went to the range with a bunch of the old Turkish milsurp stuff that was dated 1948. Never going to buy that stuff again. I turned down the gas valve to the lowest setting and that was just right for the hot ammo. The cases were not dented too badly but there was a huge problem with the ammo itself. The extractor would tear the rim off the cases and leave the emptys in the chamber. The emptys would pop right out with a screwdriver so they werent stuck. Several rounds had pierced primers. Several people at the range examined the brass and all agreed...it was just plain lousy brass that appeared to be brittle. The Turkish also had signs of high pressure in a Yugo M48 From now on its going to be reloads in the Hakim. I dont think the Turkish milsurp was designed to be extracted with the force the Hakim puts on the rim. |
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06-08-2003, 07:45 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: 15 miles PAST the end of the earth
Posts: 145
| Snakebite, I had the same problems with some Greek .303 British ammo. had signs of high pressure, primers/bulged/pierced, ect. Finally had to do the math and down load them 5%, after that they worked great, After talking to some other folks, I found out that they were made for the Lewis Machine Gun and were not supposed to be run thru rifles....Also I would not run that Turk stuff thru your hakim as you cannot clean out all of the gas system parts (the gas adjust valve), as the turk stuff is supposed to be corrosive.
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