Is there a difference in the 196 grain brass-cased Yugo ammo that is available on five-round clips fifteen rounds per box and the fifteen round box without clips? I know they're both corrosive and it appears that it was produced in the 50s.

The 8mm ammo at Century in fifteen round boxes is exactly like what I bought at a gun show yesterday, except I paid $4.00 per box. Luckily I only bought two boxes. I knew that it was cheaper online but I didn't know that it was that much cheaper. The boxes look really good to be fifty years old.

There is the OLD ('50s) Yugo stuff, and there is some newer ('70s) floating around. Apparently AIM was selling the '70s stuff a while back, but ran out a while ago[before I bought my 8mm; a M24/47]

The only Yugo on the web available for order is the '50s stuff. Some people have complained of overly hard primers, coupled with old and weak firing pin springs causing FTFs. If your spring is good, or you buy a new Wolff one, you should be g2g.

There is really no diffrence between clipped and no clipped. It's usually the luck of the draw on whether they are on clips or not, unless the seller states specifically whether they have them or not. I know when I got my 8mm, SG(before they went down the tubes) had Yugo, and they stated some cases are on clips, some aren't- no choice.

I ended up just getting the Romanian surplus stuff. It's lacquered, and shoots rather dirty, but has been nothing but 100% reliable. Your elevation settings will be off, because the Rommy stuff is mild steel core, while the Yugo is lead. I am very satisfied with the Romanian.

some of the 50ish yugo ammo comes on strippers and some don't.  The ammo doesn't have hard primers.  The reason some have fail to fires with this ammo is because the the primers are recessed.  A stronger spring usually sovles the problem.  Peronally, I've only had one fail to fire in a 24/47 with the stock spring.

I bought 450 rounds of Yugo surplus with 12 * 54 headstamp.  I had about 5 out of that many cases rupture, splitting from the primer pocket up about 1/2 inch up the side of the case.  Had the same thing happen in three different rifles I have, a Turk 1893, a Turk 1938 and a Yugo M48A, so its not the rifle.  I've also never had any other ammo split like that in the same three rifles, and I've run several hundred rounds of US commercial, my reloads with that (Winchester and Remington) brass and a bunch of Turk surplus (wish I could find more of that -- it was good stuff).

Since then I've bought a couple of cases of Romanian surplus which so far seems to be quite good, and no split cases either.

So anyway, as far as the Yugo surplus, I'd say "Caveat Emptor".

I've shot over 20 cases of the 50's ammo this year, both with and w/o strippers.  Only complaint is the deep primers and some duds.  The 70s stuff is much much better.

Well, I hope my Yugo M48A will fire it because I just ordered 900 rounds from Widener's. I believe what I ordered is on clips.