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I bought a case of this ammunition in the 1980s for about .06 each. It’s made in the early 40s so there will be hang fires and duds. When you say fire this ammo in a bolt gun, make sure you use a rifle based on the Model 98 action not an M88 or even the Portuguese M 1904 converted to 8x57. I will probably make the unused rounds for components. Good video.
I had a whole case of turk ammo that the brass was so brittle that the bullets would just fall out and the brass was like aluminum foil at the shoulder up. I found that basically 2 out of every 60ish rounds was this way, so just pulled the bullets and used the cases as trip alarms.
Back before I knew a whole lot about guns (at about 12 13) I got a model 70 or 700 in .270 win with some ammo from an uncle who had passed away but was into all kinds of guns stuff. I was told to go sight it in. I shot it 3 or 4 times and came back and said "damn that thing kicks" and the family all laughed. I argued that it really does kick hard and finally convinced another uncle to shoot it. He was like what the hell!? It does kick!! At first they were talking about headspace but then they started looking at the ammo and found that what I was shooting were proof loads from the Winchester Western factory. I had no clue how lucky I was at the time. I will always wonder how many FPS those bullets were traveling because I have never shot anything with that violent of a kick.
I bought few bandoliers of this 8mm Turk ammo back in the early 1990's. It was very cheap as I remember and that was for a reason. After a few rounds and having to hammer the bolt open I stopped firing it. I reload so I disassembled the cartridges and dumped the powder on my lawn. The only thing I saved was the projectiles and even they were so heavily crimped they looked like they were wearing a skirt. Almost all of the brass had splits, It's GARBAGE.
Kind of hard to determine if it's safe or not over the internet, safety of the powder depends on how the ammo was stored. Sometimes poor storage can make certain types of powder to become less stable and burn much faster, creating a higher pressure curve. You can try shooting it with a string from a rest if you're afraid it'll combust. Check the speed of the round with a chronograph if you have access to it. Inspect the brass for burst primer cap or ruptured case.
