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The best 8mm surplus I ever found was the stuff that came in those big green cans, like 300+ per can, two cans in a wooden crate. The brass was green. I wish I still had a few of those cans left. Supply of it seemed to have dried up about 5 years ago.
The worst was the first case i ever bought, I wound up inspecting each of the 1200 rounds, and over half I wasn't comfortable shooting, due to corroded brass, loose crimps, loose enough to pull the bullet by hand, at the very least you could twist the bullet in the case. Some shells were bent. I pulled the bullets, and had fun burning off the powder.

Look for the stuff in the green cans, green brass. Someone here probably knows exactly where it originated from, I can't remember anymore.