I hate corrosive ammo !

[dantheman]

A while back , I took my 98k Mauser to the range and let another member here pop off some rounds . The ammo I had was advertised as non corrosive . When I got home I ran a boresnake down the barrel and put it away . I don't know why , but yesterday I got this funny feeling about it . Maybe I read something somewhere , or who knows what . I was in the gun safe anyway , taking some rifles out for my trip tomorrow , and something told me to check the Mauser . Damn good thing I did ! I could see some some rust starting to form right at the crown . I've been scrubbing with Windex for the last 30 minutes . What a mess .

I make it a point to not buy corrosive stuff because I am not a fanatic about cleaning my guns as soon as I get home . Yeah , yeah , I know all about how easy it is to give a quick spritz of Windex at the range and all of that crap . I don't shoot enough rounds in a year to make it worth buying the cheap MilSurp stuff . I'm going to stick with a name brand ammo from now on . I'm through bitching now .

 

[flamatrix99]

Was that the day we went?

 

[dantheman]

Was that the day we went?

Yeah yeah , it's all your fault . Nah , I should have known better .

 

[Mr_Willson]

I thought all ammo was corrosive to a degree

 

[dantheman]

We have all seen guns that have NEVER been cleaned , with no corrosion in the barrels . This stuff is scary bad .

 

[jimdana1942]

Corrosive stuff musta been designed by a drunk Ruskie.

 

[dantheman]

Obviously it's cheaper to manufacture . That would explain why it was so common in Eastern Europe when everybody else switched to non corrosive .

 

[LACamper]

See, if you never clean your guns you have that protective layering of copper and lead lining the barrel keeping those salts from ever touching the steel!

 

[sgt z]

I'm trying to clean-up a MAS 49/56 now that is dark and crusty from corrosive ammo. It musta been a French thing about having some really corrosive ammo because I looked at another one that was really bad. Mine still shoots ok. Probably not for long though. The ammo I had I thought was new and non-corrosive but it may have been repackaged surplus, Prvi Partizan 7.5X54.

 

[flamatrix99]

I didnt know you can use Windex. I used hot soapy water.

 

[dbolemiss]

Just wondering which ammo you used? Getting my 98K back tomorrow after checking the headspace and bought some nice ($$$) Remington to try out in her.

Been thinking about the YUGO 8 MM,guess I might rethink it.

 

[blanepara9]

Now what exactly is corrosive,the powder,the primer are just everything,and why is it made if its bad for weapons? just curious!!!

 

[artabr]

Now what exactly is corrosive,the powder,the primer are just everything,and why is it made if its bad for weapons? just curious!!!

The primer compound is what was corrosive.

http://www.ashlandlakegunclub.org/docs/CorrosivePrimerRedux.pdf

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQY/is_12_52/ai_n16808611/



Art

 

[dantheman]

I didnt know you can use Windex. I used hot soapy water.

It's the ammonia in the Windex .

 

[dantheman]

Just wondering which ammo you used? Getting my 98K back tomorrow after checking the headspace and bought some nice ($$$) Remington to try out in her.

Been thinking about the YUGO 8 MM,guess I might rethink it.

I think I got it from AIM Surplus . It looks like Cyrillic lettering . I'll see if I can ID it .

 

[Dave328]

I'm tempted to try this:
http://www.otisgun.com/cgistore/store.cgi?page=/new/fcatalog.html&setup=1&cart_id=
on my Kar98k. My bore wasn't the prettiest when I bought her, and the Yugo crap can be brutal if you don't get it all out every time!

 

[dantheman]

I have about 25 rds or so left . Brass cased . I'll bring it with me tomorrow to Sherburne . Free to a good home .

 

[WHEELER]

Probably the yugo stuff. I shoot the romanian 8mm (corrosive) and I have let it set 2+ weeks before cleaning without any major effects.

I run some windex thru the barrel and bolt face, dry patch. Run some ed's red thru, dry patch, then kroil it, dry patch. Never had a problem.

The barrel was rough when I got it and is still dark, but never have any rust come thru on patches or on the bolt face.

 

[dantheman]

I'm going to repeat the process in a couple of days just to be sure . I'll give it a shot of KROIL . I have a can out in the garage . Good stuff .

 

[skyblue]

No problem. Mix ammonia about 15-20% to water, I store it in old hoppes bottle and clean with it, then dry patch and follow with a oil patch. Been doing this for years. All vets should know this already. Good shooting!