My First Surplus Ammo - corrosive?

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I've purchased my first 800 rounds of surplus 7.62x39.

Could someone in the know tell me if it's corrosive or not?

Thanks

 
Corrosive? Yup.
Steel Core? Yup.
Dirty? Yup.
Accurate? Meh, it's all relative.
Fun? Yup.
Smelly when you shoot it? Yup.
Will you buy more? Probably... :D
 
Most if not all 7.62x39 surplus has corrosive primers. It has something to do with reliable powder ignition in low (way below freezing) temperatures. Apparently the corrosive primers are more reliable than non-corrosive when the temps drop.
 
Might be a dumb question, but i just bought some czech surplus ammo for my sks, plan on taking it out on saterday. How should i go about cleaning it? Complete dissabembly and boiling water tub like i did to get off the cosmoline?
 
Iron sights said:
Might be a dumb question, but i just bought some czech surplus ammo for my sks, plan on taking it out on saterday. How should i go about cleaning it? Complete dissabembly and boiling water tub like i did to get off the cosmoline?
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Search is your friend. There is also a sticky in this forum that illustrates cleaning techniques for corrosive ammo on a VZ58.
 
Iron sights said:
Might be a dumb question, but i just bought some czech surplus ammo for my sks, plan on taking it out on saterday. How should i go about cleaning it? Complete dissabembly and boiling water tub like i did to get off the cosmoline?
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Yes. Thats all that I do. Boiling water down the barrel and use the brush from the cleaning kit then oil it lightly and put it away
 
hometownhero said:
Yes. Thats all that I do. Boiling water down the barrel and use the brush from the cleaning kit then oil it lightly and put it away
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I haven't done it yet but I have done some reading on the subject.

A lot of people seem to think it's also important to clean the gas tube and the operating rod.
 
Idcurrie said:
I haven't done it yet but I have done some reading on the subject.

A lot of people seem to think it's also important to clean the gas tube and the operating rod.
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I had an SKS rust around the gas port once. I also followed some bad advice and started squirting cold water and Windex on my guns as soon as I was done shooting and letting it sit there. This is pointless and will cause rust without actually cleaning anything.

Now I leave 7.62x39's be or maybe give them a shot of G96 if they are going to sit a while. When I get home I put a kettle on, strip my rifles, pour hot water down the barrel and gas port, run a wire brush through the bore, hot water, brush, patches, hot water, patches, then G96 oil. It's easy and the water is cheap. :D

Oh and as has been mentioned previously, you will buy more of the ammo. It's a lot of bangs for your bucks, I love it.
 
i just dump two kettles of dishsoapy boiling water down the bore,clean normaly.one kettle dishsoapy water dumped on gas parts and bolt,then dump the works in a spam can of oil till i feel likew dealing with them works great
 
Andurp said:
Corrosive? Yup.
Steel Core? Yup.
Dirty? Yup.
Accurate? Meh, it's all relative.
Fun? Yup.
Smelly when you shoot it? Yup.
Will you buy more? Probably... :D
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:agree: I've been down the "need more SKS ammo!" road quite a bit LoL.... I just recently started using "Fluid Film" on my SKS as G96 is expensive here, and i have access to gallons of fluid film... I wouldn't spray it on my more expensive firearms, but it's awesome on the SKS and has salt neutralizing properties, and i've never had a corrosion issue crop up since switching to it.
 
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