new CSA rifle picky on ammo? suggestions?

enefgee said:
Yeah, actually you do - corrosive salts from the priming compound used in this ammunition will cause rust and corrosion to form under the oil. Water (as hot as humanly possible) dissolves the salts, oil simply encapsulates the salts and holds them against the metal.

OP - did this happen with one mag, or all mags - you might have some mag lips that need tweaking.
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Wait a minute! You're saying that AFTER being cleaned, the rifle will continue to corrode? I could see it happening if he just oiled it after shooting corrosive, but not after cleaning.
 
boss351cleveland said:
That chinese ammo from Lever Arms is actually corrosive, They are false advertising .. I ruined a SKS with that ammo from those bastards , there a thread on CGN somewhere about that ammo , beware and clean your rifle pronto! Usually any ammo packed in spam cans from a comblock country is corrosive ..
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thanks to advise .... very bad thing to do this kind of business, i just saw there stuff on sale !!!!! i will not buy this for sure.....
 
One of my CZ's and one of my CSA's had function issues through the first two outings at the range or so as I believe they needed a bit of break in. I just kept shooting and the misfeeding went away and they shoot like a dream now. Put the lube to the rails too.
 
Bushbum40 said:
Wait a minute! You're saying that AFTER being cleaned, the rifle will continue to corrode? I could see it happening if he just oiled it after shooting corrosive, but not after cleaning.
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If all you use to clean your gun is solvent, then yes, it can continue to corrode after cleaning, even if oiled. Solvents do not dilute the corrosive salts in primers, if they aren't diluted and flushed away, they stay where they are, causing corrosion either on the surface, or under a layer of oil.
 
enefgee said:
If all you use to clean your gun is solvent, then yes, it can continue to corrode after cleaning, even if oiled. Solvents do not dilute the corrosive salts in primers, if they aren't diluted and flushed away, they stay where they are, causing corrosion either on the surface, or under a layer of oil.
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Holy crap! In that case, i've got some cleaning to do. Cleaned my sks's after every shoot, but i've never used the boiling water method, always solvent. I thought that was guys just being cheap, cuz they're 200 dollar guns.
 
Wrong. Copper fouling will trap the potassium chloride in the bore and prevent oil from sealing the steel from moisture and oxygen. Rust requires 3 components: iron, water and oxygen. Oil seals out moisture and oxygen and will prevent corrosion. After 7 SKS's, 2 CZ-858's and thousands of rds of corrosive ammo I have never once cleaned with water or had oiled steel rust on me. If you don't oil your guns then water is your only hope. If you do then its a completely unnecessary step. I've been using nothing but solvent and oil for years without a speck of rust.

enefgee said:
Yeah, actually you do - corrosive salts from the priming compound used in this ammunition will cause rust and corrosion to form under the oil. Water (as hot as humanly possible) dissolves the salts, oil simply encapsulates the salts and holds them against the metal.

OP - did this happen with one mag, or all mags - you might have some mag lips that need tweaking.
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I have always sprayed Gunzilla down the bore.. on and around gas piston when I pack up at the range... come home and clean as usual!.... Water has never seen a bore on my rifles....1200 rounds of corrosive.. and still mirror like.
 
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