Is this ammo really non-corrosive?

Sixgunjohnny said:
Ok, i bought a crate from Lever a few weeks ago. Asked the guy and he said non-corrosive as far as salts in the primer. But, he said
The powder is very dirty so clean after every use. I've already put about 600 rounds thought 3 sks riffles. Cleaned them with solvent and gun oil but not detergent or hot water.
Click to expand...
It's fine if you cleaned with solvent and oiled it nicely
 
Even milsurp produced into the 90's can be corrosive. I have some of that early 90's bxn Czech 7.62x39 and its corrosive. I just always clean my sks and mosin's as if I'm shooting corrosive. Even if I'm using new stuff like MFS and Bernaul's.
 
With Bernaul's I can say 100% it's safe and non-corrosive. I have about 600 rounds of it that I use when I want a quick range trip and don't want to clean after. I have run about 100 rounds of it through my new chinese SKS and refurb Russian and have not cleaned either for about two weeks and there is not a spec of rust.
 
Sixgunjohnny said:
Ok, i bought a crate from Lever a few weeks ago. Asked the guy and he said non-corrosive as far as salts in the primer. But, he said
The powder is very dirty so clean after every use. I've already put about 600 rounds thought 3 sks riffles. Cleaned them with solvent and gun oil but not detergent or hot water.
Click to expand...

I had the same stuff from lever and i probably went through 400-500 rounds without any cleaning, no rust at all, but then the last few hundred rounds in the spam can rusted out my sks around the gas port and tube/piston in under a week. (same can, same crate, i didn't accidently mix up different ammo) So be careful with it as you never know when the next pack will be corrosive.
 
AS another poster said - just accept that you need to clean every time after you shoot milsurp and you can't go wrong. $250 for 1440 rds of centerfire ammo isn't a bad deal at all even if it is corrosive.

But I do plan to stock up on that Norinco non-corrosive if it ever becomes available again.
 
Benw said:
Use Windex after normal cleaning
Click to expand...
Use Windex down the bore immediately after shooting, before cleaning the rifle. The hot barrel will dry the Windex, and not let the ammonia sit in the barrel. A bottle comes out with me when I'm shooting corrosive. Ammonia has corrosive properties too. Best not to let it sit idle too long, so clean the bore thoroughly after using it.
 
Last edited:
CZ_Brno said:
What about the gas port and piston?
Click to expand...
After firing corrosive, some hot water at home, followed by some bore cleaner or solvent. Leave the gas tube and piston dry, ie: without oil. Oil will only attract residue and gunk up the gas system.
Only lightly oil it if storing for a long period is planned.
 
dand883 said:
I had the same stuff from lever and i probably went through 400-500 rounds without any cleaning, no rust at all, but then the last few hundred rounds in the spam can rusted out my sks around the gas port and tube/piston in under a week. (same can, same crate, i didn't accidently mix up different ammo) So be careful with it as you never know when the next pack will be corrosive.
Click to expand...

Ok, thanks. So basically clean as if corrosive after each use with hot water? That is what you recommend?
 
jethunter said:
AS another poster said - just accept that you need to clean every time after you shoot milsurp and you can't go wrong. $250 for 1440 rds of centerfire ammo isn't a bad deal at all even if it is corrosive.

But I do plan to stock up on that Norinco non-corrosive if it ever becomes available again.
Click to expand...

MFS is the same price.
 
I know a lot of people say "Just treat it as if its corrosive" But, maybe he or she is like me, and I do not shoot corrosive ammo out of my SKS's (personal preference here) and still clean after shooting. Its that price point, as non corrosive runs at roughly twice the price of corrosive or more. Basically, I have come to find , all ACTUAL non corrosive ammo is around 35 cents a round, and corrosive being half that or less. If the deal seems to good to be true...
 
BCshooterFMJ said:
I know a lot of people say "Just treat it as if its corrosive" But, maybe he or she is like me, and I do not shoot corrosive ammo out of my SKS's (personal preference here) and still clean after shooting. Its that price point, as non corrosive runs at roughly twice the price of corrosive or more. Basically, I have come to find , all ACTUAL non corrosive ammo is around 35 cents a round, and corrosive being half that or less. If the deal seems to good to be true...
Click to expand...


I'm still shooting at just over 10 cents per round. Us old guys were grabbing this stuff up at just over a hundred bucks per case while the young guys were soiling their shorts at the mere sound of the word "Corrosive". These old guns have been shooting corrosive ammo for half a century before most people on this website were born, and guess what? They are not rusty because they were cleaned and oiled by a bunch of farmers who were illiterate and didn't know what corrosive meant.



When young guys see a rusted shotgun or .22, Do they wonder where they got the corrosive shotshells and rimfire ammo from? Or do they think some idiot never bothered to clean his gun at all?


My SKS and surplus rifles sure enjoy shooting truckloads of 100 bucks a case ammo, but they must have labeled the boxes wrong in 1970 because not one of those rifles has rust on it. Do you figure it could have been Non-Corrosive, but just labeled it wrong?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom