7.62x39 non corrosive
- Thread starter rl4930
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Nothing in bulk around the Oshawa area, but I picked up a couple of boxes at Gagnons called tula, steel cased, non corrosive. Soft point and FMJ. They were almost out of stock, but more is coming I'm told. Around $8.49 Maybe ask for a bulk price ?
- Location
- Edmonton Alberta, Canada
isnt the chinese surplus ammo noncorrosive and usually $199 for an 800 or so round brick?
Mumbles Marble Mouth
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Lower Mainland
There is controversy as to whether or not the Chinese stuff is corrosive or not. Lots of people say to treat it as if it is. Its not advertised by the Chinese high school class that makes it if its non corrosive or not. Were just going off of what the people selling it are saying.
I treat all surplus or bulk 7.62x39 ammo as corrosive. You never really know what is or what is not corrosive.
Mumbles Marble Mouth
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Lower Mainland
The Barnaul, SCDS, Tula, and MFS state non-corrosive on the box but they're clearly Berdan primed. Its corrosive but not as bad as military surplus. If you can get the Sellior & Bellot factory loaded stuff with brass case which is boxer primed, then you've got fully non-corrosive 7.62x39 thats easily reloadable. Its just really hard to find the $9 a box FMJ stuff vs their $20 a box soft point hunting load.
This isn't true at all. Just because it's berdan primed does not make it corrosive. It simply means that you can't reload it. Well you could, but with great difficulty and effort.
I know for a fact the Barnaul isn't corrosive. It's just dirty is all.
Mumbles Marble Mouth
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Lower Mainland
So is my whole statement not true or just part of it?
You can reload Berdan primed cases. Iraqvetern8888 does it often enough and its not with great difficulty it just requires different reloading tools that almost no one wants to invest in. Especially since you can get boxer primed 7.62x39 and 7.62x54R. You're right though, I should of left out the part about Berdan primed being corrosive. We simply just don't know just like how we don't know if the Chinese surplus is corrosive or if the sellers are just passing it off as non-corrosive. Feel free to leave your gun dirty for a week and tell us what happens.
Definitely.
Agreed about the Chinese stuff, from all the stories I've read about it here I would treat it as corrosive. I can't speak for all manufacturers, but as far as Barnaul goes I have not had any corrosive. I've shot about 150 rounds at the range and left my CZ858 sitting for a week and cleaned it easily with no rust. It's just very dirty. Sometimes I even get residue on my shades lol, the gas piston is completely black too!
Corrosive or not corrosive it makes no difference to me, i always clean my rifle
It's HOW you need to clean your rifle after shooting corrosive that makes the difference. My hunting rifles get some Hoppes and G96 through them and no problems. I tried it when I got my first SKS and had spots of rust after only a few days. Hot water, hot water, hot water for corrosive! Windex if you're in a bind!
- Location
- Edmonton Alberta, Canada
is norinco ammo any good for these? canadian tire sells norinco x39 and x54R for 169.99 for 400rounds... thats not bad...
