Norinco 7.62x39mm 122gr FMJ 20rds red box

[freedomguys]

Place a nail in the fired case, if it rusts it is corrosive.

How long do you need to wait?

[jssam]

Day or two should be fine. It should rust up pretty quick if it’s corrosive.

[Bruh101]

How are you shooting x54 out of your sks?

he didnt have a sks but a SKS

[p.Rundle]

You are mixed up. The Norinco red box is 7.62x39mm NOT 7.62x54R. Different caliber. And the Norinco red box is non-corrosive.

That's a big whoops on my reply. Didn't notice the x54 on the post I replied to. That being said, the White Box x39 definitely rusted an SKS piston. And the Red Box x39 just the other week seemed to put a very light amount of surface rust (easily removed, no actual damage, no biggie) on a different semi auto's piston. I just treat it as corrosive now and flush it with a 1:10 ballistol mix, which honestly I did before this incident, but forgot the ballistol part of the flush when the rust appeared. Either way, the ammo works just fine, though, and I've never had a dud or problem round. But the White Box x39 was 100% corrosive, or at least certain boxes were. I have the evidence to prove it, and so do others.

How are you shooting x54 out of your sks?

With great difficulty lol.

he didnt have a sks but a SKS

BIG BOOM

[vpsalin]

Has anyone actually bought this new lot and tried it for corrosiveness?

Do we know at least if it's berdan or boxer primed?

[Sask3guns]

Saw boxes of these at cabela’s yesterday for $9.99 per box

[Dorian Gray]

Saw boxes of these at cabela’s yesterday for $9.99 per box

Bought a bunch of it today when I was in the one in Ottawa. Can't pass up the price for non-corrosive now that Barnaul isn't available.

[new]

What happened to me was that 10 rds were fired in the sks. Came home to a situation, so the gun was put away and forgot about for just over a month. Brought the gun out, wasn't too concerned because of the non corrosive ammo. I was wrong , the piston was seized in the gas tube and I had broken a cleaning rod trying to get a brush through the barrel. My guns are always kept top notch, but this time one of them got away from me. The original reason for spliting a non corrosive case was because my buddy is not one for cleaning guns.

I only ever cleaned my sks once a month if I remembered, whether it was 1 round or 200 of corrosive ammo, never seized, but then again I did lube it with 2-stroke oil after cleaning lol

[Rifle Master]

I just ordered a 1000 rounds of this stuff too, $556 to my door

[Painkillers]

$0.56 a round for ball ammo!?