Just curious, back in the war times, where all this corosive ammo came from, how did the soldiers clean their guns? Seems like a lot more work than non-corosive ammo, was it used to save on costs? Just seems like you'd want a soldiers gun to be able to go as long as possible between needing cleaning.
corosive question
- Thread starter curtmg
- Start date
Corrosive priming was used because it was stable . had a long shelf life and most importantly it worked reliably. The US trialled non corrosive priming in the 1920-50 period and could not find a satisfactory one. One promising primer was found to deteriorate quickly and another left a phosphorescent glow on cases and arms. See "Hatcher's Notebook."
"...war times...They poured boiling water down..." The troopies were constantly cleaning their firearms any chance they got. If they had access to boiling water they might use it. As I recall, most of the wartime solvents were water based to start with.
Mind you, until the C7 came along, the CF issued nothing but regular motor oil to clean everything. Never saw any rusting in any of the No. 4's I had on my MIU, after shooting wartime vintage ammo and cleaning with motor oil.
Mind you, until the C7 came along, the CF issued nothing but regular motor oil to clean everything. Never saw any rusting in any of the No. 4's I had on my MIU, after shooting wartime vintage ammo and cleaning with motor oil.
