I was looking at your website and noticed that your sks ammo is listed as corrosive. The concerning part is that, in the picture the crate is exactly the same looking as a crate I bought this year from lever where it was called "non" corrosive.... Any thoughts???
Corrosive or non??
- Thread starter chief16
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haretrigger
CGN Regular
- Location
- Lower Mainland, BC
It's a known fact Lever has been selling this as Non corrosive, when it has been found to be, at the very least mixed, (I'm being generous) corrosive with non corrosive. It has been brought to their attention numerous times, but they will not change the way they advertise this. You are not the first nor the last to be duped by their advertising "standards".
Good on Canada Ammo for being up front with their product they are offering. This is the way it should be.
Good on Canada Ammo for being up front with their product they are offering. This is the way it should be.
- Location
- British Columbia, Canada
I got some "browness" going on in my rifles bore after using this stuff from Lever... will never buy anything from them again, thats for sure.
CraigNConnor
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Cochrane
take a nice stiff metal bristle boar brush (not the one that comes in the sks cleaning kit) it isnt stiff enough bristile wise for what you need to remove, ie rust not just gun powder foul. Run it up and down the barrel for a good 5 minuties from the muzzle and the chamber,
Than run patches through the boar wet with WINDEX untill it comes clean,
than run dry patches through the board untill they come out dry than run a nice wet patch of gun oil through the boar a few times and let that sit for a few hours letting your poor barrel soak up some much needed lubrecant.
After sitting run patches through boar until dry again,
Clean all your receiver parts use a wire scrub brush to remove rust if you have any showing clean parts with windex and and apply a nice coat of gun oil accordingly
Than run patches through the boar wet with WINDEX untill it comes clean,
than run dry patches through the board untill they come out dry than run a nice wet patch of gun oil through the boar a few times and let that sit for a few hours letting your poor barrel soak up some much needed lubrecant.
After sitting run patches through boar until dry again,
Clean all your receiver parts use a wire scrub brush to remove rust if you have any showing clean parts with windex and and apply a nice coat of gun oil accordingly
CraigNConnor
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Cochrane
hot soapy water works well too removing corrossive foul
NB_GSXR
Regular
- Location
- Near SJ, NB
There's probably 10 threads already about whether this ammo is corrosive or not... General consensus is treat it like it is, even if every single round isn't necessarily corrosive.
stvjeep
CGN Regular
- Location
- The Man Cave Bunker
Stick to the rule of if its "surplus" and 7.62x39 then its corrosive. I don't think I've ever seen non-corrosive "surplus" 7.62x39 ammunition although I wish there was! Then I could shoot and NOT have to clean immediately after. Shooting corrosive essentially forces me to clean right away (as one should anyways)!!!
This is the key.
If in doubt, assume it is Corrosive.
And once you have decided to treat it as C, do not pay a premium price for it.
Obokash
Regular
Looks like Lever Strikes again. Another supplier u wanna stay away from is Things Military. They are prominent in selling corrosive stuff under the name of non-corrosive.
I just don't agree with this as a business practice. I'm a concrete contractor. If I had a customer who payed me for a 5" thick driveway,and I only gave them a 2" thick driveway, I would most certainly get sued and loose in court! I feel that if you buy something from a "reputable" retailer that is labeled and sold as something, I shouldn't have to get ripped off once to find out it isn't. The product should damn well be what it is described as.
Obokash
Regular
Chief16, I totally agree with you & that's how it should be but there are so many loop holes in the system(between importer-retailer-consumer) that they easily get away with this. Unfortunately, this corrosive vs non-corrosive is not regulated by any laws or regulations!
Lever is consistent in not caring much about customer service nor products. Reminds one of those laundromats that don't care about the front business cause all the money is made in the back business. Gonna make you wonder a business model that expects the customers won't bother suing them. 
- Location
- British Columbia, Canada
It was a lot pricier gun then a SKS, I did pretty much all that couple months back, and the bore looks decent again, I'm just going to make sure to keep it well oiled, and only use New production ammo... Selling the 1000 rounds I have left for $220 if anyones interested lol...
Where 'bouts in BC are ya?
I'm not defending Lever, I think it is piss-poor business at the very least.
Long term damage to their reputation, for short term gain.
My point was to those that say you should expect it to be corrosive.
OK, so if it is corrosive, why pay a premium price?
