Does this look like corrosive ammo?

The site sponsor that starts with F was selling the same stuff as non-corrosive and sticking up for the product. But they don't seem to have it any more and they deleted those threads on their forum. I hope they don't sell it anymore. Even though they are usually so good to deal with it's bad business practice to tick off a lot of customers and then stick up for a bad product.
 
Phat Eagle said:
I'm going to run the Bright Nail test as demonstrated by the video... I intend to take my board back to them (along with the ammo) and demand a refund/exchange for something that isn't corrosive. I'm also going to tell him he needs to amend his website and quit selling as non-corrosive. If they don't agree I certainly think we should start a sticky and make sure people know what they are getting when they deal with Lever... As a few posters said, bad business practice.

Maybe I'll protest in front of their table at the Chilliwack HACS show!!!????
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If you go, let me know. I will gladly take my opened crate back and demand a refund.
I ran the bright nail test myself but the results were inconclusive. One would need to run a more scientific study to ever take this to court.
As far as the booth goes, il likely be too busy spending all my money at other booths... But if thy have the stuff for sale, I will certainly warn people :)
 
OP...Sorry for your bad luck, and being sold ####ty ammo....but 1200 rnds and six months without cleaning ! Its just good practice to strip and clean after use, whatever ammo your using.
Hope she cleans up Okay.
 
The bright nail test may or may not show you much. I got sucked with the 31-72 "non corrosive" ammo from Lever Arms, and i actually had about 500 round of it with no rust at all, then the last 200 rounds of the spam can corroded everything it went through, similar to your pics you posted. It seems like maybe in 1972 they were testing non corrosive primers or something, but it looks like it was just a mix that they used while packaging, so you may get some packs that don't corrode the nail and you may get some that do.
 
Check your chamber for pitting, thats where any issues will arise. You bore will be pitted too making it foul much quicker and take longer to clean. Although you should have cleaned your guns, its still wrong that this ammo was sold as non-corrosive.
 
If you want to take it back, just print off the subsections from the BC Consumer Protection Act when you go in. Here are a few examples. It will help their twisted minds comprehend that you are serious about taking action.

There are four implied terms when you buy new goods
In BC, the Sale of Goods Act says there are four implied terms, called “conditions,” that exist in particular contracts for the purchase and sale of new items. If the seller breaks the condition or doesn’t carry out a condition of the contract, then you (the buyer) have the right to reject the goods and cancel the contract. You’re entitled to get back the money you paid, plus compensation for any extra expenses caused by the defective goods.

The four implied terms are:

The goods must match the description or the sample.
The goods must be reasonably fit for your purpose for them.
The goods must be of merchantable quality.
The goods must last for a reasonable time.
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Sale by description
17 (1) In a contract for the sale or lease of goods by description, there is an implied condition that the goods must correspond with the description.

(2) If the sale or lease is by sample, as well as by description, it is not sufficient that the bulk of the goods correspond with the sample if the goods do not also correspond with the description.
Implied conditions as to quality or fitness
18 Subject to this and any other Act, there is no implied warranty or condition as to the quality or fitness for any particular purpose of goods supplied under a contract of sale or lease, except as follows:

(a) if the buyer or lessee, expressly or by implication, makes known to the seller or lessor the particular purpose for which the goods are required, so as to show that the buyer or lessee relies on the seller's or lessor's skill or judgment, and the goods are of a description that it is in the course of the seller's or lessor's business to supply, whether the seller or lessor is the manufacturer or not, there is an implied condition that the goods are reasonably fit for that purpose; except that in the case of a contract for the sale or lease of a specified article under its patent or other trade name, there is no implied condition as to its fitness for any particular purpose;
(b) if goods are bought by description from a seller or lessor who deals in goods of that description, whether the seller or lessor is the manufacturer or not, there is an implied condition that the goods are of merchantable quality; but if the buyer or lessee has examined the goods there is no implied condition as regards defects that the examination ought to have revealed;
(c) there is an implied condition that the goods will be durable for a reasonable period of time having regard to the use to which they would normally be put and to all the surrounding circumstances of the sale or lease;
(d) an implied warranty or condition as to quality or fitness for a particular purpose may be annexed by the usage of trade;
(e) an express warranty or condition does not negative a warranty or condition implied by this Act unless inconsistent with it.
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AROD89 said:
If you want to take it back, just print off the subsections from the BC Consumer Protection Act when you go in. Here are a few examples. It will help their twisted minds comprehend that you are serious about taking action.
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Nice work! I'm a little concerned about dand883 assertion that most of the spam can was fine and the last part corrosive... Might make my bright nail test of limited value if it's a mix... I just banged it off (man you have to hit those primers HARD!), so I'll post results tomorrow...

I hear what you guys are saying about cleaning as you go, but to me that's not the point... I bought this crap THERE because it was advertised as non-corrosive... Had I known I would have gladly spent an extra $40 at a sponsor to get legit non-corrosive.

As I said earlier... lesson learned!!!

BTW: head stamp on mine is 31-72. Another lesson: use hardwood planks... I first tried with some fir and the steel cases dug into the wood more than the nail dented the primer!!
 
Well, inconclusive is the results of my bright nail test as well... Staff at a reputable sponsor store confirmed dand883's assertion that that older Chinese is "mostly non corrosive"... Not sure it's a great basis for opening a can of whoop-a$$... Maybe an educational sticky warning others is the best course of action...
 
I put 200 through of the same ammo no problem. Not looking forward to the rest now will just treat it as corrosive. Didn't treat it that way with the first 200 just cleaned it with G96.
 
Put over 1500 round of COROSIVE ammo trhu my SKS and never got that much rust

I must say I live in super dry Alberta but still this is bad
 
have you contacted the retailer where u bought the ammo? I have not read any posts where you have stated that you went back to the retailer asking for assistance.
 
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