More 7.62x39 surplus ammo coming?

Point well taken, one should respect the firearm with proper cleaning.

My objection was with others that implies one is lazy for not properly cleaning after corrosive use. Anecdote stories are here in the Raincouver/Wet coast several days wait will corrode your firearm. Several days can sneak up real quick, Shoot on Sunday, cook family a nice dinner/spend time with kids, M-W is work and kid's after school/dinner activities. Easily at least 4 days before you selfishly get time to hide in the man cave to clean your toys. I'm reluctant to leave my XCR not cleaned in this humid environment after shooting corrosive for several days (my XCR with 7.62 and 223 barrel topped with S3 scope wasn't cheap).

Luv to hear stories of what happens to XCR left for several days+ uncleaned after corrosive ammo in a humid environment. Is it really that bad?

To each their own, corrosive and non-corrosive both have their place so it is not fair to judge other's practices.


ps. At least now we have the T97NR, fun little toy, awkward scope mount.
legions_flag said:
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burnaby: Dude I'm sorry but as I said earlier it's just good behavior to clean your guns after every use. If I shoot 1 shot from a rifle of mine, no matter the cost of the rifle, it gets cleaned when I get home. No matter what. And in my opinion if your using a sks and you're not cleaning it to spec then you are risking serious malfunction. In that case slam fire. Or just pain in the **s stovepiping. Clean your guns after every use I say. I understand what you're saying dude but it really is important you clean your guns. After every use. It doesn't matter if its non-corrosive or not, the build up of carbon and other stuff may cause your guns to jam or worse case fail in a very dangerous way. For example the firing pin on a sks may get jammed causing it to fire out of battery (Out of the Chamber) which may mean SERIOUS harm to yourself.
Some people wash their cars more than they drive them???? Well i would agree with you there. But its not so often cars blow up in your face if you don't clean them.

OK so that's my big rant for a long time haha.

And thanks CanAm I will be buying a few cases this spring. (As long as it doesn't end up like the T97 debacle lol)
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Use hoppes 9 and oil it. I have put thousands of rounds of corrosive in mine. No corrosion. Hoppes 9 is designed for corrosive powders. You would do more damage putting water or a water based cleaner down the barrel then the ammo could ever do. Water was used to clean black powder rifles. All my sks's have cromed barrels so this helps. I don't know if the primers are corrosive before they are fired. Old 22 ammo used a corrosive priming mix. If it sat for 20 years then it was fired, it sometimes popped the rim right off the body and jammed real good in the gun. The bullets usualy made it into the barrel. If something sounds off when shooting. Check the casing and check the gun. I don't know if this would be a issue with old 7.62 ammo, but I have seen shell extractors that are meant for the sks probably because of this.
 
9mmGunGuy said:
Ballistol mixed with water also works well to neutralize the acid since it's slightly alkaline.
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Im not 100% sure but the primers contain potassium chlorate( KClO2) wich when fired turns into potassium chloride and oxygen (KCl+O2).
KCl is a salt,there no acid becaus acids must contain hydrogen and oxygen .
 
Break Free CLP will prevent rust after shooting corrosive ammo, or hot water.

I think we should just call ammo with primers that leave hygroscopic salts in their residue something else. Creative suggestions?

In my experience there are two groups of people reading this thread:

1: those who understand "corrosive" ammo is often worth the lower price and
2: people who assume from the handle that corrosive ammo corrodes the rifle with use.

For those in group 2, corrosive ammo is only corrosive is the rifle is left uncleaned. "Corrosive" refers to the primers which leave salts in their residue which attracts moisture which rusts. A kettle of hot water will wash away these salts leaving you with a 'regular' dirty gun. The only difference between shooting corrosive or non-corrosive is an actual requirement to clean (rinse and oil) your rifle before you put it away. The operation of the ammunition and wear associated with shooting is the same regardless of primer type. Shooting 'corrosive' ammunition does not corrode your rifle.

Had to say it!
 
dangertree said:
Break Free CLP will prevent rust after shooting corrosive ammo, or hot water.

I think we should just call ammo with primers that leave hygroscopic salts in their residue something else. Creative suggestions?

In my experience there are two groups of people reading this thread:

1: those who understand "corrosive" ammo is often worth the lower price and
2: people who assume from the handle that corrosive ammo corrodes the rifle with use.

For those in group 2, corrosive ammo is only corrosive is the rifle is left uncleaned. "Corrosive" refers to the primers which leave salts in their residue which attracts moisture which rusts. A kettle of hot water will wash away these salts leaving you with a 'regular' dirty gun. The only difference between shooting corrosive or non-corrosive is an actual requirement to clean (rinse and oil) your rifle before you put it away. The operation of the ammunition and wear associated with shooting is the same regardless of primer type. Shooting 'corrosive' ammunition does not corrode your rifle.

Had to say it!
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+1

I shoot corrosive, therefore I can afford to shoot more. :50cal:
 
legions_flag said:
Yes to someone unlike me who doesn't for a weird way doesn't enjoy cleaning their guns after use....... well that's cool I guess. Have you ever shot 300 or so rounds from an sks? LOL I don't care if you use non-corrosive or not they start to jam and/or stovepipe after too many round without cleaning.
And if it seems to be a concern to anyone I've spent quite a few dollars on at least 4 of my sks's. more than 600 any ways lol. I'm not bragging but i do love my guns lol. My personal baby is quite done up and its actually quite accurate.
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Can I ask what you are doing with this 300 rounds before shooting it ?
We go thru way more than that between cleanings and jams are very uncommon .
Also I bought mine and started shooting without any mods and it is pretty accurate:rolleyes:

Thanks for the heads up that more is coming, non corrosive is to much $ for a 150$ gun;)
 
Let's all just say it's different strokes for different folks.
Dangertree i didn't realize that some guys think that corrosive primers means abrasive but easy to confuse the 2, but shooting corrosive primed rounds won't wear out your gun any faster than shooting non corrosive primed rounds!
Corrosive is not abrasive! NOW bring on the dancin girls!
 
burnaby said:
If you have nothing better to do than clean firearms, or maybe you like cleaning firearms then corrosive is fine.

Some of us have more than one firearms. Not fun coming home to cleaning every one of them. When you shoot corrosive you get what you deserve.

Some folks like to wash their cars more than they drive it, to each their own.
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Very true.....it is the age old debate . Corrosive ( save some money ) vs non-corrosive ( spend a little extra for peace of mind ) .I personally would never use corrosive ammo in any of my firearms regardless of what i paid for the gun....nor would I ever buy a used firearm that had shot corrosive ammo.....but thats just me......as they say..." freedom of choice "....
 
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