non corrosive surplus

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I bought a crate of 7.62x39 surplus at Gagnons this weekend, 1320 round crate containing 2 spam cans. I believe it is from Belarus, but I could be wrong. The salesman told me it was listed as non corrosive, but that he would treat it as corrosive. The piece of paper inside had the year 1999 written on it, but as I cannot read the foreign language, I do not know if that is the date of manufacture. I have yet to crack open a can, but I was wondering if anyone had any further info on this ammunition, thanks.
 
My personal rule of thumb : if it's commie or Chinese surplus, it's corrosive.... You COULD do a bright nail test, but I've found "non-corrosive" Chinese surplus is often 80% non-corrosive. If you fluke out none of the rounds you test will show rust, but your rifle will!

Boiling water is cheap... Clean properly!
 
The headstamp usually includes year of manufacture and factory which it was produced at ie.
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Pusan Government Arsenal, Pusan, Republic of Korea 1973 or
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Greek Powder & Cartridge Company, Athens, Greece 1988
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Edit : If the sales man says treat it as corrosive they have probably had complaints after selling it as non corrosive , I would follow his lead and treat it as corrosive . When it comes to my guns if it is pretty cheap, 7.62x39 and comes in a spam can or battle pack I treat it as corrosive. The good news is corrosive ammo stores for much longer than non corrosive so it will hopefully keep going bang for a long time .
 
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