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- From: erudnick@pica.army.mil (FSAC-SID)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Chinese 7.62 x39 Rounds
- Message-ID: <9211181025.aa22022@claudius.pica.army.mil>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 15:11:05 GMT
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- Eric T Horne writes:
- #What exactly is the difference between corrosive and non-corrosive ammo?
- #And why would someone use one over the other?
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- As others have posted, corrosive ammo uses potassium chlorate primers,
- while noncorrosive ammo uses lead styphnate. Typically.
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- Corrosive/noncorrosive is not always a matter of choice. Virtually all
- ammo made in the West is noncorrosive, including all sporting ammunition.
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- One typically runs into corrosive ammo in obsolete or Eastern military
- surplus ammo; better make that more generic - foreign surplus military
- ammo.
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- In some obsolete military calibers one has a choice of using corrosive
- surplus ammo on the one hand and reloading (if lucky) or not shooting
- on the other.
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- I choose to use corrosive ammo because I am willing to take the time to
- clean my firearms properly, and I am definitely willing to save
- substantial amounts of money as well :)
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- Ed Rudnicki erudnick@pica.army.mil All disclaimers apply
- Protect the Second Amendment - boycott Ruger products
- Geordi: "...it's like the laws of physics went right out the
- window." Q: "And why shouldn't they? They're so inconvenient."
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