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- From: wwarf@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Wayne J. Warf)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Is this corrosion?......
- Message-ID: <9301231641.AA04458@rutgers.edu>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 21:50:02 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: Indiana University
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- In article <23JAN199308595750@zeus.tamu.edu> mjm3170@zeus.tamu.edu (MATTSON, MATTHEW JUL) writes:
- #I have a shooting buddy that recently asked me to post a question to the
- #group to see if anybody out there could help him.
- #He has noticed that his FEDERAL 9mm ammunition has a greenish, stick
- #residue left on it after a few days on duty (police officer) and was wondering
- #if anyone knew what was causing it.
- #
- It's corrosion.
-
- #At first I thought it was corrosion, but he tells me that it wipes off with
- #a clean rag and does not pit the casing of the round.
- #
- verdigris wipes off easily but it's still corrosion.
-
- #Could this be a reaction with the chemicals in his leather holster, etc.?
-
- Yes, it's common. Leave them unattended long enough and you won't be
- able to separate them from the belt.
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