amb
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So, here's my problem: I'm kinda lazy. I don't mine corrosive ammo per se (for instance it's the only 7.62x54 I've ever shot), but cleaning it out of a gas gun is more work.
On the other hand, I was in the wrong place at the wrong time and just got handed a mildly imposing quantity of questionable Norinco ammo (copper-washed steel cases, jacketed bullets with (I strongly suspect) a mild steel core, headstamp "CNIC" and "7.62 x 39", no date, all in a tin on SKS clips). There's not a lot out there I've found about CNIC )other than that it's a Norinco-owned factory and that this ammo has probably been around a while), but I'm assuming anyway that it's almost certainly corrosive.
So what do you think? Any input on CNIC-headstamped ammo or SKS cleaning is more than welcome!
Before somebody says "this thread is useless without pics" (click for the big version):
(Of course, the other thing people are going to say is "just get over it and shoot it", but hey, at least you have a picture of shiny vintage ammo to look at if you're into that sort of thing.)
On the other hand, I was in the wrong place at the wrong time and just got handed a mildly imposing quantity of questionable Norinco ammo (copper-washed steel cases, jacketed bullets with (I strongly suspect) a mild steel core, headstamp "CNIC" and "7.62 x 39", no date, all in a tin on SKS clips). There's not a lot out there I've found about CNIC )other than that it's a Norinco-owned factory and that this ammo has probably been around a while), but I'm assuming anyway that it's almost certainly corrosive.
So what do you think? Any input on CNIC-headstamped ammo or SKS cleaning is more than welcome!
Before somebody says "this thread is useless without pics" (click for the big version):
(Of course, the other thing people are going to say is "just get over it and shoot it", but hey, at least you have a picture of shiny vintage ammo to look at if you're into that sort of thing.)