8mm ammo

7mmag6 · 10-30-2003, 12:48 AM

stewart thanks for hooking me up with dennis at empire arms my k-98 is what I thought it would be, dennis is a great guy, my question is on the 8mm ammo, lots of places like j&g and cdnn advertise non-corrosive ammo, isnt thier something in between mildly corrosive, and advertised as non-corrosive, I got in a bit of trouble with my argentine on this matter, and a shouting match id dont want to go into, I do not want any corrosive ammo in this weapon

PAPA G · 10-30-2003, 01:23 AM

all mil/surp 8mm ammo is corrosive. non-corrosive commercial loads, is the only way to go, but costly.

with proper and timely cleaning and follow up checks, corrosive is all right, been used for a lot of years by many army's.

Big Dog · 10-30-2003, 05:30 AM

Papa G is right - any milsurp and foreign-made ammo is suspect, even if it's marked on the box "non-corrosive". I bought some S&B .30 Carbine marked "non-corrosive", and still got some rust in the bore when I was tardy in cleaning it.
A couple spritzes of Windex Ammonia D down the bore will kill the crud. Then clean as normal.

10-30-2003, 12:48 AM	#1
7mmag6 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 337 Images: 1	8mm ammo stewart thanks for hooking me up with dennis at empire arms my k-98 is what I thought it would be, dennis is a great guy, my question is on the 8mm ammo, lots of places like j&g and cdnn advertise non-corrosive ammo, isnt thier something in between mildly corrosive, and advertised as non-corrosive, I got in a bit of trouble with my argentine on this matter, and a shouting match id dont want to go into, I do not want any corrosive ammo in this weapon __________________ This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine

10-30-2003, 01:23 AM	#2
PAPA G Guest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somerset, kentucky Posts: 11	SORRY all mil/surp 8mm ammo is corrosive. non-corrosive commercial loads, is the only way to go, but costly. with proper and timely cleaning and follow up checks, corrosive is all right, been used for a lot of years by many army's.

10-30-2003, 05:30 AM	#3
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,642	Papa G is right - any milsurp and foreign-made ammo is suspect, even if it's marked on the box "non-corrosive". I bought some S&B .30 Carbine marked "non-corrosive", and still got some rust in the bore when I was tardy in cleaning it. A couple spritzes of Windex Ammonia D down the bore will kill the crud. Then clean as normal. __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.