Old SF MJT 7 Posted November 11, 2012 Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 I have heard a few (unsubstantiated) rumors to the effect that the commercial ammo coming in from Russia, et al is at least somewhat corrosive. .I've never personally seen any evidence of this, but figured that it would be worth checking with the assembled multitude here. Thanks in advance Old SF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
montec 164 Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 From my understanding they were all the same. As for corrosive, that I haven't heard anything on. All Steel cased. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Xrtrlrider 5 Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Like as in partly corrosive? my gas tube on my .223 gets some very small amount of surface rust on bare metal worn by where it rides within roughly a day without cleaning? using Tulammo. could it be possible? But it could be temperature/humidity changes in my case however... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigdust80 10 Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 I pretty much exclusively shoot Brown Bear(Barnaul) through my Saiga and SKS. I've left my SKS sitting for months dirty and have never noticed any rust develop. Wolf/Tula, I don't know. I've never been too impressed with them. Too inconsistent and smells funny. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DNR 20 Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 The real issue is the steel case - they do not expand like brass case to seal the chamber. So you get all this carbon crap in the chamber. If you load a brass cased round after firing a lot of steel case - the brass case will get stuck to all the carbon crap in the chamber after expanding due to firing. It is not lacquer - that was the old stuff. As far as corrosive - you have to consider the cheap cost of the rounds and who makes it - quality might not be job #1. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rhodes1968 1,638 Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Never any issues with Golden Tiger, Brown Bear, Silver Bear, and Tula. Dont use Wolf so dont know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulry 50 Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 The ammo has always been steel cased for ALL AK Com Block Rifles. This is what it is designed to shoot. All current ammo is non-corrosive. There is no better fit with brass. Both will work. Remember to lube that rascal! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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