Surplus Yugo 308:Corrosive or not?
Found 2 cases in the Shrine I bought from Century in 1990 that just has "7.62mm" on the headstamp and ".308 Yugo grade B " on the packing list.
No marking on the 15 round boxes, but "Luftdichter Patronenkasten"
on the wooden case, which also has a REA label from Port Huron MI dated 1967.
That sounds like German to me so that may not be the original case.
Any ideas?
I know , treat it as corrosive, and you'll be O.K., but I was curious.
Thanks.
No marking on the 15 round boxes, but "Luftdichter Patronenkasten"
on the wooden case, which also has a REA label from Port Huron MI dated 1967.
That sounds like German to me so that may not be the original case.
Any ideas?
I know , treat it as corrosive, and you'll be O.K., but I was curious.
Thanks.
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Well Luftdichter Patronenkasten means airtight bullet case- thinking something like our metal .50 cans perhaps.
Somehow I doubt the Yugos were using 7.62mm in the 60s, and would think you might have German. I could be wrong.
In any case, I'd treat ANY military ammo with unknown date (I wouldn't say the packing case is definite proof) as being corrosive.0 -
That's what I think; treat it as corrosive, and it can't hurt.
Thanks for your input.
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The only way to tell for certain is to pull a bullet, empty the powder and shoot the primer at a clean metal surface. Then check for rusting over one to three days. Clean the bore as if it was corrosive. OR, call Century Arms and ask them. 0 -
I don't think anyone made corrosive 308. Can not find my copy of military cartridges of the world or I would look.
That said all guns should be cleaned well.0 -
The bare metal test works. I've used it periodically with separate pieces taken from the same metal piece (which already exhibited rust, to eliminate one possible variable), which were then cleaned and polished. I fired the primed rounds of the different makes using different guns for each of the different cartridges tested. The guns were all cleaned prior to the test, with one fouling shot being fired from each barrel with its test ammunition before the test shot.
Some corrosive primers show more corrosive properties than others, and there have been some surprises. Once, I tried two kinds of 7.62x25, which happened to be Yugo 1986 and Bulgarian 1953, with new commercial S&B as control. None of the three test pieces had developed any signs of corrosion after one week, so I lightly aerosoled the spots with vaporized water, every other day for another week. After one month, none of the three still showed any corrosion, and the burn marks still had a gloss. Makes me think that the East Bloc arsenals may have been using non-corrosive primers in some lots, for a long time. Like Forrest Gump said, 'You never know what you're gonna get'.0 -
Call Century? 22years later? BTW , I also have Syrian .308 that is most definitly corrosive. 0
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