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Corrosive primers

mudge
OK...a friend wants me to get him some 7.62x25 ammo at the H'burg gun show tomorrow. He says he doesn't want reloads or corrosive primers. Since there will be quite a few tables of ammo, I want be sure I get the right stuff. I can get it from AMMOMAN.com for $219/1000 so I'll see if I can get it cheaper at the show but want to know exactly what to avoid.
I can spot reloads easily enough but I can't remember which type of primers are corrosive and which aren't.
Help me...help me.

Mudge the uninformed

I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!<BR>
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  • mudge
    Last night I was in a discussion with some other members of our fire department, and two of the guys were saying that factory ammo is now being loaded with primers that will deteriorate in 1? to 2 years to keep us law abiding citizens from hoarding ammo. Has anyone else heard about this rumor?
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  • ammo guy
    Most,if not all,of the surplus 7.62X25mm will have corrosive primers, this ammo will most likely be of east european mfg. They used corrosive primers up until the 80's. Your best bet for non corrosive is new mfg ammo. One can assume surplus is corrosive until proven otherwise.
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  • BOBBYWINS
    mudge,
    I've been pickin' up Takorev ammo at the show here for $20 per hundred.The same guy has cheaper stuff($16 per hundred)but can't guarantee that it's not corrosive.

    BW

    IT'S WHAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THEMSELVES THAT MAKES THEM AFRAID.
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  • mudge
    OK...that'll help...thanks

    Mudge the mollified

    I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!<BR>
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  • competentone
    Aim has Sellier & Bellot for $160/1000 -- you know that's not corrosive:
    http://www.aimsurplus.com/acatalog/Sellier___Bellot_7_62x25_FMJ.html

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