7.62x39 Question
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Stiletto Null
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AKs were designed for lacquered ammo*. You'll be fine.
*: Rather, ammunition was steel-cased with lacquer coatings, so AKs and SKSes and Mosins and whatnot were made to work with lacquered ammo.
*: Rather, ammunition was steel-cased with lacquer coatings, so AKs and SKSes and Mosins and whatnot were made to work with lacquered ammo.
KINGMAX
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How important is washing barrel out w/ ammonia
I have heard that Russian/ and old Soviet ammo have caustic primers, and this causes obvious problems.
QUESTION: How important is washing barrel out w/ ammonia ????
What else is in the ammo to compound or cause other problems ???
Thank you for sharing what you know.
I have heard that Russian/ and old Soviet ammo have caustic primers, and this causes obvious problems.
QUESTION: How important is washing barrel out w/ ammonia ????What else is in the ammo to compound or cause other problems ???
Thank you for sharing what you know.
Stiletto Null
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How important? "Very".
Your barrel won't rot away or anything if you don't clean it THE INSTANT after you stop firing, but if you leave it alone for more than like a day (humidity is important, by the way), you'll probably start to get fuzzies and pitting in your bore.
Ammonia is less important than water—the easiest way to flush for corrosive primer residues is just to blast a hose through the bore and gas system (if applicable). I've always done OK with a few patches of Windex, but I also shoot pretty regularly so my rifles don't get neglected for extended periods of time.
Your barrel won't rot away or anything if you don't clean it THE INSTANT after you stop firing, but if you leave it alone for more than like a day (humidity is important, by the way), you'll probably start to get fuzzies and pitting in your bore.
Ammonia is less important than water—the easiest way to flush for corrosive primer residues is just to blast a hose through the bore and gas system (if applicable). I've always done OK with a few patches of Windex, but I also shoot pretty regularly so my rifles don't get neglected for extended periods of time.
jjohnson
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Yeah, Clean IT!
Yeah - corrosive primers are nasty. Even with ChiCom SKS with chromed bores, you do have all the other components that aren't chromed, and if you leave one ovenight 'cause you're busy and you don't think they mean "corrosive" you're in for a surprise.
Even when I'm too busy to properly break it down and give it a thorough cleaning, I give the SKS a good blast of foaming bore cleaner or SOMETHING and pass a patch or two down the bore, blast the bolt, and give it a once over. You can see corrosion overnight. Not all bore cleaners have ammonia, others reek to heaven of it. I'm pretty sure that back in the old days soldiers used to urinate down their barrels if nothing else was available - which makes sense considering the urea content - should break down some of the crud - but yeah, as small the amount of corrosive stuff there really is in that ammo, you should see what it can do overnight. You can't get away with leaving it for another day like you can a .22. It's ugly.
Yeah - corrosive primers are nasty. Even with ChiCom SKS with chromed bores, you do have all the other components that aren't chromed, and if you leave one ovenight 'cause you're busy and you don't think they mean "corrosive" you're in for a surprise.
Even when I'm too busy to properly break it down and give it a thorough cleaning, I give the SKS a good blast of foaming bore cleaner or SOMETHING and pass a patch or two down the bore, blast the bolt, and give it a once over. You can see corrosion overnight. Not all bore cleaners have ammonia, others reek to heaven of it. I'm pretty sure that back in the old days soldiers used to urinate down their barrels if nothing else was available - which makes sense considering the urea content - should break down some of the crud - but yeah, as small the amount of corrosive stuff there really is in that ammo, you should see what it can do overnight. You can't get away with leaving it for another day like you can a .22. It's ugly.
KINGMAX
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It was made to shoot the cheap stuff
The AK was made to shoot the cheap stuff in the worst of conditions.
Think about it. 
The AK was made to shoot the cheap stuff in the worst of conditions.
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