corrosive ammo or NOT?

[Zack]

I was looking at some wolf 5.45x39mm and notice it says NON-corrosive on the box. But the the bullets have the red primer and the red stripe on it around the head. Now I notice the 7.62x54R stuff has the red primer and red stripe. Does this mean the wolf 5.45x39mm IS corrosive? what else would the red markings mean??

 

[2aHawaii]

The red strip is a sealant to help keep stuff out of the case. It's non-corrosive

 

[Shadow 7D]

Seeing as most countries stopped using corrosive primers in the 60 to 70's and wolf is new production, what it means is that the consolidator bought excess military production for eastern Europe, where digging up buried ammo and expecting it to still work (or sloppy standards...) means that they want the cases sealed, OTH some very high end European ammo is also sealed.

Some one correct me, but I don't think any country manufactured corrosive 5.45 ammo.

 

[cthulhufan]

As stated above, that's sealant both on the primer and the bullet and NOT an indicator of a corrosive primer (contains mercury and salts?).

I never understood the fear of corrosive ammo anyway; clean your damned rifle and it's not an issue as far as I'm concerned.

 

[WoofersInc]

Some one correct me, but I don't think any country manufactured corrosive 5.45 ammo.

The Bulgarian and Russian surplus stuff in the spam cans is listed as being corrosive.

 

[Average Joe]

If it said non-corrosive, then its non-corrosive....The corrosive ammo says nothing, that being said, there is nothing wrong with corrosive ammo...The primers in corrosive ammo will last forever...

 

[06]

Romanian Spam cans are also corrosive. Like another said, just clean it after shooting and there is no problem.

 

[kingpin008]

I never understood the fear of corrosive ammo anyway; clean your damned rifle and it's not an issue as far as I'm concerned.

Pretty much.

 

[Ky Larry]

Don't let the sun set on a dirty weapon and it doesn't matter if it's corrosive or not.

 

[TexasRifleman]

But the the bullets have the red primer and the red stripe on it around the head.

As mentioned, that's just sealant. You can't tell if ammo has corrosive primers from that.

I never understood the fear of corrosive ammo anyway; clean your damned rifle and it's not an issue as far as I'm concerned.

Well, if you don't use the right thing to clean your rifle it will make a BIG difference.

If you use standard cleaning products on a firearm that has fired corrosive primers you will not stop the corrosion, no matter how clean it looks. You need to be using a cleaning solution that will neutralize the corrosive compounds and those are not found in most commercial cleaning products. Water works great. Most people don't use water in their usual cleaning routines.