Corrosive Ammo? How to tell?

[emcon5]

Some folks seem to be afraid of corrosive ammo, I never understood why, I assume it is from the name. People hear "corrosive" and seem to think is is some sort of caustic acid in their guns, rather than just some salt, which tends to attract moisture and lead to rust.

If you remember that most military rifles (with few exceptions) every round they ever fired up to the point they landed in your hands was corrosive.

all of the above work, their has been some controversy about weather hoppe's# 9 still has a corrosive ammo formula or not. i am not saying it does not. i use it all the time. if you go to the net their is a lot of back and forth about weather hoppe's counter acts corrosive ammo. i use ammonia& water mix at the range then hoppe's and then oil patches before i go home.

Using Hoppes no 9 to clean after firing corrosive ammo comes up fairly often, and one of the previous times this came up, a guy here Calguns ended up calling Hoppes to get the straight answer. Which was: "No"

The old formula worked fine, the current formula, not so much.

This is backed up by the excellent test Surplusrifle.com did a while back, testing various cleaners on removing salt from test strips of steel.

Introduction here:

http://www.surplusrifle.com/reviews2006/alittlesalt/index.asp

The page you want is here (scroll to the bottom):

http://www.surplusrifle.com/reviews2006/alittlesalt/index2.asp

Hoppes No9 plus is formulated for Black powder, and should work fine on corrosive primers.

http://www.hoppes.com/bore-cleaners/no-9-plus

I used to use windex at the range, decided it was too much hassle. Now I use hot water, a turkey baster and a bayonet. Takes about 45 seconds per rifle.

[1337-Alpha]

my mosins seem to always feed and eject better with cheap surplus ammo. that is what it was made for.

After shooting today... yeah!!! That high dollar stuff would jam up and have issues ejecting. Put the cheap steel cased stuff in and that rifle started working like a charm. Is it bad that I now have the sudden urge to take a shot of vodka while cleaning my gun?

Thanks all for the advice, I will make sure to use something before pushing hoppes through then. Right now water, any thoughts on just keeping a can of WD-40 on the range and after firing just give a quick blast down barrel + bore snake? What can I say... WD-40 and duck tape, quick fixes to many things in this world.

[emcon5]

The best thing for removing salt is water. For a lot more detail read the article I linked above.

WD40 is pretty much the opposite of water, it was developed to remove water. The name even means Water Displacement, 40th formula.

First use water. Then use WD40 to get rid of the water. Then a shot of CLP or the oil of your choice to protect it. That is all you need to do to remove the corrosive salts.

[Mustang]

a quick blast down barrel + bore snake?

The problem with using a bore snake is it will soon become impregnated with the very salts that you are seeking to remove. Better to use patches and to dispose of them after use.

[NOTABIKER]

all good info here, cant go wrong. i like that German soldiers putting the muzzle in hot water then stroking a patch from the receiver .

[emcon5]

The problem with using a bore snake is it will soon become impregnated with the very salts that you are seeking to remove. Better to use patches and to dispose of them after use.

When someone advocates using a bore snake, I ask them if they reuse toilet paper.

Pretty much the same thing, as far as I am concerned.

[knucklehead0202]

all good info here, cant go wrong. i like that German soldiers putting the muzzle in hot water then stroking a patch from the receiver .

I usually do this in the sink with hot, soapy water on mine, works great.