J.C. Bell, SASS #15217 Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 Little help, please. My recollection is that all US government arsenals manufacturing .30-06 ammunition had switched to non-corrosive primers by 1952. Is it correct that any .30-06 GI ammo with a headstamp of "53" or later is non-corrosive primed? Cordially, J.C. Bell, SASS #15217 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 No. Most, but not all. According to my list, the first safe 30-06 armor piercing by Winchester is WRA 55. Summary of "Safe" Headstamps by Caliber: .30-'06 Ball: DAQ (Canadian) All non-corrosive VC (Canadian) All non-corrosive TW 51 FA 52 LC 52 RA 52 WCC 52 WRA 52 SL 53 .30-'06 AP: FA 52 TW 53 LC 53 SL 53 WRA 55 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 You asked about 06, but in case anyone is interested in other GI ammo of that time period, these are the SAFE head stamps. .45 ACP Ball WRA 52 WCC 53 RA 53 FCC 54 TW 54 FA 55 .30 Carbine: All Non-corrosive 7.62 NATO: All Non-corrosive (exception 1956 FA "International Match") 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.C. Bell, SASS #15217 Posted October 10 Author Share Posted October 10 Excellent information. Thank you. I'll save my corrosive to shoot when I have time to do a proper cleaning of my rifle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 If you hit it with a bit of old school windex and swab it the ammonia stops the reaction. It's not a replacement for a good cleaning but it'll keep it from corroding on the way home. Most russian milsurp ammo is corrosive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 I had an old time match shooter tell me "just shoot a few non corrosive after, it'll flush out the corrosive stuff", don't know if that's true, but he claimed all the old timers did that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 15 minutes ago, Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 said: I had an old time match shooter tell me "just shoot a few non corrosive after, it'll flush out the corrosive stuff", don't know if that's true, but he claimed all the old timers did that. Nope, just use the Windex method. It is easy and works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 4 minutes ago, DeaconKC said: Nope, just use the Windex method. It is easy and works. they didn't know that 50 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 18 minutes ago, Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 said: they didn't know that 50 years ago True, they told them if they didn't have hot water handy to whiz down the barrel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 (edited) Just because the powder is non-corrosive doesn't mean the primer is. Korean 30 Carbine rusted up the barrel of my commercial M-1 carbine. Greek surplus 30-06 also caused some rust in my Garand. My rule is to treat ALL foreign surplus ammo as corrosive regardless of what the box says. Edited October 11 by Chantry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 3 hours ago, Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 said: I had an old time match shooter tell me "just shoot a few non corrosive after, it'll flush out the corrosive stuff", don't know if that's true, but he claimed all the old timers did that. I've heard people say that if you shoot a few rounds of jacketed after shooting lead bullets, it will clear all the leading out. I don't believe that one either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punxsutawneypete Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 4 hours ago, Chantry said: My rule is to treat ALL foreign surplus ammo as corrosive regardless of what the box says. I remember some 20 years ago there was a lot of Egyptian 9mm Luger ammunition floating around. Being an old black powder shooter and in an abundance of caution I'll only shoot it through my chromed Browning High Power because I figured that is the easiest gun to break down and really clean thoroughly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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