Lake City Match ammo

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Sisco
February 27, 2005, 10:32 AM
I picked up a box of Lake City Match .308 at the gunshow yesterday.
173 grain, made in 1966.
Is this stuff corrosive?
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Jim Watson
February 27, 2005, 10:52 AM
No.
Sisco
February 27, 2005, 11:03 AM
Good.
Sam Adams
February 28, 2005, 04:51 PM
IIRC, the US switched from corrosive primers to non-corrosive in the mid-1950's.
Jim Watson
February 28, 2005, 05:36 PM
I don't think the US Army ever made any corrosive .308, but somebody reported finding a box of Winchester Match labeled corrosive and mercuric. Hatcher says they made that until 1960 but mentions only '06 and .300 H&H.

The change to noncorrosive was official in 1949 but it took a while for the new primers to work through the pipeline. They sure weren't going to throw primers away and were probably glad for whatever was on hand when the shooting started in Korea.
Stevie-Ray
February 28, 2005, 06:43 PM
I got a ton of it. (LC) It's great stuff! :)
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