Help: why does my ammo smell like cat piss?

[EmGeeGeorge]

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Did it start smelling like that after Christmas Eve?

 

[CZguy]

The old norinco 7.62X39mm use to have a foul odor, but I don't think it smelled like cat piss.

I thought it did.

 

[leadcounsel]

Wolf ammo has an ammonia smell to it. None of my other stuff has that smell.

 

[xsquidgator]

Glad you mentioned it, I thought I was the only one who thought some ammo smelled funny that way.

I get that smell shooting Romanian 8mm surplus (corrosive 1970s stuff) and Golden Tiger 7.62x39.

What really struck me as strange was smelling some .223 I made last week using BL-C(2) powder - it had that same odd smell that I think now is ammonia-based. My other rifle loads I make with BL-C(2) don't smell that way, I'm wondering if the Remington SR primers I used might have anything to do with it?

 

[tpaw]

Hah, yes, we have a cat, but I am very sensitive to such odors. (I'm not fond of the cat.)

Mr. cat is getting even with you buy not using the litter box!........

 

[BigG]

Eau de Cat Whizz

Doesn't that Italian ammo smell like pizza?