Hungarian ammo.......Corrosive?

[Riphalman]

A while back I picked up a few boxes of MFS brand ammo in 7.62x39. The stuff was manufactured in Hungary. Packed in brightly colored boxes and containing what appears to be copper-washed steel cases. No mention of the ammunition being non-corrosive as you will find with most imported ammo in that caliber, so I suspect it may be loaded with corrosive priming. Anyone know for sure?

 

[Okiecruffler]

I've found that a safe bet is to treat all eastern European ammo as corrosive. Probably not a bad idea to treat western European ammo the same way. Come to think of it, this US stuff might just be suspect.

 

[Tropical Z]

I dont think any NEW ammo is corrosive regardless of where its made.Countries have evolved beyond that and realize the benefits of non corrosive ammo.Hungary isnt that backwards!

 

[Riphalman]

That may be so, Tropical.......

But I don't know that this is newly manufactured ammunition. I couldn't say how old it might be. Also, I'm not suggesting that Hungary is some third world craphole where the folks whiz in their own drinking water. However, until fairly recently ammo made in that and many other parts of the world utilized corrosive components. While here in the good old US of A we made the switch to non-corrosive priming after WW2, most other places were a good bit behind us.

 

[Okiecruffler]

Seriously, you can't go wrong if you treat it like you know it's corrosive. You make a mistake in the other direction and you'll have problems.

 

[Ky Larry]

Just clean your weapons after shooting and you'll be okay, whatever the primers are. On gas operated weapons, make sure you thoroughly clean the gas system. Shoot well and often.

 

[P95Carry]

Don't think this has been mentioned but ....... inspect a fired case.

If it shows two or more small flash holes and is therefore Berdan ... it could be corrosive .... tho more modern Berdan may not me. If single large flash hole then Boxer ... and almost certainly non corrosive.

Just a rough guide. But as others say ... play safe in case.

 

[Riphalman]

Thanx for your input, folks. I'll just treat it as though it were corrosive and I should be OK.