Korean M2 .30-06 Ball and the M1917

[Weaps]

Hi folks,

I was recently at the Valley Forge gun show and picked up some .30-06 ammo for fairly cheap which appears to be Korean M2 Ball. It came in the 8 round M1 en-bloc clips with cardboard sleeves and in six pouch OD cloth bandoliers which were marked as .30 carbine ammo but that was crossed out and had stenciled on them

"Cal .30 ball Km2
8 rd clips
lot KA - 498."

Now I was more interested in the ammo since I don't have an M1 (hey, I saw "cheap .30-06 ammo"; although if anyone wants some en-bloc clips for their M1 I suppose I could send 'em to you for the price of postage) but someone on another thread mentioned that M2 since WWII has been often constructed of copper-washed steel jacketed lead bullets. I grabbed one of my super-powerful magnets from a discarded hard drive and sure enough this stuff sticks to it. So I have a couple of questions.

I pulled one of the bullets with my handy dandy bullet puller, and the bullet is definitely lead core with steel jacket (magnet) and the case is boxer primed so we have a gooder there. I don't have a proper scale but using a primitive see-saw scale I constructed I noted that the bullet weighs less than a 180 grain 10mm bullet, which tells me it is probably 150grn. Head stamp on the case is K A 7 3 each at 90 degree angles. So, my questions about this stuff are:

1. I'm going to be wanting to shoot this out of my M1917 Remington/Eddystone/Winchester Enfield. Should I be concerned about the steel jackets and my bore?

2. Is this stuff corrosive? I don't have a problem with it if it is since I'll just make sure I get it home and give it the soap/water/ammonia treatment pronto but I would like to have an idea if it is. I know that cheap surplus ammo is as cheap surplus ammo does but I don't want to ruin an okay rifle due to any ignorance. Back in the '80's when I had a Norinco AK I shot some corrosive Russian ammo through that and saw what it was capable of doing to steel very quickly (I was younger then. )

I've done some searching both here and elsewhere but I haven't found anything that answers those specific questions which is why I ask here.

Thanks in advance.

 

[dude]

1-no

2-shoot the shell with just the primer from an inch or two away at some bare steel and wait 24 hours to see if the primers are corrosive

 

[dude]

PM sent about the clips

 

[Gordon]

I shoot the same vintage ammo in my 1917! I think it is corrosive as if I don't clean that night there is green forming around muzzle the next day or so. I wash with very hot water then use regular bore cleaner, that does it. I had 3000 rounds of that stuff, I have 800 rounds left after 25 years!