TangSafetyM77
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I just received my Colt AR from WildAlaska. I'd recommend doing business with him. I want to shoot it right away, and I was digging through my available .223 ammo. Most of what I have is the South African surplus purchased from Ammoman about 3 years ago. It is 1986 manufacture in the brown plastic battle packs. I am concerned about using it in my new high-dollar gun.
I am concerned because the last time I shot this ammo was through an AK I used to own in .223. I never worried about cleaning it much since, well, it was an AK. So one day a couple of weeks after a range session I broke down the gun to clean it. I pulled the piston out of the gas tube and looked in the tube to see nasty, aggressive, flaky rust on the inside of the tube. I cleaned it up the best I could, it had pitted in a lot of places. It never affected the function of the gun, but I showed to my gunsmith. He thought that maybe the ammo had corrosive primers?
I guess I am looking for some opinions on this ammo, as I have read favorable reports from AR users about the SA surplus. I just don't want to damage my brand new rifle. Is this ammo a little corrosive? Is it OK to fire through my AR without a special cleaning regimen? I have nearly 2K rounds of the stuff!
I am concerned because the last time I shot this ammo was through an AK I used to own in .223. I never worried about cleaning it much since, well, it was an AK. So one day a couple of weeks after a range session I broke down the gun to clean it. I pulled the piston out of the gas tube and looked in the tube to see nasty, aggressive, flaky rust on the inside of the tube. I cleaned it up the best I could, it had pitted in a lot of places. It never affected the function of the gun, but I showed to my gunsmith. He thought that maybe the ammo had corrosive primers?
I guess I am looking for some opinions on this ammo, as I have read favorable reports from AR users about the SA surplus. I just don't want to damage my brand new rifle. Is this ammo a little corrosive? Is it OK to fire through my AR without a special cleaning regimen? I have nearly 2K rounds of the stuff!