7.62x54R Corrosive Ammo Question

" The water cleaning I used to do let me down and I lost a $480 barrel on a Ruger 1H Tropical."

You're not the first person I know who has had that happen... stored the gun with an oiled bore, fired some corrosive ammo, did a water flush followed by some oiled patches, only to come back some months later and find a sewer pipe where they left their rifle.

Just curious, what were you shooting? Some old ICI or Kynoch .375?
 
It was some old .416 Rigby ammo we found in the vault of an 80 year old man I worked for. That was 15 years ago that he gave it to me. I got around to shooting it a couple years ago. It had the potential for being some old stuff. I assumed it was corrosive and cleaned accordingly, but did not know for sure what the ammo was. Obviously my cleaning regimine did not work. He probably got in in Africa, he used to go on Safari every year. I gave the brass away. I need to see if the person I gave it to still has it so I can figure out exactly what it was. The person I gave it to used it to feed his wildcat.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top