Uncle Grinch Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 I wanted to test uploading images from photobucket and needed a photo to test with so I decided on an example of some Korean 30-06 (KA71) that split during a milsurp match with my 03A3. No damage done other than a little blow back to my forehead and eyebrow. I ended up pulling the bulletes and powder and trashing the brass. No problems since. IMG]http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f106/blslryr/IMG_6151.jpg[/img] http://s46.photobucket.com/albums/f106/bls...ic=IMG_6151.jpg <a href="http://s46.photobucket.com/albums/f106/blslryr/?action=view¤t=IMG_6151.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f106/blslryr/IMG_6151.jpg" border="0" alt="Korean Surplus 30-06"></a> Hummm... I must be doing something wrong. Here it is from my PC... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Hess Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Click Add Reply Click the Insert Image icon, 7th from the left. Past the URL of your picture with the HTTP and everything and you get: square bracket img square bracket URL square bracket /img square bracket Glad you weren't hurt with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzRednek Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Grinch I've shot several hundred, possibly more than a thousand of the Korean surplus 06 ammo and never had one split on me. I have had a few duds. Depending on where you buy it, it might or might not be corrosive so I treat it all as corrosive. I've reloaded allot of the Korean brass. Some have a primer pocket that is slightly larger than the standard .210 size and gets trashed. The first batch I bought way back in the 70's, the seller (might have been SARCO can't remember for certain) claimed the Korean ammo factory was set up by Olin (Winchester) in the 50's and the ammo was loaded with Winchester ball powder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Grinch Posted December 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Grinch I've shot several hundred, possibly more than a thousand of the Korean surplus 06 ammo and never had one split on me. I have had a few duds. Depending on where you buy it, it might or might not be corrosive so I treat it all as corrosive. I've reloaded allot of the Korean brass. Some have a primer pocket that is slightly larger than the standard .210 size and gets trashed. The first batch I bought way back in the 70's, the seller (might have been SARCO can't remember for certain) claimed the Korean ammo factory was set up by Olin (Winchester) in the 50's and the ammo was loaded with Winchester ball powder. AzRedneck... I too had been shooting quite a bit of surplus ammo, Korean, Turk, Yugo, and the best I've found, Greek HXP. On the Korean, I found it is mildly corrosive, and also there was another headstamp other than KA that was very dependable, I think it was PS. When I broke the KA71 down I found both ball and stick (extruded) powder. Some of which was gummed up with green oily corrosion. All that looked good has been reloaded in my HXP brass, using the same powder and bullets, with excellent results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiris Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 That's a nasty cracked case, and you are lucky not to have got some brass particles back at you. Not to nitpick, but there is no such thing as "mildly corrosive". It's either corrosive primed or not. I prefer to treat most surplus ammo as corrosive for sake of the rifle. You just never know for sure unless it's recent manufactured 223 or 308. Spiris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzRednek Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 That's a nasty cracked case, and you are lucky not to have got some brass particles back at you. Really makes the case for using safety glasses. The public range I shoot no longer allows any shooting without glasses. Not to nitpick, but there is no such thing as "mildly corrosive". It's either corrosive primed or not. Good point. I believe it was SARCO that started the "mildly corrosive" in their Shotgun News ads way back in the 70's. SARCO's claim was the mildly corrosive was easier to clean. I prefer to treat most surplus ammo as corrosive for sake of the rifle. You just never know for sure unless it's recent manufactured 223 or 308. J&G Sales claims to have tested the 30/06 Korean surplus ammo. Supposedly a random sample of the various years they got mixed results. They did require me to sign a liability release before they would sell me the ammo. Paraphrasing, the release said the ammo might or might not be corrosive and to treat it as corrosive. Spiris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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