Easy to clean the 700 after corrosive, but on the Socom you'd want to take it down and clean the gas piston and gas ports real well also.
+1, it's either corrosive or it isn't.
I think it's kind of sleazy when companies market ammo this way, and generally steer clear unless the deal is just smokin' good. Sad to see it from ammo to go...I liked them.
A few year's back I got into some mildly corrosive 7.62 Nato from India (??). It wasn't labeled or otherwise noted as corrosive. I did not clean the H & K 91 that I shot the stuff through until a few days later. Oops! I got to scrub the bore a bunch with non-abrasive bore cleaner to get the "red" out. I still have the half-empty 2 oz. bottle of Rust Free sitting with my cleaning stuff, as a reminder to not make that mistake again.
Always treat any new lot of non-major brand ammo as potentially corrosive, until proven otherwise.
Always treat any new lot of non-major brand ammo as potentially corrosive, until proven otherwise.
I've followed Empire Arms advice on cleaning after corrosive ammo for several years now and have never had any corrosion problems with my WWII bolt action rifles:
http://www.empirearms.com/clean.htm
And this guy is well known for his high quality mil-surp rifles.
http://www.empirearms.com/clean.htm
And this guy is well known for his high quality mil-surp rifles.
No such thing. If its corrosive, its corrosive. No middle ground
very similar to being mildly pregnant. It is or it isn't but it isn't as hot as really old ammo. Enjoy the cheap ammo, but clean like these gents said. nothing to be afraid of if you clean.
