On Mon, 1 May 2017 18:06:39 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

Tim Wrote in message:
This is one reason why I love 'em.
Just ordered 2 cases

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/175...day-_-20170429


It did mention corosive 4 or 5 times. That doesn't concern you?

My Mosin Nagant undoubtedly had lots of corrosive ammo run through it, but the barrel is beautiful.
Someone cleaned it right after shooting.

Nice explanation: https://www.theboxotruth.com/educati...orrosive-ammo/

Poco Deplorevole wrote:
On Mon, 1 May 2017 18:06:39 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:

Tim Wrote in message:
This is one reason why I love 'em.
Just ordered 2 cases

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/175...day-_-20170429

It did mention corosive 4 or 5 times. That doesn't concern you?
My Mosin Nagant undoubtedly had lots of corrosive ammo run through it, but the barrel is beautiful.
Someone cleaned it right after shooting.

Nice explanation: https://www.theboxotruth.com/educati...orrosive-ammo/

Interesting. I wonder if firing a dozen rounds of non-corrosive ammo
through it at the end of the day would help clean out the crap.

Alex
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Interesting. I wonder if firing a dozen rounds of non-corrosive ammo
through it at the end of the day would help clean out the crap.

That's a very good question. When I got my Longbranch SMLE enfield, it had a pretty rusty barrel. Oh it was safe but I wasn't going to waste a couple hrs swabbing it with wire bristles when I could sight it in. At the old farm I had about a 300 yd range set up and I took some loaded magazines with me. Sprays everything down with a generous amount of cheap penetrating oil and had at it.

After about 30 rds of fast "cock-aim-pull" type shooting, it was hot and as inaccurate as it could be. I pulled the bolt and looked through the barrel. Man did it clean up!

I let it cool then went through a total pull down, cleaned it up reassembled and oiled. Except for some unavoidable pitting, it's got a really nice full bore. But yes, all those rotten corrosive surplus rounds really knocked loose the crud!

Crap! Got an email and reimbursement.

Out of stock already! That's a shame. Good price oh well. There's more to come from somewhere. It's a never ending supply.

On Wed, 3 May 2017 08:31:01 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

Crap! Got an email and reimbursement.

Out of stock already! That's a shame. Good price oh well. There's more to come from somewhere. It's a never ending supply.

Don't feel bad. Today at WalMart I bought two 100 round boxes of .223. When I'd asked the price,
which wasn't marked, I thought Juan said $27 per box. Then he rang them up and I saw the ticket.
He'd actually said $37 per box. Plus tax that came to about 40 cents a round. Could have done better
at Sportsman Guide with free shipping!

Well John, for retail, "walk in-walk out" that's not bad.

On 5/3/17 12:31 PM, Tim wrote:
Well John, for retail, "walk in-walk out" that's not bad.


There's no shortage of reliable mail order suppliers with name brand
..223 brass ammo at under 30 cents a round, and some offer free shipping.
Most do not collect sales tax.