 Rich4473 
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Posted: 7/10/2012 11:30:27 AM
THE IMAGE ABOVE IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT |
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Posted: 7/10/2012 1:45:34 PM
I store ALL my ammo in 50. cal ammo cans with a Sorb-it pack inside.
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FlyLeaf
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Posted: 7/10/2012 5:36:43 PM
Seal it up good and dont worry about it,or send all your polymer ammo to me for disposal.
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-Apocalypto-
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Posted: 7/11/2012 6:11:42 PM
Polymer rounds will often get "rust" on them after you handle them, some have reported rust upon opening a sealed case after it had been stored around the house. The rust is cosmetic and shouldn't affect the rounds.
Golden Tiger is a good lacquer coated round and can be had for about the same price. |
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Posted: 7/11/2012 8:45:09 PM
Found rust on some poly coated .223 that was stored in a good .50 caliber ammo can. Same thing happened with some "Silver Bear" that was stored in cans. The zinc plating oxidized and left a very rough surface coating. It was bad enough that I was getting stuck cases in my Bushmaster carbine that normally runs like a raped ape on anything I put through it. Seriously, this was the first time in many years and thousands of rounds of steel cased ammo through AR-15s that I got stuck cases. The inexpensive steel cased ammo is great for plinking and training, but it is storage sensitive. You must keep it dry. I found that running the oxidized and rusted rounds through my tumbler for a few hours knocked off enough of the surface roughness that the ammo ran fine again. Glad I am down to my last 500 or so rounds of this stuff. Lacquer only for me from now on... or brass cased reloads. Reloading is the key to shooting inexpensive .223...
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762wolverine
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Posted: 7/12/2012 7:50:11 PM
I bet your AK will eat that up without a problem.
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Posted: 7/19/2012 3:23:17 PM
I fired about 300 rounds of WPA 4 weeks ago, piled all the cases together on the ground and walked away..Since then it has rained 3 times.I checked the cases today and the only rust was on the inside of the case. The outside still looked the same as when I took round from box.
For a range report: they worked great was shooting out around 250 yards..around minute of man at that distance..At around 100 yards we was hitting bowling pins repeatedly Just my experience |
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Posted: 7/25/2012 12:42:51 PM
I stick to Golden Tiger ammo.
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FlyLeaf
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Posted: 7/25/2012 5:07:12 PM
I have some wolf polymer loaded in 3 30 round mags behind the seat of my truck that have been there for over a year.All kinds of temp changes,humidity,freezing weather,etc.No corrosion or even a hint that they will be.
Look like the day they came out of the box.Just sayin  |
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Posted: 7/27/2012 1:44:28 AM
The poly coat isn't ideal, and it looks like it rust's faster . ( You should look into keeping your storage area drier ) But the condition of the case doesn't really matter unless your chamber is too tight , a good primer and dry powder is what matters, I've shot outdoor round's I found with rust alot of rust on them , no issues.
I'd imagine that, in general that the polymer coated sealant'less ammo is what american consumers wanted ( if you look at the old forum posts about (wolf, etc) the main complaint was lacquer and sealant fouling (and barrel wear :)-> (they even had 'copper coated bullets' for a while or so sportsman's guide said) - good times, I wish I was buying ammo pre 07' . Either way it doesn't matter, if your not keeping your ammo in a supper dank area it well work. Even then it it is likely to work decades from now. If I had the choice I would go with a sealed lacquer round like golden tiger but, then again if I had the choice I'd go with some well made expanding american ammo or something like that. |
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