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Posted: 1/10/2026 6:59:58 PM EDT
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I'm assuming yes. Correct me if I'm wrong. I know it's corrosive. But is there anything else that would prevent me from using it in a recent manufacture 1895? Was recently gifted my late FiL's 30-06 ammo hoard. Thinking about getting one of these to go with a recent garand purchase. https://www.winchesterguns.com/products/rifles/model-1895/model-1895-high-grade.html  |
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| It's fine. Actually way easier to clean the salts from that then a semi auto Garand. |
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Originally Posted By fxntime: It's fine. Actually way easier to clean the salts from that then a semi auto Garand. I have a pile of ~8k 30-06 rounds I need to put a dent in. |
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Originally Posted By wmagrush: Is the ammo military ammo? In general all US military ammo after 1954 is non-corrosive. Before then various calibers and arsenals were corrosive due to manufacturing requirements allowed by the military contracts. 1943 manufactured |
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Originally Posted By nhsport: I would expect "1943" to be corrisive. I know lots of guys use it with proper cleaning but I find that to be lots of work. I would take the loss and sell it off for whatever I could get for it and move on but that is me The older I get, the less I like to clean corrosive ammo. And I'm older than dirt (or least I feel that way). Sell off the WW2 ammo and replace with good M2 ball. |
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Originally Posted By nhsport: I would expect "1943" to be corrisive. I know lots of guys use it with proper cleaning but I find that to be lots of work. I would take the loss and sell it off for whatever I could get for it and move on but that is me When I use corrosive ammo, it doesn’t take any more work or time to clean at all. I like Sweet’s 7.62 solvent which is ammonia based. 3 bore passes with a wet patch ( working back and forth until it froths up) let sit 10 minutes, a few passes of a nylon or stainless bore brush, then 5-6 dry patches followed by one with oil, done in 15 minutes. I even use the same method on my black powder cartridge firing antiques and it has served me well for the last 30 years or so |
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Sweet's is a copper solvent, it has no effect on corrosive primer residue, which is a form of salt. There's a simple test to determine if a solvent will dissolve corrosive salts...... Pour a small amount in a glass container and dump in some common table salt. Let stand a couple of minutes. If the salt dissolves into suspension it's good for corrosive residue. If it just lays there it's no good. |
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