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Posted: 6/13/2002 12:15:18 PM EDT
I thought I'd try a case of that AIM Surplus Yugoslavian 7.62 stuff from the 1970s.
- well, it looks and smells like it's been sitting in a Yugoslavian cave for the last 30 years. The can is all corroded and it stinks like piss. No wonder the UPS guy was holding his nose while walking the box up the driveway. My friends and family just don't understand. 
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Posted: 6/13/2002 12:18:41 PM EDT
It LOOKS like it's been pissed on.
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Posted: 6/13/2002 12:27:45 PM EDT
red X
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Posted: 6/13/2002 12:31:09 PM EDT
I can see it-picture a large white plastic wrapped box with cyrillic writing soaked in urine and nasty yellow discharge
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Posted: 6/13/2002 12:57:49 PM EDT
Translated, it reads as follows:
"Danger, extreme radiation, do not open" HA HA HA HA HA .... |
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Posted: 6/13/2002 1:04:49 PM EDT
I think I'd want my old money back.....
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Posted: 6/13/2002 1:31:01 PM EDT
Ahhh, not so fast. I put my hazmat suit on, grabbed the pull thingy and opened that sucker up:  The contents look real tasty.   Bulletfest III, here I come. |
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Posted: 6/13/2002 1:35:10 PM EDT
How was that '70s smell when you broke the seal?
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Posted: 6/13/2002 1:37:56 PM EDT
I wanted to disco in a leisure suit.
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Posted: 6/13/2002 1:38:21 PM EDT
as long as it does what you expect of it who gives a ratzbutt what it smells lyke on the outside.....
but, OTH.., the residue on the outside cud be hazardous to your health if breathed or gotten into an open cut....... enjoy...!! lyfes too short to sweat the petty shytte
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Posted: 6/13/2002 2:30:22 PM EDT
Looks better than brand new Lake City... Scott |
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Posted: 6/13/2002 3:31:36 PM EDT
Hmmm, not bad looking. The wife my kick my ass if it smells and I bring it in the house.
Oh well....I think I may have to order some. medcop |
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Posted: 6/13/2002 3:44:34 PM EDT
LOL! |
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Posted: 6/13/2002 3:54:44 PM EDT
Is it corrosive? Is it reloadable? Where did you buy it?
thnakx Gary |
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Posted: 6/13/2002 6:20:03 PM EDT
I got it here:
aimsurplus.com/acatalog/AIM_Rifle_Ammunition_8.html It's supposedly non-corrosive, but it's probably Berdan primed making reloading difficult. But for <8.5 cents/round delivered to my door, I don't care about reloading. |
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Posted: 6/13/2002 7:08:38 PM EDT
I just picked up 4 cases of the stuff packed on strippers and I am quite happy with it. I only have one case open and what I tried is some pretty hot loaded stuff. Someone also said that this is supposedly one of the few 7.62x39 rounds that will fragment. I am happy with it.
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Posted: 6/15/2002 4:40:03 AM EDT
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Posted: 6/15/2002 5:53:58 AM EDT
Here's the headstamp from the cased ammo:
 Does this mean 1980 production? Corrosive? I suppose that the chrome-lined SAR-1 should handle this without the barrel rusting away before I get home from the range.
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Posted: 6/15/2002 7:30:36 AM EDT
Looks like you didn't get that '70s smell after all!! You're back in the '80s now.....Disco is dead, New Wave arrives..... I don't believe it would be corrosive. |
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Posted: 6/15/2002 9:05:28 AM EDT
Ahh, to be 20 years old again.  So, judging from some of the other discussions about the AIM surplus ammo, it looks like there are two types - 70s corrosive and 80s non-corrosive. I guess that the 70s corrosive ammo is the stuff on the stripper clips and I got the non. I'll still clean the gun when finished. |
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Posted: 6/15/2002 10:38:01 AM EDT
Better safe than fvcked! I always clean within 24hrs of a day of shooting if not right when I walk in the door from the range. |
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Posted: 6/15/2002 7:20:02 PM EDT
DANG they have good prices there! How does it shoot, SWS? I may have to get some!
EDITED TO ADD: What does "corrosive" and "non-corrisive" mean? Does it mean it'll damage my barrel if I don't clean it immediately or something? What makes it corrisive? |
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Posted: 6/15/2002 7:26:42 PM EDT
i have some of that ammo,thought it was russian.
it shot just fine in my sks and mac. bought it 4 or 5 years ago from a sporting goods store. |
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Posted: 6/16/2002 4:26:47 AM EDT
I didn't buy my from AIM but the stuff I picked up was the same and it shoots great. If I had the extra money I would buy even more of it. The short answer is yes "corrosive" means that it will start to damage your rifle if left uncleaned. I guess I need to go and clean my rifle since it has been 2 weeks since I tried the ammo that came on stripper clips  .
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Posted: 6/16/2002 3:57:23 PM EDT
Yeah, but they might pee on it,
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Posted: 6/16/2002 4:48:41 PM EDT
So I guess you don't know that they use Sardine Sperm for powder.
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Posted: 6/16/2002 5:04:59 PM EDT
 Hunh> Sardine Sperm? Those pervo scientists must have a lot of time on their hands if they're giving h-jobs to fish. |
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Posted: 6/16/2002 5:11:40 PM EDT
I am surprised with the (knowledge) on this board that no one came up with this one.... Once you get past the smell, you got it l...... ! |
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Posted: 6/16/2002 6:28:44 PM EDT
cool...It's like a time capsule. Maybe the next guy will find Jimmy Hoffa instead of ammo.
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