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Avoid the boxer primed stuff and you are fine....its not all corosive...I ve got thousands of rounds of steel cased non-corrosive russian ammo. I don't reload , yet anyway....so am not paying miore for the reloadible brass rounds.

Avoid the Berdan (spelling) primed stuff too...its corrosive.

Thanks. I thought it was all corrosive. I'll try to find the russian ammo for the next time I shoot it.

be carefull not all russian ammo is non-corrosive. A lot is. The non-corrosive stuff is usually labled.... cheap non-corrosive stuff is availible. Much or the Romainian and Bulgarian stuff seems to be corrosive however.

I just went out to the garage and looked at my last box of ammo for the sks. It is indeed labeled "non-corrosive", and made in China. Thanks for the advice.

After I went to bed last night I thought about this and realised I gave you innacurate info....


Boxer and Berdan primed ammo is the style of primer, not the primer material...

You can have corrosive materials with either...the differences between Boxer and berdan primed matters the most to reloaders.I buy steel cased as its cheaper..and stay with the non-corrosive type....

Look for the ammunition boxes to specify non-corrosive....if it says nothing assume it is corrosive..