Why corrosive ammo?

[Junk Yard Dog]

Oh I know , I have 500 rounds of 1942 black tip on the '03 clips and in the bandoleers stashed away, several boxes of WW2 date .45acp, and hundreds of odd rounds from WW2, Korea, and the early50's that are all corrosively primed. Only the M1 Carbine escaped corrosive primers, at least in the US, some other users might have gone corrosive. I am forever picking up odd full Garand clips, mostly with WW2 date ammo in them, these I stash away in the collection, they were probably brought home by GI's after the war who wanted to show family members what they shot the Germans/Japs with and then tossed in a box for 60 years. The Koreans also made some corrosive M2 ball, not the PS headstamp stuff in the 20 round boxes, that stuff is great, but the KA stamp crap that was marketed a few years back on the Garand clips, that stuff is corrosive.

Bossman, I have heard you reference different type and caliber ammunition that you have been hoarding for years...I have seen your Youtube videos on many fine weapons...mix your chocolate and your peanut butter. I would love to see a video of some of your more rare ammunition.

I did show some Turkish ammo with the last Turk rifle post, the bulk of my ammo is stored in airtight USGI ammo cans that have had the oxygen content replaced with argon for long term storage as this is not daily use ammo. It is not a difficult process as argon is heavier than "air" and fills the cans nicely, however at the moment I am out of argon to replace what's in the cans should I open them. I have odd lots of ammo that are available, including some of the rounds of black tip, I will try to remember to show some of it one day.