Salvaging ammunition

[IndyDave1776]

I have a friend who had a pretty good portion of his stock of steel cased 5.56 draw moisture and develop spots of light surface rust (as described--I haven't seen it myself) Provided that this description is accurate, my thought is to knock the worst of the rust off and anticipate some stoppages in his AR. I would, however, appreciate the thoughts of anyone who has encountered this problem.

 

[Mosinguy]

Just hit it with a emery cloth very lightly or a cloth in general and keep silica gel in his storage containers.

 

[IndyDave1776]

Just hit it with a emery cloth very lightly or a cloth in general and keep silica gel in his storage containers.

Sounds reasonable! Thanks!

 

[BGDave]

Was given some 7.62 X 39 that was rusted. Lightly cleaned and shot them up. Had a session with sons and grandson. Roughly 800 rounds and had 2 or 3 fail to fire. The Russians seem to know what they are doing ammo-wise.

 

[HavokCycle]

its crap. won't ever be useable. pull them apart and send me the powder and bullets, i'll take care of the rest.