Sealed Ammo Can ammo

[Atteas]

A friend has a sealed us military metal container of 45 Acp 230 grain FMJ ammo that he will sell to me. Price is good. Likely brass casings. Would use in 1927 A1. Should I be concerned about this being corrosive to the hardware type of ammo?

[guido4198]

"Corrosive" ammo is only corrosive if you fail to properly clean the firearm. If you like the price...ENJOY it and clean your gun. If your the type who wants to run a few magazines of it through your gun, then pull a "bore-snake" through the barrel, call it good and stick the gun in a closet without properly cleaning...it's probably not a good idea for you to use that stuff. I've fired "corrosive" ammo for years, decades even... and have had ZERO problems as a result.

[340pd]

Open a box and make sure there is no blue green corrosion. I see old ammo all the time and some of it is easily cleaned and others are too corroded to make me comfortable.