South Korean M2 ball on stripper clips?

[Flammenwerfer]

I just received a can of South Korean M2 ball ammo that I ordered last week. It was supposed to be loose ammo but it's all on stripper clips.....which is no big deal, I was planning on using it for my bolt rifles knowing it was corrosive before I ordered it.

It's all either KA 72 or 73 headstamped and there is a small K on the stripper clip. My question is in that time period what would they have needed it on chargers for?

 

[mo mauser]

No idea. The only I've seen first hand was on en blocs. Cool!

 

[Flammenwerfer]

Reckon they were using lend lease A3's or A4's?

 

[mo mauser]

That would be my guess. Training or support units?

 

[JamesG]

Do they smell like kimche or soju?

 

[Flammenwerfer]

Do they smell like kimche or soju?

They smell like stale....musty 40 year old stale.

 

[bulletpaluza]

They smell like stale....musty 40 year old stale.

That's one of my favorite smells when it comes to my gun room. I wish fabreez would bottle it. They could call it "Comie-solean"

 

[JBWJr]

Up until more recently, believe it or not, the hard as nails ROKs loved them some M1s and M14s.

 

[Flammenwerfer]

Up until more recently, believe it or not, the hard as nails ROKs loved them some M1s and M14s.

Who can blame them!!!

That's o e of my favorite smells when it comes to my gun room. I wish fabreez would bottle it. The could call it "Comie-solean"

Mine too, buddy! Every time I open my gun room my wife complains.....I smile. It's a win-win

 

[spencer60]

Don't know how they were advertised, but some of the Korean ammo is corrosive. There's a thread out there on which headstamps are and aren't.

I ran into this after buying two cans of it. Not a problem in a bolt gun, but a pain in the Garand.