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Unread 05-15-2014, 06:59 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by sheepherder View Post
And remember -

"...copper jacketed bullets corrode to copper sulfate which doesn't seriously harm barrels, but the old German steel jacketed bullets, "stahl-mantel geschoss" rust to iron oxide and will destroy a barrel with as little as one shot."

Ed says he's shot that old WWII ammunition and noted that as well...
no, no, I said that I have shot hundreds of rounds of it and my barrels is still sharp and nice.

Maybe Erfurt artillerys are just better barrels than other crap
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