French M-2
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steelbuttplate
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French M-2
Can anybody share knowledge about French M-2 HEADSTAMP '55 ? Would it be corrosive ?
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Junk Yard Dog
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Re: French M-2
If there is any question then it's corrosive. Clean as if it was corrosive and spare the grief later should you not, and then find out it was. I trust nothing surplus, treat all of it as corrosive.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
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awalker1829
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Re: French M-2
Shouldn’t be corrosive. The French used a different formula for their primer compound. It’s non corrosive but has a shorter shelf life. That’s why so much French milsurp ammo has dead primers.