When we were kids growing up my brothers and I had a couple 03-A3s that we would shoot like mad with surplus ball M2 ammo or our own reloads. (Yes kids, you could reload ammo for pretty much the same cost as surplus - about $.07 per round.)

I got shouted down on Quorum the other day for disputing that Ball M2 used corrosive primers. Man, we shot up a LOT of that stuff with no bore problems - we thought it was non-corrosive so we weren't on top of cleaning after shooting either, not like we were with the Mausers and the mystery ammo we fired in them. Or the black powder guns.

So are they right, Ball M2 had corrosive primers? Turkey trots to water, the world wants to know!

jn