“You consider it a badge of honor when you cycle 5 rounds without the aid of a 2x4.’
From personal experience: stay away from lacquered ammo!
It you ever get a batch of Commie surplus ammo that causes the weapon to jam, discard the rest of the ammo. The Soviets had a machine gun that fired 7.62 x 54R ammo, but they loaded it a lot hotter than 7.62 x 54R rifle ammo.
“From personal experience: stay away from lacquered ammo!”
Amen! Whole web sites devoted to keeping them from fouling. Mine’s been cleaned and broken in for years now after much effort, and a pleasure to shoot. Ammoman has scads of the good stuff in bulk usually.