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Thread: Safe to shoot or toss?
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August 9th, 2020, 03:38 PM #21Active Member
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Re: Safe to shoot or toss?
I'm just getting back into it now, got probably 5k of 45acp brass to reload, already resized, decapped, clean and tumbled. Got two unopened jugs of Bullesye, couple of 5 year old boxes of CCI primers to start. Then I'll tackle the 8mm, .308 and a few boxes of 30-06 brass to get things cleaned up. If the ammo looks bad you either toss it, or get a unloading hammer and take the rounds apart.
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August 9th, 2020, 04:16 PM #22Grand Member
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Re: Safe to shoot or toss?
Something got on those cartridges. Brass will slowly tarnish evenly and slowly get darker to a point then slow down or stop. No matter how humid it is. I somehow ended up with a single 9mm cartridge before I had a 9. I tossed it in a box on my reloading bench and it has been there at least 25 years. I just looked at it and it has some patina but no corrosion or pitting. I also have a few loose rounds of 30-06 that were loaded in WWII and were stored mostly in the open in a cardboard box since I had them. Again just a darker patina but no corrosion.
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August 9th, 2020, 04:28 PM #23Super Member
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Re: Safe to shoot or toss?
If there is any doubt....don't shoot it. "He saved 85 cents" would look funny on a headstone.
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August 9th, 2020, 06:24 PM #24
Re: Safe to shoot or toss?
Sell it on Gunbroker!
I called to check my ZIP CODE!....DY-NO-MITE!!!
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August 9th, 2020, 07:27 PM #25
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