Recently I acquired some reloaded 30-06 ammunition that was approximately thirty years old. Cases were corroded and some corrosion even coming out of the primer and out the case mouth. Some looked okay, but when I fired them had some case splitting whereupon I decided not to shoot anymore of them and instead recover the bullets and reload them into fresh brass, primer and powder. About 100 all together. Pulled the bullets with my inertia bullet puller and observed a lot of green corrosion inside the cases and contaminated powder. The pulled bullets look pretty good overall, some corrosion flecking but what I'm concerned about is the slight narrowing so to speak from bullet seating and what I assume is crimping. Anybody think this will effect reloading them into another case?
The bullets are 165 grain Sierra BTSP and they had been originally loaded behind 56 grains of IMR-4350.
I attached a photo of some of them. Look rough but are intact.
The bullets are 165 grain Sierra BTSP and they had been originally loaded behind 56 grains of IMR-4350.
I attached a photo of some of them. Look rough but are intact.
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