essayons21
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So I had a couple bags full of miscellaneous range-pickup brass, mostly .45 and .40. It was a muddy wet day, and it has been sitting in the bags for a few months (work has been keeping me busy), so needless to say it was all pretty gross. I tossed the lot of it in my ultrasonic cleaner to get most of the crud off before it goes in the resizing dies.
After ultrasonic cleaning, I usually put my brass on a tray in the oven at 225 degrees for 15-20 minutes to dry it off.
I just pulled the tray out of the oven and started sorting through it, and I found two live .22 LR rounds still hot from the oven. Yikes! I have no idea how they got in there, maybe when one of my shooting buddies was helping me pick up brass he threw them in there. I have been accused of being a notorious scrounger when it comes to brass and ammo, but I'm not so cheap that I pick out individual .22 LR rounds out of the mud.
So the question is, at what temperature will most primers "cook off"? Apparently 225 is too low, I know that campfires (~1000 degrees) are hot enough.
Anybody know?
After ultrasonic cleaning, I usually put my brass on a tray in the oven at 225 degrees for 15-20 minutes to dry it off.
I just pulled the tray out of the oven and started sorting through it, and I found two live .22 LR rounds still hot from the oven. Yikes! I have no idea how they got in there, maybe when one of my shooting buddies was helping me pick up brass he threw them in there. I have been accused of being a notorious scrounger when it comes to brass and ammo, but I'm not so cheap that I pick out individual .22 LR rounds out of the mud.
So the question is, at what temperature will most primers "cook off"? Apparently 225 is too low, I know that campfires (~1000 degrees) are hot enough.
Anybody know?