Ugly Sauce
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I was sighting in a Savage 24V-A in .30-30 today, and took my old box of "misc" cartridges to use them up and get the sights in the ball-park.
Some of the ammo was from the father-in-law's old stuff, and I'm pretty sure it's from the 1920's or earlier. Anyhow, had a Remington UMC and a RP case both rupture. One near the base where the solid portion meets the case, and one had five cracks about 1/4" long running from the shoulder up, but not all the way to the case mouth.
The one near the base was not a case-head separation, but more of a hole. That was the Remington UMC case, which was the older of the two. Also shot some old WW Silver Tips, they look fine.
Won't be shooting any more of that stuff. But it did get me sighted in. !!! I of course verified my zero with some new ammo.
Some of the ammo was from the father-in-law's old stuff, and I'm pretty sure it's from the 1920's or earlier. Anyhow, had a Remington UMC and a RP case both rupture. One near the base where the solid portion meets the case, and one had five cracks about 1/4" long running from the shoulder up, but not all the way to the case mouth.
The one near the base was not a case-head separation, but more of a hole. That was the Remington UMC case, which was the older of the two. Also shot some old WW Silver Tips, they look fine.
Won't be shooting any more of that stuff. But it did get me sighted in. !!! I of course verified my zero with some new ammo.