herkyguy
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Humbly submit the following question...
I was given 200 rounds of factory Winchester .45 ACP by a good friend moving to DC. He got it from his uncle.. when I saw that it was in Dillon plastic cases, I asked if he knew any more about it. He did not. So I left it at that. Now I know don’t ever shoot someone else’s reloads (and can’t rule out that these are reloads), but I did. It shot fine, no signs of overpressure or anything abnormal.
my question is this, about half of the cases have the corrosion marks on the photo below. I put them all through my tumbler a bit and that smoothed/polished them out enough that I was comfortable shooting them. Like I said, I know, I know, don’t shoot others ammo.
but I can’t figure out how these things may have been stored so that half of them have the same marks, as if they were stored lengthwise in a humid environment or something? It occurred to me that perhaps the factory box had been wrecked by moisture and whoever owned them originally then put them in a plastic case??
Thoughts?
I was given 200 rounds of factory Winchester .45 ACP by a good friend moving to DC. He got it from his uncle.. when I saw that it was in Dillon plastic cases, I asked if he knew any more about it. He did not. So I left it at that. Now I know don’t ever shoot someone else’s reloads (and can’t rule out that these are reloads), but I did. It shot fine, no signs of overpressure or anything abnormal.
my question is this, about half of the cases have the corrosion marks on the photo below. I put them all through my tumbler a bit and that smoothed/polished them out enough that I was comfortable shooting them. Like I said, I know, I know, don’t shoot others ammo.
but I can’t figure out how these things may have been stored so that half of them have the same marks, as if they were stored lengthwise in a humid environment or something? It occurred to me that perhaps the factory box had been wrecked by moisture and whoever owned them originally then put them in a plastic case??
Thoughts?
