351 WINCHESTER
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I have some factory ammo that is old (some from the 1940's). I have been told that the brass gets brittle with age. Is this true?
Does old brass go bad?
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I have some factory ammo that is old (some from the 1940's). I have been told that the brass gets brittle with age. Is this true?
have fired some 1944&45 Winchester 30 carbine that split on firing. I also disassembled some gov't 30-06 that the primers were bad. these were cleaned with soap and water(after I removed the primers) to get any of the primer salt out, and have reloaded and fired with no problem. a lot of factory rounds(Remington comes to mind) already switched over to non-corrosive primersI have some factory ammo that is old (some from the 1940's). I have been told that the brass gets brittle with age. Is this true?
In the absence of external evil compounds, brass will last a very long time.