My wife is helping someone clean up an old house. She brought me a RCBS Jr press that was rusted solid on a Midway stand with a Redding case trimmer that was also rusted solid. She also brought home a huge box that contained several containers of powders and several plastic cases the kind Midway sells that had several different loads. The guy who owns the house has moved out and does not want any of the reloading things. This guy at one time was reloading 22-250, 7.62X39, 9mm, 40cal, 357, 38, 45, 223, 243, 30-06, 50ae, 308, 270,and 380.
The roof to the addition of the house where the reloading equipment was had a hole punched through by a tree and stayed that way for about 6 months so the room was open to the elements. I gave away some 7.62X39 that was in a plastic case and some 22-250. I told the people that the ammo was old and that I had no idea if it had gotten wet or not.
I had about 50 rounds of 30-06 and I used a bullet puller to pull one apart to check the powder. One of the rounds had clumps in the powder so I took all 50 rounds apart. The rest of the rounds had no powder clumping and the powder looked and smelled OK. So my question is other than the one round that had clumping powder do you think that the primers are OK or should I get rid of those also.
Joe
The roof to the addition of the house where the reloading equipment was had a hole punched through by a tree and stayed that way for about 6 months so the room was open to the elements. I gave away some 7.62X39 that was in a plastic case and some 22-250. I told the people that the ammo was old and that I had no idea if it had gotten wet or not.
I had about 50 rounds of 30-06 and I used a bullet puller to pull one apart to check the powder. One of the rounds had clumps in the powder so I took all 50 rounds apart. The rest of the rounds had no powder clumping and the powder looked and smelled OK. So my question is other than the one round that had clumping powder do you think that the primers are OK or should I get rid of those also.
Joe