Pot Luck .357 brass… suggestion?

[Mark_Mark]

Here a odd one. Was at my local honey hole and they had .357 brass for sale. They were selling it for $10 a pound. bought the bucket of 7# and get home to sorting

800~ total

but 225 was primed and flared. Would you guy load these? or should I test them. Nickel cases, no corrosion, looks find. But what to do?

then I find 8 loaded .357 Wadcutters the type you seat all the way down can crimp over. Same head stamp of Super-X … pull or shoot?

 

[Reeferman]

I wouldn’t shoot the wad cutters but disassemble them. As far as them and the primed brass try a couple to see if primers fire then load some test loads.

 

[ballman6711]

Here a odd one. Was at my local honey hole and they had .357 brass for sale. They were selling it for $10 a pound. bought the bucket of 7# and get home to sorting

800~ total

Nice find @Mark_Mark! Pull the reloads, resize and reflare the primed brass, and load it up. Don't forget to pull the depriming pin before you resize.

Wish I could find 800 pieces of brass for $70.

chris

 

[Mark_Mark]

I wouldn’t shoot the wad cutters but disassemble them. As far as them and the primed brass try a couple to see if primers fire then load some test loads.

I was thinking about picking a few to see if they pop!

 

[Mark_Mark]

Nice find @Mark_Mark! Pull the reloads, resize and reflare the primed brass, and load it up. Don't forget to pull the depriming pin before you resize.

Wish I could find 800 pieces of brass for $70.

chris

already flared, So I assume already sized??

but, you know what they say about assumptions!

Seattle is a Classic firearm and reloaders paradise. shame how the older generations left us Gods country and the young folks are tearing it up.

 

[MarshallDodge]

After checking to insure the primers were seated deep enough, I would load a test batch and try them.

 

[Mark_Mark]

After checking to insure the primers were seated deep enough, I would load a test batch and try them.

I got the perfect gun to test them in… my $299 Ruger Six!

 

[Walkalong]

Are those WCs? Or gas checks over shot?

 

[AJC1]

Are those WCs? Or gas checks over shot?

That brass look had me wondering

 

[Soonerpesek]

Are those WCs? Or gas checks over shot?

In his pic you can see what appears to be "dimples" in the top..............................Good call...

 

[film495]

shooting random hand loads I didn't load is a hard stop for me

 

[N555]

If you don't know what to do with them clean them up, size them and prime them and wait till the next ammo panic and get up to a $ each for them on gun broker.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Here a odd one. Was at my local honey hole and they had .357 brass for sale. They were selling it for $10 a pound. bought the bucket of 7# and get home to sorting

800~ total

but 225 was primed and flared. Would you guy load these? or should I test them. Nickel cases, no corrosion, looks find. But what to do?

then I find 8 loaded .357 Wadcutters the type you seat all the way down can crimp over. Same head stamp of Super-X … pull or shoot?

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Not that odd, really. A couple of locals save the ammo and brass turned in with trade guns for us reloaders. It used to be a good source of free components but lately that source is dry thanks to a few factors, including plandemic related issues. But the bottom line is, other than the price what you have is a fairly normal gun shop mixed bag of.357. I have always pulled the ones given to me apart and inspected each component before deciding to toss or use. All brass is assumed to be trash until it passes inspection. All primers are assumed to be duds until I can verify a dry, uncracked, oil free explosives pack. All powders are trash, period. All bullets get weighed, identified, sorted by type and put in a sandwich bag with a label. I don’t mess around with stuff that goes boom.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

already flared, So I assume already sized??

but, you know what they say about assumptions!

Seattle is a Classic firearm and reloaders paradise. shame how the older generations left us Gods country and the young folks are tearing it up.

You should have seen Orlando before The Mouse moved to town.

 

[Mark_Mark]

Are those WCs? Or gas checks over shot?

not sure what it is… let’s pull it and see

 

[.38 Special]

I think popping a few of the primed ones is a good plan. Some good citizen may have intentionally killed those primers for "safety". You just never know. (Bear in mind, of course, that the primers will probably back out and slightly tie up the gun.)

I might also be inclined to remove a decapping pin and resize them, just to be sure of what I've got.

Honestly, though, just loading them as-is with light to midrange charges would almost certainly be fine. Maybe start with six, instead of two hundred.

The loaded rounds are easy. I'd just toss them, figuring they're not even worth the effort of dismantling.

 

[Charlie98]

Although it would be pretty unlikely to be something besides a SPP or SPM primer, I would knock those out and toss them. Yes, I understand it's $15 worth of primers.

I'd pop those WC looking rounds, too, just to see what's in there... you know we are all wondering, now.


I had something similar happen to me... good friend of mine, who used to work at one of the local indoor ranges, handed me a bag of 9mm ammos... pickups from the range. Complete Mystery Meat... handloads, factory, cast, PC, plated and jacketed. I know he was thinking I could pull the bullets and salvage the components... but setting there playing whack-a-mole with my kinetic hammer doesn't sound like a fun afternoon, even if I salvage any of the components. But... it's interesting. Looking at other people's handloads...? Holy Toledo! Deep seated bullets, loose bullets, bullets that spin. Egads.

 

[Mark_Mark]

I think popping a few of the primed ones is a good plan. Soom good citizen may have intentionally killed those primers for "safety". You just never know. (Bear in mind, of course, that the primers will probably back out and slightly tie up the gun.)

I might also be inclined to remove a decapping pin and resize them, just to be sure of what I've got.

Honestly, though, just loading them as-is with light to midrange charges would almost certainly be fine. Maybe start with six, instead of two hundred.

The loaded rounds are easy. I'd just toss them, figuring they're not even worth the effort of dismantling.

I just don’t understand the point of Mid-Range .357??? when .38 will do. I want to load these .357 to 10% under max! 158 doing 1250+ sounds about right!

 

[Mark_Mark]

Although it would be pretty unlikely to be something besides a SPP or SPM primer, I would knock those out and toss them. Yes, I understand it's $15 worth of primers.

I'd pop those WC looking rounds, too, just to see what's in there... you know we are all wondering, now.


I had something similar happen to me... good friend of mine, who used to work at one of the local indoor ranges, handed me a bag of 9mm ammos... pickups from the range. Complete Mystery Meat... handloads, factory, cast, PC, plated and jacketed. I know he was thinking I could pull the bullets and salvage the components... but setting there playing whack-a-mole with my kinetic hammer doesn't sound like a fun afternoon, even if I salvage any of the components. But... it's interesting. Looking at other people's handloads...? Holy Toledo! Deep seated bullets, loose bullets, bullets that spin. Egads.

WTH……

it’s Shot in here??? but were’s the powder?

 

[Charlie98]

I just don’t understand the point of Mid-Range .357??? when .38 will do.

Because some of us don't (or didn't...) like the carbon ring in the cylinders when firing .38's in a .357. I don't really understand what's wrong with a mid-range load in Magnum brass... I do it in .41MAG, as opposed to picking up some of that tricky .41SPC brass Starline sells.

 

[Charlie98]

it’s Shot in here??? but were’s the powder?

That's probably a rodent or birdshot load... the force of the primer is enough to launch that shot... but not very far, I would guess.

 

[Mark_Mark]

Got out the powder???

STRANGE!

 

[Mark_Mark]

Because some of us don't (or didn't...) like the carbon ring in the cylinders when firing .38's in a .357. I don't really understand what's wrong with a mid-range load in Magnum brass... I do it in .41MAG, as opposed to picking up some of that tricky .41SPC brass Starline sells.

CARBON ring are annoying! .357 midrange on a .357 makes tons of sense now!

.357 Midrange here I come.

 

[Englishmn]

Neat way of making shot loads.
Just use two gas checks.

 

[Mark_Mark]

Neat way of making shot loads.
Just use two gas checks.

You know that the Ruger 6 needs some!