Pulling flood damage ammo.

[GunnyUSMC]

Ya learn something new everyday Gunny. THanks! My cell phone takes pictures that look like they came from an old box camera. My old Sony camera is about 14 years old and only takes 0.84 megapixels in high resolution.(The equivalent of an electric box camera.) I'd buy new equipment, but all my spare cash goes for my ammo hoard, guns, and shooting supplies. My wife invested all my hard earned retirement cash in Beanie Babies years ago.
I wonder if Medicare will pay for a psychiatrist to alleviate my poor spending habits?

You still have one of those flip phones with a camera? I hear that the Obama free phones had good cameras.

 

[hdwhit]

GunnyUSMC asked:
Would you want to shoot ammo that stayed under two to four feet of water for a few days?

Nope, not worth the risk of getting an unnoticed squib.

Flood waters will have all sorts of pollutants, including oils and solvents, which can really mess up ammunition if it manages to get inside. I would break it down for components and salvage the brass and bullets which is what it looks like you are doing.

My only experience with immersed ammunition was a clip of 30 Carbine reloads that were inadvertently submerged for about 20 minutes in a freshwater lake. They all worked fine afterwards, but that's nothing like being submerged in polluted floodwaters for days.

 

[cadet3]

My police car was completely submereged for 3 days during Hurricane Harvey last year. I had my plate carrier in the trunk with three 30 round mags of 62gr Speer Gold Dot. After the waters subsided, I cleaned the mags and pulled all the ammo and wiped them down.

I didn't test the rounds out until this spring and all 90 rounds fired without issue. Guess I got lucky.

 

[rodregier]

Mil spec and some ammunition sold for police duty has sealed primers and sealed projectiles.

It will fare much better with submersion...

 

[tightgroup tiger]

Here are the results of my little test.
The cartridge cases used, from left to right.

That was really cool, thank you for doing that. I wonder if the Winchesters just needed more time to dry since they were in the worse shape. Doesn't matter, the powder would still be crap. The cartridges would still need to be broken down.
But it's nice to know that the primers will dry back out with enough time.