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Ruger Blackhawk 30 Carbine, old corroded/wet ammo questions.
jeffb1911
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I made a trade today and acquired a Ruger Blackhawk in 30 carbine along with several buckets of old ammo that had gotten wet in the original boxes.
The Blackhawk dates from the early 80s and is drilled and tapped on the topstrap. Were these drilled and tapped at the factory?
The Carbine ammo looked to be just corroded normal 30carbine ammo. About 3/4 of a five gallon bucket full. Some looks decent, some not so much......would this stuff be safe to tumble or something to make it useable in the Blackhawk? There is also a lot of 30-06 black tip in the same condition, and some very rusted and unusable Garand clips. About 1 1/2 buckets worth of that. I had thought about just pulling those bullets instead of trying to fire that. The man who owned it died about 20 years ago, and the ammo has been sitting in a shed since. No telling when it actually got wet. Is there any way to take the corrosion or whatever is on the brass off?
The Blackhawk dates from the early 80s and is drilled and tapped on the topstrap. Were these drilled and tapped at the factory?
The Carbine ammo looked to be just corroded normal 30carbine ammo. About 3/4 of a five gallon bucket full. Some looks decent, some not so much......would this stuff be safe to tumble or something to make it useable in the Blackhawk? There is also a lot of 30-06 black tip in the same condition, and some very rusted and unusable Garand clips. About 1 1/2 buckets worth of that. I had thought about just pulling those bullets instead of trying to fire that. The man who owned it died about 20 years ago, and the ammo has been sitting in a shed since. No telling when it actually got wet. Is there any way to take the corrosion or whatever is on the brass off?
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Also to be noted is the French made 30 carbine ammo, that is corrosive. (Why they would make corrosive 30 carbine ammo, always puzzled me?) Don't remember the French headstamps? But it was packed in Gray boxes. Use to be sold cheep and a lot of it was around. Because nobody with any sense, would shoot it.
Personally I would not fire ammo that had possibly been wet.
A bad round might be just enough to become a "squib".
Just enough power to push the bullet out of the chamber and into the barrel, but not enough to push the bullet out of the barrel.
The next round could cause a catastrophic failure in your hand or face.
Plus destroy a neat revolver.
I have a Ruger Blackhawk in 30 carbine I bought back in 1978.
Loud as hell, so wear hearing protection.
Throws an impressive fireball especially at night.
Pulling the bullets and removing the primers would be the safest bet.
That Blackhawk gathers a lot of attention at the range, especially when I sit down at the 100 yard firing line.
People generally clear out once the first round goes off.
Mine is scoped for hunting West Texas Jack rabbits.
Did I mention it is loud?