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HELP! Discolored Brass Cartridges
Dairyland man
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I have 5 Boxes of : Hornady Factory "Frontier" Cartridges . 22-250 53 GR HP that were stored for 5 years.
Many of the cartridges have become Discolored with a (Robins Egg Blue)
scale
The Plastic boxes they came in have moisture in them.
Question 1: I can polish the brass and remove the discoloration BUT where did this Start??
Some of the Scale is in the Primer area
Before wasting a lot of time cleaning them up, Can these cartridges be Saved ???
If they can't be salvaged, Can I remove the Bullet, Dump the Powder ??
What do I do with the corroded Primed Brass??
Any Help with this will be appreciated.
Thanks, Dairyland man
Many of the cartridges have become Discolored with a (Robins Egg Blue)
scale
The Plastic boxes they came in have moisture in them.
Question 1: I can polish the brass and remove the discoloration BUT where did this Start??
Some of the Scale is in the Primer area
Before wasting a lot of time cleaning them up, Can these cartridges be Saved ???
If they can't be salvaged, Can I remove the Bullet, Dump the Powder ??
What do I do with the corroded Primed Brass??
Any Help with this will be appreciated.
Thanks, Dairyland man
Comments
You should have a hands on inspection of the ammo in question. It could be OK to use, or it's trash, perhaps somewhere in between.