While I was going through the old ammo, I found this:
It is a different headstamp (WRA 57), but was stored with the FA 38. What I find interesting is that I rotated each of these cartridges 90 degrees. All of the corrosion stains had been where the cases were touching (or almost touching) each other in the stripper clip (which was corroded inside as well). While it's a lot younger, I don't think I'll be shooting this either.
It does make me wonder if the cracks in the FA 38 had something to do with touching each other in the stripper clips?
All of this ammo my father had been storing in the same ammo box, virtually undisturbed probably since they moved into their house in 1979ish. Except for this and a couple other clips, most of the ammo looks fine. In fact, most of the 1938 ammo looks as new (or at least untarnished) as the HXP 62 that I unspammed myself last year. There was even some ammo in Garand clips that looks fine. I would think, being brass ammo in steel clips, it would be the first to corrode if there had been any sort of contamination of this particular "stockpile."
Looks like I'll be putting my bullet puller to work when it arrives.
It is a different headstamp (WRA 57), but was stored with the FA 38. What I find interesting is that I rotated each of these cartridges 90 degrees. All of the corrosion stains had been where the cases were touching (or almost touching) each other in the stripper clip (which was corroded inside as well). While it's a lot younger, I don't think I'll be shooting this either.
It does make me wonder if the cracks in the FA 38 had something to do with touching each other in the stripper clips?
All of this ammo my father had been storing in the same ammo box, virtually undisturbed probably since they moved into their house in 1979ish. Except for this and a couple other clips, most of the ammo looks fine. In fact, most of the 1938 ammo looks as new (or at least untarnished) as the HXP 62 that I unspammed myself last year. There was even some ammo in Garand clips that looks fine. I would think, being brass ammo in steel clips, it would be the first to corrode if there had been any sort of contamination of this particular "stockpile."
Looks like I'll be putting my bullet puller to work when it arrives.
The Hornady Cam-Lock bullet puller I ordered arrived today. I used it to pull the one with the cracked case, but I still had to use use the seating technique to get it out. That bullet was tight! Inside...there was really nothing to see. I thought maybe there would be some sort of internal deterioration at the site of the crack, but not as far as I could tell. Hmmm...I just had a thought...tomorrow I'll squeeze it in pliers to see if it crushes like it should or fractures because it's brittle.
