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4/7/2009 3:38:11 PM EDT
Hello picked up some yellow tip ammo for a good price thought that this was the dominican ammo.  Bought for componets only as I heard that it was loaded to hot any body know if this ammo is reloadable.  Was the primer corrosive?
Thank you
Justin
4/7/2009 4:00:35 PM EDT
[#1]
Quoted:
Hello picked up some yellow tip ammo for a good price thought that this was the dominican ammo.  Bought for componets only as I heard that it was loaded to hot any body know if this ammo is reloadable.  Was the primer corrosive?
Thank you
Justin


How much was a good price?  I would think less than $1 per round....

-David
Edgewood, NM
4/7/2009 4:17:39 PM EDT
[#2]
.50
linked in cans
also what kind of bullet is the yellow tip?
Also picked up some Black tip TW 4 marked ammo for a good price
Justin
4/7/2009 4:59:41 PM EDT
[#3]
Dominican yellow tip ammo is corrosive has brittle brass and oversize projectiles with some projectiles you can shake them and hear them rattle.
It also has a wide variance in powder charges from very light load up to VERY HOT loads in the same batch.  It is banned in FCSA matches.

Ed
4/8/2009 3:01:31 PM EDT
[#4]
Known to lodge bullets in yuor barrel, or overpressure damage your reciever.  STAY AWAY.
4/8/2009 3:23:32 PM EDT
[#5]
Dunno personally...but for years and years I have heard it sucks.
4/9/2009 3:35:08 AM EDT
[#6]
Quoted:
Known to lodge bullets in yuor barrel, or overpressure damage your reciever.  STAY AWAY.


thats what i have heard. blew up a few guns as FCSA shoots if I heard correct. reloading parts sound good....
4/9/2009 9:24:02 AM EDT
[#7]
Some of the cores are loose in the jackets.
4/9/2009 9:42:19 AM EDT
[#8]
It's bad medicine.....steer clear.
4/9/2009 12:13:39 PM EDT
[#9]
sounds like pull bullets and resize them. If the core is loose, recycle.

dump powder and repowder

reassemble

shoot

clean gun thoroughly afterwards.

is the brass berdan?
4/10/2009 7:30:14 PM EDT
[#10]
I just pulled a bullet(the core didn't look tight in the jacket BTW) from one, and dumped the powder to use the primer to test my new heavy hammer trigger.  The primer is def Berdan.  So I'd say these are worthless for anything other than what I used it for.

The Jard worked great, I highly recommend them due to the low trigger pull weight. I got it from primalrights.com  with free shipping!
4/10/2009 7:48:20 PM EDT
[#11]
Assuming it's corrosive, you probably want to clean out the action and barrel after "dry firing" with a primed case.
4/10/2009 9:37:40 PM EDT
[#12]
Indeed.
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