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Posted: 2/1/2010 10:36:27 AM EDT
| i have "inherited" some old Vietnam era tracers. almost all of them have some sort of cartridge dent so i won't shoot them. I am going to remove the bullets - is it worth it to attempt to recover anything else - primer or powder ? can it be recovered ? i've never decontructed a round before so "newbie" questions are here ... thanks. |
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First, how bad are the dents? Minor dings should not be an issue.
You should be able to pull and reuse the bullet. You wont get the primer out intact since it will be crimped in place or at least it should be and if its not you probably do not have true .MIL rounds. If they are not crimped I am not sure I would do anything but pull the bullets for reuse. Reusing the powder would be a crap shoot since there were a variety of powders used during the Vietnam war. IMHO I would not suggest it. |
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Post a pic of the dented cases. Most likely they can be shot with no issues.
To answer your question, bullets can be salvaged. Throw out powder because you have no idea what it is. I would try to keep the crimped primer in place and reuse it as is. Couple of dented rounds I fired in my AR. 
No problems. |
| thanks for the pics = i think i will fire them. since i am trying to reload for more accuracy/better/cheaper ... and really have no use for a tracer round, i may just fire them off to get the brass to reload. unless any one is interested in them ... i will post some pics later. |
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