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Posted: 6/14/2009 3:50:30 AM EDT

I had some .308 ammo buried in a corner of my garage I didn't know about.

When I was moving I found this large pile of caked mud that used to be a cardboard box. It was 1000 round of .308 and now it was just a huge pile of caked dirt with cartridges bured in it.

I broke it apart and threw all the rounds in a box, but they will require a bit of cleaning just to get the crap off of them. Some of that stuff is like cement.

Shootable after cleaning? Best way to clean?

I'll try to add a pic of some of the rounds later.

Posted: 6/14/2009 3:53:48 AM EDT

[#1]

tumble it

Posted: 6/14/2009 3:56:44 AM EDT

[#2]

edit... Durrrrr... Tumble it...

Posted: 6/14/2009 4:07:19 AM EDT

[#3]

Whenever something weird happens to ammo that I didn't want, like excessive heat or moisture, I just make sure those are range rounds, and not loaded for self defense.

Posted: 6/14/2009 4:08:41 AM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
Whenever something weird happens to ammo that I didn't want, like excessive heat or moisture, I just make sure those are range rounds, and not loaded for self defense.

This.

Try cleaning the really hard-caked stuff with lighter fluid. Tumble the rest.

Posted: 6/14/2009 4:11:59 AM EDT

[#5]

Give a couple of rounds to a friend to try. If nothing bad happens, shoot the rest yourself.

Posted: 6/14/2009 1:40:53 PM EDT

[#6]

Tumble live ammo? I thought that was a no no.

Posted: 6/14/2009 1:43:18 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
Tumble live ammo? I thought that was a no no.

It's fine.

Posted: 6/14/2009 1:43:54 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
Tumble live ammo? I thought that was a no no.

Its fine, you can tumble it.

The ammo should be fine.

Posted: 6/14/2009 1:46:30 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:

Give a couple of rounds to a friend democrat to try. If nothing bad happens, shoot the rest yourself.

Fixed it.

Posted: 6/14/2009 1:46:42 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Tumble live ammo? I thought that was a no no.

Its fine, you can tumble it.

The ammo should be fine.

oh, that avatar is priceless! I miss those old bugs bunny cartoons! LMAO

Posted: 6/14/2009 1:47:09 PM EDT

[#11]

1K rounds of .308 buried in the corner of your garage that you just completely forgot about, eh?

I'll have to add that one to my "you might be a gun nut if..." list!

Posted: 6/14/2009 2:11:23 PM EDT

[#12]

I would not tumble loaded ammo. Powders size, shape and coatings are what control the burn rate. You could conceivably turn the powder from something similar to 4046 to bullseye. A wipe down with a wet cloth would not hurt it.

If you decide to tumble it, please post pictures of what used to be your firearm.

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