Quoted: Well to make a long story short, someone misplaced my 1,000 rounds of XM193. Well I discovered it today and where it was placed was not so friendly! The whole case was damp where water had entered the building. Turns out it had only been there for about 2 weeks (who knows how long it has been wet) with temps of about 100 deg.
I just opened the 50 wet/damp boxes. Most boxes were dry inside, but there were a few that were actually wet. Most rounds seem fine, and a few have some corrosion.
So much for my SHTF ammohinking.gif
I hope this is still safe to shoot.
Yes I have read the www.ammo-oracle.com/ but I wanted to save this stuff. Oh well I guess I will have to buy more if I can find any.hat img161.imageshack.us/img161/9551/xm1936op.jpg
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Just separate the heavily corroded ones and don't use them. A soldier where my friend was a former battalion commander in the Philippines was killed in combat because of corroded ammo. The case neck got stuck inside the chamber, and this rendered his rifle inoperable.
What you could do is to separate the worse ones from the bullets which were not so affected by moisture, air dry them and occasionally get a couple at random and fire them. The Philippines is a very humid country, and I've been using WCC M193 and LC ammo from the 70's and they go bang everytime.
Just an example: in the early 90's Army soldiers were called to a beach in Leyte province (where the US soldiers under Gen. McArthur landed) because a large crate of .45 ACP steel cased ammo dating back to the World War II was discovered on the shoreline. The ammo was superbly packed that no moisture was able to penetrate the bullets. The soldiers got some ammo, loaded them in 1911s and saw if they would fire. They did.
I would say, the biggest enemy of bullets is oil.