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Oxidized .45 ammo
I just bought a lot of Winchester .45 ammo from a fellow CG. He said it was 3-5 years old and at first when we were inspecting the boxes together; the ones we were pulling out did have little speckles from age but didn't look bad overall so i took them. It wasn't until I got home and looked through the boxes thorough that i saw more than half the ammo i bought has slight oxidation either around the shell casing, where the lettering is, or around the rim of the shell. Are these rounds safe to fire? They aren't green.. its like dark gray speckles with a little rust center, just little dots around the shell.. I just bought a like new USP45 and i don't want to do any unnecessary damage to my gun or have any blow ups!
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Last edited by nicholast901; 03-12-2016, 6:48 AM. -
Try running a few of the loaded rounds through a dry tumbler with some polish. That will reveal how deep the corrosion goes. If it comes off with just a bit of tumbling, then it is probably just superficial and won't matter. If it is factory ammo, I would also guess that it is highly unlikely to get a blow up. Maybe you should post a picture as that would be more helpful. -
i uploaded pictures, gave examples of the different condition of the bullets i received. Note, that these are probably the worst batch i have, but the majority of them have some sort of dark specking with little rust centers around the shell, rim, and lettering. None of the primers themselves look too bad/significantly oxidized. Im sort of disappointed because everyone I've dealt with so far has been really nice and I dont feel like anyone would sell ammo that is potentially dangerous. He assured me that the specking (on the boxes we inspected together which weren't as bad) that it was safe and i would have no misfires.Last edited by nicholast901; 03-12-2016, 6:55 AM.Comment
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Shoot them and be happy!Keep it simple!Comment
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that doesn't really answer my question... so are they safe?Comment
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Surface discoloration.Comment
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Your good to go Nicholas. If you want to remove most of those oxidation use Nufinish car wax and green brillo pad. Those oxidation on the ammo are very suferficial from what i can see from the pictures.Comment
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Thanks to everyone for responding. Nice to know we have such a helpful community (: Do i need to remove the oxidation for purposes within my gun itself? or is just for the aesthetic of it. Could I just load these up as is in my usp without any issues to the gun?Comment
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what is considered to be heavily oxidized? the ones in the picture are some of the worst i have, you cant see it in the picture well, but the grey specks do have a rust colored inner circle.Comment
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All I want between the case and chamber is air. I do not want a lot of air and the air I do have between the chamber and case has to be clean air. I know; the case is embeddable, imbedded dirt grit and grime can dull the finish inside of my dies.
I would not fire those cases in one of my 45ACPs without cleaning the cases.
F. GuffeyComment
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ok. planning to pick up some ammonia free brass tarnish remover and cleaning all the bullets the best i can. thanks again!Comment
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