I scored!!!!!!!

[ivanimal]

Yep I scored as well .

So this story starts with the quoted post :

Picked up the brass , Thank you again . Got it home and started inspecting , it was actually loaded ammo. Found a couple problems right away. There were a number of rounds that had case neck splits. Started pulling them down found a few that could have been squibs , only had 3.3 grains of powder , the ones with the same bullet also had a few that were over 8 grains , could not find a powder in all my books that had a charge rate . The over 8 would have been over charged . Read a squib then an over charge with same bullet behind it in the old guns it was meant for.

Upon further inspection found imminent case head separations , some so bad you could see cracks on the outside after tumbling .

Started with 150 , lost 24 to various splits , separations and dented cases. Dented so bad wouldn't use them ( they were the same brand cases as the splits and separations).

So to sum it up , if your unsure , meaning if you didn't reload them yourself , pull the things down . It can and will save you a lot of future trouble . Can you imagine the cost of a "new" barrel for a lever action even older than me ? Or how about your body parts ? Those I don't think can be replaced , at least not real working parts .

Did get a few j-word 40 grainers and a bunch of cast w/gas checks.

Look out ground squirrels here I come ( a rancher I know has me "remove" them , he hates losing cattle to broken legs).

And now my neighbors know how I keep a nice green lawn .

Always good advice to pull ammo that was not loaded by you or a trusted source. I am glad to see the brass get used and it was nice to meet you!