should my ammo look like this ? whats wrong ?

[Fishslayer]

All brass is annealed like this. If it is polished enough, it visually goes away.

^^^ This.

[CSACANNONEER]

thats pretty interesting. so can i still re-pack these ?

and what can i use to clean the grime globs off ? its almosy like grease/wax globs.

Repack? If you mean "reload" that's yet to be determined. You need to find out if they are boxer or berdan primed. I don't suggest reloading until you get someone with experience to help you get started. You seem to have a lot to learn before you should be reloading on your own. If you're close enough to me, I'll show you what little I know about reloading.

[Recession]

XM193 is military surplus ammo from Lake City. All of them look like that. Their purpose is to make ammo, not show pieces. Military doesn't care if their ammo is shiny, as long as it goes boom and hits its target. They go through millions of rounds annually, and they've never had a problem with these so called "dirty" rounds. Imagine them nit-picking about each round not being "clean" as they were loading their magazines while under fire from the Taliban. Clean brass, shiny brass, dirty brass, ugly brass, all of them will still make your rifle dirty. Just go shoot it and give your rifle a thorough cleaning afterward.

And Lake City brass is some of the best brass to re-load.

Like the old saying goes... "If it's good enough for the military, then it's good enough overkill for me!"

[Lead Waster]

Shoot 'em, then collect the brass for reloading later. Even if you don't reload now, you might in the future, or you can give it to someone who does.

[GeoffLinder]

I wouldn't tumble live rounds.
You might break the powder into smaller pieces and change the burn rate.

Lots of experienced reloaders tumble loaded rounds. There is only anecdotal evidence to the contrary and several folks have chronoed tumbled versus un-tumbled pistol and rifle ammo and no difference was found in velocity or temperature sensitivity.

The tests I have heard of were done for up to several hours of tumbling. Final argument says that under 20 minutes of tumbling will not be an issue

[Trapper]

use a tumbler if u have access to one

Do not tumble live ammo when the powder breaks down it will increase the burn rate and pressure. As others have said the brass has been anealed and is safe to shoot.

[CSACANNONEER]

Do not tumble live ammo when the powder breaks down it will increase the burn rate and pressure. As others have said the brass has been anealed and is safe to shoot.

EVERY ammo manufacturer tumbles live ammo just before packing. Prolonged tumbling can and will be dangerous/fatal though.

[Triple R Munitions]

I tumble my ammunition in a cement mixer.... never had a round go off.

65lbs of Corn helps too....

R

[livinlocal]

ok thanks for all the responses, and yes i meant reload. I dont plan on reloading now, but i have been doing some research and thats why i picked the xm193, because everyone says its the best to reload, although i am lust learning right now, but I do intend on reloading soon, so i am saving my shells, so when i start to reload i will already have good brass. I got concerned, because when i bought the same ammo in the 20 packs it was really clean and had no grime boogers on them like these ones. Im not concerend about the look of the shells or how shiny they are, but i am concerned about the stuff on the bullets.

Its not a film, and its not evenly spread on the bullets. they are little grease boogers and you can feel them stick up 1/32"-1/16" from wherever they may be. on the shell, the bullet, and some even have the crap on the primers.

and wouldnt all the federal xm193 have the same primers ? or would they really have some that are boxer, and some that are berdan ?

[livinlocal]

and i dont have a tumbler or i would tumble them

[Triple R Munitions]

the black "goo" is primer sealant. sometimes its purple....depends on what color they are running. the black sealant is mostly on the top of the case. it is used for sealing the projo into the case, besides a crimp. the stuff on the bottom is purple (most of the time). that is a primer sealant. basically they both serve as a way to seal the ammunition from water damage. it does not have an effect on the ammo. you can shoot it as it is. no need for cleaning.

[Beelzy]

Annealed cases like those are great for reloading. Just make sure you remove any primer crimp that may be present on them.

[livinlocal]

ok thanks guys. i shot all the ammo and it shot fine. no jams or misfires, but it seemed to leave some metal shavings in my gun. Im not worried about it, because i clean my gun so much.

[knucklehead0202]

all Prvi Partizan looks like that. they just didn't re-tumble it after annealing. think they do it to let you know they actually do anneal. sign of quality IMO.