Components from cooked off ammo

[toro1]

In December the Thomas Fire came through our property and the building where I had some ammo stored burned to the ground and the ammo cooked off. I was planning to take all of the remnants to the metal scrap yard but thought I would check here to see if anyone has any use for or interest in the cases or bullets. From what I have seen the bullets did not melt so the temp was below lead melting point, but obviously it was hot in the box. Everything in the box is free to anyone that wants it but you will need to come and pick it up yourself. You will not need to take it all and can take only what you want. The box had 45ACP, 38spl, 357 mag, 762x39, .223, 762x25, and a few others.

I am in the Santa Barbara area foothills and PM me if you might be interested.

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[petree_777]

Man that sucks. I hope your family is ok. I couldn’t even imagine if my house burnt down. I hope someone can use this.

[toro1]

Thanks and the family/dogs came through fine as we were evacuated. The house was saved but everything else (orchard, shop, infrastructure, and outbuildings) were damaged or destroyed. While I like fresh starts, I would have preferred a different approach.

Hopefully someone who casts their own bullets can at least use the lead.

In case I wasn't clear in the original post, everything is free.

[baih777]

I would dispose of it. a new reloader might try and salvage some. but if the brass got that hot, I would not try and reload it.

good luck rebuilding.

[JackEllis]

I would dispose of it. a new reloader might try and salvage some. but if the brass got that hot, I would not try and reload it.

good luck rebuilding.

I agree about the brass. The strength of the cases is unknown and it's probably not worth the risk to you or them. Same for the bullets. They may be intact but the heat could have caused them to change shape.

Losing possessions in a fire sucks but your family is OK and your home is intact. I'm aware of one fellow who lost everything in the Santa Rosa fire, including 100k worth of guns, ammo and reloading equipment.

[Batman]

Brass is $1.25/lb as scrap. YMMV. I'd be very leery of brass that's gone through a fire like that. Use the money towards more ammo/reloading supplies.