Buzznrose
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So a friend knows I am getting started in reloading and called me on Sunday to come check out his uncle’s reloading stash he inherited and wanted to sell or trade. Friend’s uncle was an engineer and architect, and became an avid shooter and reloader when he retired in his mid 70’s. This box hasn’t been touched in probably 10 years.
So I ended up trading my friend a half case (500 rounds) factory .223 and a case (250) of cheap (pre-Covid) factory 20 gauge target loads for the uncles “box”. Still sorting through it but some of the stuff includes:
- 900 SP primers
- 900 LP primers
- Redding single stage press
- Redding mechanical scale
- Lyman powder thrower
- Hornady .38/357 and .45ACP dies
- RCBS case trimmer and other parts
- a lot of .38 bullets, maybe 2K, mostly lead
- A lot of brass (5,000 pieces easy), mostly .38 but probably 500 of .357 and .45 ACP
- Very little hodgepodge of loaded ammo.
Lots of stuff was stored in plastic bags and glass jars.
I’m currently sorting through stuff and putting empty brass in my vibrating cleaner so I can check it out. I’m also cleaning the equipment and parts. Most everything seems to be in working order but dirty and gummed up.
Some specific questions I have right now:
1. I have a quart mayo jar full of clean and primed .357 brass. Guessing this is 10-15 years old. What should I do with this?
2. What about the boxes of primers? They look decent. Would you trust them? I doubt humidity is an issue as they were largely stored indoors and in an unheated but well ventilated steel building for the last few years. Worth a chance?
some pics below:
So I ended up trading my friend a half case (500 rounds) factory .223 and a case (250) of cheap (pre-Covid) factory 20 gauge target loads for the uncles “box”. Still sorting through it but some of the stuff includes:
- 900 SP primers
- 900 LP primers
- Redding single stage press
- Redding mechanical scale
- Lyman powder thrower
- Hornady .38/357 and .45ACP dies
- RCBS case trimmer and other parts
- a lot of .38 bullets, maybe 2K, mostly lead
- A lot of brass (5,000 pieces easy), mostly .38 but probably 500 of .357 and .45 ACP
- Very little hodgepodge of loaded ammo.
Lots of stuff was stored in plastic bags and glass jars.
I’m currently sorting through stuff and putting empty brass in my vibrating cleaner so I can check it out. I’m also cleaning the equipment and parts. Most everything seems to be in working order but dirty and gummed up.
Some specific questions I have right now:
1. I have a quart mayo jar full of clean and primed .357 brass. Guessing this is 10-15 years old. What should I do with this?
2. What about the boxes of primers? They look decent. Would you trust them? I doubt humidity is an issue as they were largely stored indoors and in an unheated but well ventilated steel building for the last few years. Worth a chance?
some pics below: