I cleaned about 250 mixed 9mm and .38 Spcl. in my new tumbler over the weekend, then after removing the corn media, I put them in one of my wife's colanders and rinsed off the dust in the sink. Then I set them outside to dry off. THEN it started pouring rain.
So I put the shiny gold brass on a cookie sheet and put them in the oven at 200 degrees. I meant to take them out after 5-10 minutes.
Then a bunch of other things popped up (happens when you have teenagers in the house) and I forgot the brass in the oven.
When I took them out... ahem, two hours later... they were all really dark brown. Did I totally screw myself? Part of me wants to reload them, since they are all just once-shot brass... but part of me is thinking that I just made them too brittle to be safely reloaded and fired (especially with a 65-year old .38 and a 40-year old 9mm).
Pitch the brass and mark this episode in my Dumbass column?
So I put the shiny gold brass on a cookie sheet and put them in the oven at 200 degrees. I meant to take them out after 5-10 minutes.
Then a bunch of other things popped up (happens when you have teenagers in the house) and I forgot the brass in the oven.
When I took them out... ahem, two hours later... they were all really dark brown. Did I totally screw myself? Part of me wants to reload them, since they are all just once-shot brass... but part of me is thinking that I just made them too brittle to be safely reloaded and fired (especially with a 65-year old .38 and a 40-year old 9mm).
Pitch the brass and mark this episode in my Dumbass column?