Cleaning ammo 😫

HChammer

HChammer

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So while building my house I had ammo in a lock box stored in a inclosed trailer, it wasn’t supposed to be there as long as it was but what’s done is done I guess..

I’m sickened to find many boxes of obscure and expensive ammo that has oxidized and turned dark and some green.

What do I do now? Can I effectively clean it?

Thanks.
 
Chuck the case up gently in a cordless drill, and grab some 0000 steel wool. It will clean up in no time. Just chuck it up hard enough to grab it, not to effect the brass case.
I have vibratory tumbled live round before. I have even bought nosler varmageddon loaded round, that have definitely been tumbled in corn cob media, from factory. Some of the very large hollow points had corncob media stuck in them.
 
I wonder why my Walnut cleaning/polishing media in a vibratory cleaner eventually turns to a fine powder or gets much smaller and no longer cleans well after a certain period of use?

Could it be that the vibration is causing this?

Would this also happen to the smokeless powder and it's burn rate deterrent coatings or acid stabilizing coatings inside the ammo in constant agitation against each other and the case/base of the bullet I wonder? Probably not, that would be alarmist!

I wonder what companies who make the actual machines say about it?



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Oil is a no(wd40) It can penatrate better than water and spoil the powder.

Tumbling vs vibrating is also about the time ran. Don't tumble more then absolutely nessary and I wouldn't look for perfect results
 
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