The "Reengastada" CBC ammo had some pistol powder mixed in at some point. There is a history of some rifles going KABOOM.
The non-REEgastrada" (or whatever the word is) is ok.
The problem started when a lot of CBC ammo was over-annealed. The necks were so soft the neck tension was inadequate.
An attempt was made to solve the problem by using a crude heavy duty neck crimp. It did not work because the neck was so soft.
The bad neck ammo includes ammo loaded with ball powder. Some of the ball powder ammo is contaminated. The ammo loaded with stick powder is ok, but there is no way to tell the ammo apart, unless you pull the bullet.
If you have a case of non-modified ammo (no neck crimp and not marked "Reengastada") it will all be loaded with either ball powder or stick powder. If it is stick powder it is 100% good ammo. If it is ball powder, I do not recall if any of it is bad. Personally, I would not shoot it.
Century Arms claimed that they were not told how serious the problems were withthis surplus ammo. They spent some serious money for an engineering report on what was wrong with it. The ball pistol powder was identified in the ball rifle powder.
The other problematic surplus ammo is the Santa Barbara ammo. If you section one of these cases you will find a remarkably low web in the case. Some rifle, because of design or poor assembly have an unsuported section of the case head. If the Sanata Barbara case wall is unsuported it will blow badly.
The non-REEgastrada" (or whatever the word is) is ok.
The problem started when a lot of CBC ammo was over-annealed. The necks were so soft the neck tension was inadequate.
An attempt was made to solve the problem by using a crude heavy duty neck crimp. It did not work because the neck was so soft.
The bad neck ammo includes ammo loaded with ball powder. Some of the ball powder ammo is contaminated. The ammo loaded with stick powder is ok, but there is no way to tell the ammo apart, unless you pull the bullet.
If you have a case of non-modified ammo (no neck crimp and not marked "Reengastada") it will all be loaded with either ball powder or stick powder. If it is stick powder it is 100% good ammo. If it is ball powder, I do not recall if any of it is bad. Personally, I would not shoot it.
Century Arms claimed that they were not told how serious the problems were withthis surplus ammo. They spent some serious money for an engineering report on what was wrong with it. The ball pistol powder was identified in the ball rifle powder.
The other problematic surplus ammo is the Santa Barbara ammo. If you section one of these cases you will find a remarkably low web in the case. Some rifle, because of design or poor assembly have an unsuported section of the case head. If the Sanata Barbara case wall is unsuported it will blow badly.
