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Hiyas,

years and years ago when I knew nothing and this website didn't exist, I bought some dirty old .308 "boolats" at a gun show. Recently while doing some clean up, they re-surfaced! Now that I know a little more about the subject, I'm not so sure I want to shoot them! But would consider shooting them at a close range target really fast :evil:

They're definatly reloads, they're all rusty and gunky and stuff. I have no idea what grain bullets are on there. Are they safe to shoot?

Here's a few pics:
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Let me know what you guys think!

Thanks!
 
$7.50?

Beyond a shadow of a doubt: NOT WORTH IT!

There could be a squib in there, potentially a double charge, hell, there could be handgun powder in them. How much faith are you willing to put in a complete stranger over $7.50?
 
Pull and save the bullets , dump the powder, reload the good cases, scrap the bad after snapping the primers. You might as well salvage something .
 
I agree with Bearman. Don't take a chance with these unknown handloads. The bullets & brass still have value so I wouldn't throw them away.

George
 
If you have an old beater rifle you don't care about and enough string so you can hide behind something, you should be good to go.........;)
 
I have been shooting for well over half a century, my #1 rule
I NEVER fire someone else's reloads unless I really know the person and know his reloading habits, it just ain't worth it.... My 2cts.
John
 
The one on your laptop is toast. If one is toast, it's very likely they all are. The bullets look like some flavour of ballistic point that has had the point removed. Mind you, it's difficult to see if there's any wee grooves near the hole. I'd look at that and pitch the rest of the components after pulling the bullets.
 
sunray said:
The one on your laptop is toast.
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I doubt that corrosion would cause a problem as far as shooting safely is concerned. That case could be cleaned up with steel wool and probably found to be OK.

As mentioned, shooting some stranger's handloads of unknown origins is MUCH more the safety concern.



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wow I've never seen so many people agree to something!! I will be pulling the bullets and try to salvage something. Just out of curiosity... what's the best way to pull the bullets out? With a plain pair of pliars? or if I pull hard enough with my hands will it come loose? (I dont have experience with reloading)

Oh and I didn't actually pay 7.50... If my memory serves me right, I think I had bargained the guy down to 5 bucks. LOL that was a long time ago...

Thanks everyone!!!!!
 
Pulling bullets with pliers will essentially render them destroyed/useless. If you have a reloading press pic up an RCBS bullet puller with appropriately sized collet. There are those @#*# hammer style 'pullers' that are cheaper, but in the long run the RCBS system is waaaay better. Especially if you are pulling more than one or two. Chuck the powder, primers and by the looks of things the brass. Measure and weight the bullets, who knows what the guy who loaded them was all about.
 
BEARMAN said:
Pull and save the bullets , dump the powder, reload the good cases, scrap the bad after snapping the primers. You might as well salvage something .
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Having never reloaded but intending to do so fairly soon, what is 'snapping' the primer? Just how does one remove a 'live' primer from a case? Would soaking in water deactivate it so that it could be pushed out on the press and how long would it have to soak or ???
 
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johnone said:
I have been shooting for well over half a century, my #1 rule
I NEVER fire someone else's reloads unless I really know the person and know his reloading habits, it just ain't worth it.... My 2cts.
John
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Well, Johnone, you probably have about eight years more reloading experience than me, but we sure came up with the same idea on someone elses handloads! Also, I long ago quit reloading for anyone else, except our own family.
 
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