The Sunday Picture Show (March 30th, 2025)

Raining today so no working on the 7mm-08 or 7mm PRC hand loads, and waiting on new choke for the 20ga turkey gun, so decided to whip up some sub-sonic 147gr XTP 9mm for the SBR.
My first barehead 110 project from years back is a staple in my shop.
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bertl said:
102 & 410—I don't have a pistol, just rifles and shotguns. A friend gave me 5 boxes of 410 ammo. Check the price and date. I need to go out and see what the shelf life is on the ammo.
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I have some old 12 gauge I brought back from Dad's. There's no corrosion at all, so I figure they should be fine. Certainly worth trying. OTOH I have a handful of 20 gauge that have, what I consider to be, significant corrosion and I'm not putting them in a gun. I don't think they'd blow up the gun, but they might be difficult to get out, assuming they fired.

Tecate said:
Another repost from Buck n Guns. Desert Eagle .50 and Buck 3/4 D Handle.
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I picked up a DE at a gun show, looked at my buddy and said, "Well this is just too big for my little girly hands" 😃
 
TheFishman said:
From everything I have read, cool and dry are the key. I am still working on a box of 12 gauge from the 1980s with a TG&Y price tag
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you'd think that, and I've heard it too and still believe its best method...

but when my father in law died and we cleaned out his sheds and garage and such...I found ammo galore from the late 60s, 70s and 80s that had sat in super high humidity and heat and I shot all of it and almost all of it all went off. all the center fire and shotgun shells went off. they were corroded and in bad shape visually too. the rimfire had a few failures, maybe 1 out of 100......anyways.....
 
jbmonkey said:
you'd think that, and I've heard it too and still believe its best method...

but when my father in law died and we cleaned out his sheds and garage and such...I found ammo galore from the late 60s, 70s and 80s that had sat in super high humidity and heat and I shot all of it and almost all of it all went off. all the center fire and shotgun shells went off. they were corroded and in bad shape visually too. the rimfire had a few failures, maybe 1 out of 100......anyways.....
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Huh. Maybe I'll reconsider those 20 guages 🤔
 
mbkr said:
Understood :thumbsup:

My 20 is a Western Auto pump, which is a Mossberg 500. Not super valuable and pretty stout.
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I should mention I did clean off the corrosion from the brass shotgun shells . no major work just rubbed off the crust with paper towels and made them smooth again.....made sure the plastic hulls were in good shape still flexible......that kinda stuff.......

wore shooting glasses etc. I was maybe stupid doing it but I put a few precautions in play.....

in the end though decide if the few bucks not wasted by shooting them is worth any of the potential risk. probably not.....but I tend to be cheap, stupid and hate waste........
 
jbmonkey said:
in the end though decide if the few bucks not wasted by shooting them is worth any of the potential risk. probably not.....but I tend to be cheap, stupid and hate waste........
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That was the reason I decided not to try them. I have a whole box with some corrosion and separated, the "not bad they should be ok" from the "hmm. not too sure about these". I'll take another look at them. The only reason I still have the suspect ones, is I wasn't sure how to safely dispose of them.
I hate to waste stuff too.
 
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