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mark501w 02-01-2014 5:42 PM

Oxidized cases
 
Wudda spose caused this ? These cases have been loaded together as a lot for a long time but , there's 8 cases that as oxidized together ?Attachment 300264

2shotjoe 02-01-2014 5:45 PM

Dirty primers? Were they ever cleaned?

Bruce wished he owned a Droid RAZR.

mark501w 02-01-2014 5:50 PM

You serious ? Everything's been shot as a lot, it's all the same.

bigedp51 02-01-2014 6:43 PM

Its caused by the brass being exposed to air and moisture. The Statue of Liberty is made of copper and has turned green, it is the copper oxidizing.

Verdigris
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdigris

Patina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patina

Enfield47 02-01-2014 9:21 PM

I agree that it has to be moisture that somehow caused it. The weird thing is why only those cases, and not the ones closer to the edge of the box? Maybe some liquid got spilled in the box but only in those slots where the affected shells are.

Pauliedad 02-01-2014 9:26 PM

I'm taking apart a bunch of 19 year old .44 mag reloads I got in a deal and some of the interiors look like that when others right next don't. I've fired the primers and they still go bang on even the most corroded.
No clue.

mark501w 02-02-2014 1:46 AM

Loads are 30 days old 1st 1/2 were shot 30 days ago.

damndave 02-02-2014 2:48 AM

Moisture.

mark501w 02-02-2014 7:02 AM

I don't get it. I don't where that would have happened?

'ol shooter 02-02-2014 8:41 AM

Did a cat pee on the box? :p It's moisture, called Verdigris by the artsy-fartsy crowd. The copper in the brass is oxidizing. Copper with 30% Zinc is a common alloy for cartridge brass.

mark501w 02-02-2014 8:49 AM

Verdigris ,I thought that was a color they painted front rooms in N. Hollywood ?

mark501w 02-02-2014 9:14 AM

actually we those little beasts around hereAttachment 300450

CK_32 02-02-2014 10:43 AM

I'm having an issue with rust on all my brass. Loaded and non.. Fondle it too much

mark501w 02-02-2014 10:56 AM

Why is it inside?

Pauliedad 02-02-2014 12:30 PM

Mark501w,
Is that a "fabulous furry freak brothers" reference you just made there?

'ol shooter 02-02-2014 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mark501w (Post 13345559)
Verdigris ,I thought that was a color they painted front rooms in N. Hollywood ?

Probably R. Crumb's favorite color. :D

mark501w 02-02-2014 4:23 PM

You know what they say"days of powder& no money are better than days of money & no powder".

knucklehead0202 02-02-2014 6:32 PM

wouldn't get majorly in a lather about it, drop them in the tumbler for a while and all's well!

'ol shooter 02-02-2014 7:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mark501w (Post 13348350)
You know what they say"days of powder& no money are better than days of money & no powder".

Good clean paraphrase of that original line. :)

Fishslayer 02-02-2014 8:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mark501w (Post 13348350)
You know what they say"days of powder& no money are better than days of money & no powder".

Get it right...

"Ammo will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no ammo." - Freewheelin' Franklin :D

mark501w 02-03-2014 6:39 AM

I roll my own thus the powder reference .

Pauliedad 02-03-2014 4:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mark501w (Post 13348350)
You know what they say"days of powder& no money are better than days of money & no powder".

Awesome.


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