32 Winchester ammo Blunder WoW

[Drm50]

I bought a ton of ammo from an estate. I ended up with several thousand rounds of 30/40 Krag
Govt. Frankfort Arsenal 1905 production. This ammo was in bandoleers with cardboard stifners
and was very clean, as new. More than half this ammo had cracked necks from age. You could
push bullet with your thumb and it would bust out the neck. The powder charge in these was like
a wad of grease and primers were dead. The ammo that wasn't cracked performed well and was
accurate. I salvaged several hundred of the bullets and found they shot excellent in my 95 win
loaded in to Govt match brass. Attachment 209401

[square butte]

I have seen it in quite a bit of 25-20 made by Rem. that is less than 30 years old. Probably had 5 boxes where over half the rounds were cracked - The others had lost the neck tension and the bullets would easily push back into the case. All were factory new.