Since 4895 is hard to find and I have .30-06, .308 and .243 rifles to feed, my stash of corrosive-era M1 and/or M2 .30-06 ball, AP and tracer is about to get pulled down - I intend to keep the 4895 (presuming it's M2) and surplus off the cases and j-words as I have plenty of M72 and FC GM brass for my own use and do not need the FMJs.
I don't think I'd want to decap live primers, especially corrosive ones, without neutralizing the pellets first. Would I be better off leaving the primers alone, killing them with some oil or solvent, or killing them and then decapping the brass? Is primed brass hazmat? Would I find anyone wanting corrosive primed brass? I'd value some input.
In the meantime I'm about to start reclaiming powder. I'll be running them in a seating die first, to just crack the seal, as long as I don't put them too deep for the collet to grab. Once I pull the first one, I'll examine the bullet to make sure which M the ammo is, and if it's M2 then it's 4895 and I'm in business, but if it's M1 then the powder is likely IMR 1185 and I'll have to either hunt data or figure on using the charge weight I find in the ammo in same-bullet-weight loads, kinda like push-pull but a bit more complicated. Some of the ball is in belts, 4:1 with one or another M of tracer. I think there's also some 4:1 AP/tracer - I'll have to figure out what powder is in the tracer and AP rounds or push-pull them into M72 brass with modern primers for SHTF stock.
Oh, and I'll have LOTS of Garand clips as well, and a few 1919 belts and links.
Ed <><