DaveInFloweryBranchGA
01-21-2007, 02:49 PM
I know there's got to be some folks on here who have a good bit more metallurgial knowledge than I have related to brass.
I have some once fired M16 brass I picked up back in 1991 I'd kept in anticipation of the day I'd reload .223. It's all LC and it's all 1991. About three thousand rounds of it.
Somehow, over the years, one container of it got wet and around 30 percent of that container had brass that was corroded to green (I already tossed this brass) and some brass that had mild speckles and some that hard turned brown in appearance, very much lookinglike old copper, rather than brass.
I'm wondering if I should toss any that doesn't appear perfect, if I should anneal the brown brass and try it or toss the whole batch. It's about 500 rounds or so we're talking here.
Your thoughts? And what's going on with the brown brass?
Thanks,
Dave
I have some once fired M16 brass I picked up back in 1991 I'd kept in anticipation of the day I'd reload .223. It's all LC and it's all 1991. About three thousand rounds of it.
Somehow, over the years, one container of it got wet and around 30 percent of that container had brass that was corroded to green (I already tossed this brass) and some brass that had mild speckles and some that hard turned brown in appearance, very much lookinglike old copper, rather than brass.
I'm wondering if I should toss any that doesn't appear perfect, if I should anneal the brown brass and try it or toss the whole batch. It's about 500 rounds or so we're talking here.
Your thoughts? And what's going on with the brown brass?
Thanks,
Dave