Djones
06-29-2014, 09:41 AM
Hey guys, I have been doing a bunch of shooting with my 35 Remington these days. I plan to use a 190 Ranchdog gas checked bullet this year for deer season. As you may know, 35 Rem brass is rare to say the least. I was running low so as usual I use factory loaded ammo to get brass for my cast rifle shooting.
This box of 35 Rem came from my grandpa's garage when he passed away. He was a handloader but didn't load for 35 Rem. I had a case failure and wonder what you guys think happened. How old do you think this ammo is?
Thanks for the help. I shot about 40 of my cast loads after the case failure. I guess I really lucked out nothing seems to be damaged!
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt124/duckwhackercmon/270CDC32-2FB9-4AB5-91A4-E23202D29622.jpg (http://s604.photobucket.com/user/duckwhackercmon/media/270CDC32-2FB9-4AB5-91A4-E23202D29622.jpg.html)
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt124/duckwhackercmon/3BE04D3D-0350-40A8-AC6F-CBABA93B4C35.jpg (http://s604.photobucket.com/user/duckwhackercmon/media/3BE04D3D-0350-40A8-AC6F-CBABA93B4C35.jpg.html)
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt124/duckwhackercmon/D0D18CBF-DD7A-4E54-9547-694C96416449.jpg (http://s604.photobucket.com/user/duckwhackercmon/media/D0D18CBF-DD7A-4E54-9547-694C96416449.jpg.html)
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt124/duckwhackercmon/440D55A6-3778-4781-8117-7CF7365F99F7.jpg (http://s604.photobucket.com/user/duckwhackercmon/media/440D55A6-3778-4781-8117-7CF7365F99F7.jpg.html)
The same case is pictured. It failed (cracked/split) in two different places.
This box of 35 Rem came from my grandpa's garage when he passed away. He was a handloader but didn't load for 35 Rem. I had a case failure and wonder what you guys think happened. How old do you think this ammo is?
Thanks for the help. I shot about 40 of my cast loads after the case failure. I guess I really lucked out nothing seems to be damaged!
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt124/duckwhackercmon/270CDC32-2FB9-4AB5-91A4-E23202D29622.jpg (http://s604.photobucket.com/user/duckwhackercmon/media/270CDC32-2FB9-4AB5-91A4-E23202D29622.jpg.html)
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt124/duckwhackercmon/3BE04D3D-0350-40A8-AC6F-CBABA93B4C35.jpg (http://s604.photobucket.com/user/duckwhackercmon/media/3BE04D3D-0350-40A8-AC6F-CBABA93B4C35.jpg.html)
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt124/duckwhackercmon/D0D18CBF-DD7A-4E54-9547-694C96416449.jpg (http://s604.photobucket.com/user/duckwhackercmon/media/D0D18CBF-DD7A-4E54-9547-694C96416449.jpg.html)
http://i604.photobucket.com/albums/tt124/duckwhackercmon/440D55A6-3778-4781-8117-7CF7365F99F7.jpg (http://s604.photobucket.com/user/duckwhackercmon/media/440D55A6-3778-4781-8117-7CF7365F99F7.jpg.html)
The same case is pictured. It failed (cracked/split) in two different places.