Feel like I won the lottery!

[chris in va]

"While we are aware that some hand-loaders, particularly pistol shooters, tumble loaded ammo to remove residual lube or just to make their ammo nice and shiny, this is NOT a sensible procedure. RCBS and most ammo-makers specifically warn against tumbling live ammo in a vibratory tumbler. Hodgdon’s official policy is: “Completed ammo should not be tumbled. The powder will degrade and increase in burn speed.” (From Mike Daly, Customer Satisfaction Manager, Hodgdon/IMR.)"

How do they get factory ammo so shiny?

 

[basilisk4]

I won the reverse lottery (or something more clever) a few weeks ago. I had set down a box of ammo on the floor in a spare bedroom as I was in the process of cleaning out the closet. Well, the box of ammo -- which actually was a moving box with several hundred rounds of 9MM and .45ACP ammo -- sat on the bedroom floor for a few days. I noticed at one point that one of my wife's cats had peed on the floor in the room -- and also that box.

Any idea what cat pee does to bullet casings? The ammo was corroded something awful. A few hundred bucks down the drain.

 

[ScottRiqui]

Any idea what cat pee does to bullet casings? The ammo was corroded something awful. A few hundred bucks down the drain.

Yeah, we have a few cats as well, and a dousing of "hot ammonia" will play hell on brass (or pretty much any metal). Shame that it ruined the entire box, though - that seems like phenomenal bad luck.