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Recently I was at the range where a fellow there gave me a stash of dud 9mm Luger cartridges to pull down for components. The gent said only a handful fired, several after a few tries so he just tried the rest once and handed them off to me. He did not report anything unusual regarding the fired rounds I didn't witness any attempts to fire.
The pulled FMJ RN bullets weigh between 115.4 and 116.0 grains and have the typical military asphalt sealant around the base. They bullet bases look like this:
Here are the headstamps:
I'm thinking these could be tracers?
Also of interest to me was the powder. Each case had less than 2 grains of fine spherical granules and dust at a 50:50 ratio. I dropped a match on the small pile of powder, and it burned as you would expect a pile of smokeless powder to burn. (Yes, I did this safely)
So, interesting holes in the bullets bases, and a tiny amount of powder. I'm going to load these bullets up soon and shoot them outdoors on a rainy day to see just what they might do.
Any comments / thoughts?
The pulled FMJ RN bullets weigh between 115.4 and 116.0 grains and have the typical military asphalt sealant around the base. They bullet bases look like this:
Here are the headstamps:
I'm thinking these could be tracers?
Also of interest to me was the powder. Each case had less than 2 grains of fine spherical granules and dust at a 50:50 ratio. I dropped a match on the small pile of powder, and it burned as you would expect a pile of smokeless powder to burn. (Yes, I did this safely)
So, interesting holes in the bullets bases, and a tiny amount of powder. I'm going to load these bullets up soon and shoot them outdoors on a rainy day to see just what they might do.
Any comments / thoughts?