so, I am wondering what the "burnished look is on some ammo, mostly mil surplus/fmj.

[bionic knees]

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[rob1516]

Case annealing

 

[Kruel J]

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[rob1516]

On a side note, I want a case annealing setup

 

[titsonritz]

https://www.luckygunner.com/lounge/annealing/

 

[bionic knees]

oh yeah, I remember now. my memory is like a steel trap, one that rusted closed a long time ago.

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[CLT65]

Commercial ammo gets annealed too, but then they polish it to make it nice and shiny.

 

[The Heretic]

Commercial ammo gets annealed too, but then they polish it to make it nice and shiny.

That I did not know. I have always preferred US made mil-spec ammo with the annealed looking necks. Besides the annealing I know the primers and projectiles are sealed too. Unfortunately the projectiles are almost always FMJ and I strongly prefer expanding ammo.

 

[CLT65]

As a side note, the sealant they put on military ammo really works, amazingly well. I was once given a handful of 1943 dated 30 carbine rounds that had literally been buried in the ground for years, most likely decades.

My wife's friend dug a ditch alongside her gravel driveway and dug up the rusted-through remains of a couple 15 round M1 carbine magazines, with a few seriously nasty rounds still in one. They weren't corroded through, just severely tarnished and covered with a thick "patina".

I sat them on my shelf and one day just for curiosity I cleaned one up. I scrubbed the thick crud off of it, then used some fine sandpaper to polish it to bare metal. It looked so good I decided to pull it apart. The gunpowder and inside of the case looked clean and fresh.

I know some will cringe at this, but I put it back together and fired it over a chronograph. It shot just like a new one, no problem.

Added- as a principle, I do NOT recommend firing 80 year old ammo that's been dug up out of the ground. It's generally a bad idea, even though it worked for me.

 

[The Heretic]

As a side note, the sealant they put on military ammo really works, amazingly well. I was once given a handful of 1943 dated 30 carbine rounds that had literally been buried in the ground for years, most likely decades.

My wife's friend dug a ditch alongside her gravel driveway and dug up the rusted-through remains of a couple 15 round M1 carbine magazines, with a few seriously nasty rounds still in one. They weren't corroded through, just severely tarnished and covered with a thick "patina".

I sat them on my shelf and one day just for curiosity I cleaned one up. I scrubbed the thick crud off of it, then used some fine sandpaper to polish it to bare metal. It looked so good I decided to pull it apart. The gunpowder and inside of the case looked clean and fresh.

I know some will cringe at this, but I put it back together and fired it over a chronograph. It shot just like a new one, no problem.

Added- as a principle, I do NOT recommend firing 80 year old ammo that's been dug up out of the ground. It's generally a bad idea, even though it worked for me.

If the brass has not been weakened, then mil spec ammo should be fine. I have some ammo I inherited that has some green/blue crud on it because it was stored improperly. Most of it I would just pull the bullet, dump the powder and put oil inside the case to deactivate the primer, then crush the brass, but some I would just scrape the crud off it.

 

[OneEyeOpen]

On a side note, I want a case annealing setup

Here's an annealer with one of the smallest foot-prints I have ever seen, at just over $200, one of the best priced also.

 

[arrowshooter]

Here's an annealer with one of the smallest foot-prints I have ever seen, at just over $200, one of the best priced also.
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Hmmmm. I've been on the fence over the Annealeez for over a year now, but this one just may Humpty me.

 

[Spitpatch]

Case annealing

I see a bunch layin' down, and a couple standin' up, but ain't none of those kneeling.