Corrosion

[cp1969]

I've had several email exchanges with Hornady. Can't tell you with whom; the email is just from 'tech' and the person never signs a name to it.

To make a short story long, they are, for all intents an purposes, in denial. They say it couldn't have happened unless it was in contact with leather (it wasn't) or some corrosive agent, which unless there is something in Uncle Mike's synthetic speedloader pouch, it wasn't.

So, they are of the opinion that I caused somehow caused it. Which, I guess, is true--I put their ammo in a speedloader pouch.

They never even asked for it back to examine it.

 

[41 fan]

While not essentially your fault, the corrosion on some of your rounds would appear to be caused by moisture or a chemical. Much as the brass fittings of some holsters will corrode due to the chemicals in the leather. If the pouch is synthetic, there are plenty of chemicals present in them too. Are the remaining rounds in the factory box corroded? Are the rounds in your revolver chambers corroded? If not, I would be more likely to blame the pouch than the ammo. Dean

 

[firebirdude]

Next time you buy... a pair of shoes, a boxed shirt, or similar. Take the little desiccant bag and throw it with your ammo. Problem solved.

 

[cp1969]

While not essentially your fault, the corrosion on some of your rounds would appear to be caused by moisture or a chemical. Much as the brass fittings of some holsters will corrode due to the chemicals in the leather. If the pouch is synthetic, there are plenty of chemicals present in them too. Are the remaining rounds in the factory box corroded? Are the rounds in your revolver chambers corroded? If not, I would be more likely to blame the pouch than the ammo. Dean

What really surprises me is that they never asked for the rounds back to examine them.

I am no stranger to storing ammo--been doing it since about 1965, in all manner of storage, both good and bad. So I've seen some ammo corroded due to my negligence and have usually learned from such mistakes and not repeated them. This is, by far, the fastest and worst any ammo has ever corroded on me and the ammo was stored in far better conditions than a lot of my ammo has been.

There is something in those Uncle Mike's speedloader pouches that is much worse than contacting leather. Either that, or the copper alloy being used in the bullets is much more susceptible to corrosion than normal bullet jacket material.

At any rate, I'm through with them. I want nothing more to do with Hornady Critical Defense ammo. Or any Hornady ammo, for that matter.

 

[m1gunner]

I had a problem with Hornady Critical Defense ammo some years ago, but it wasn't corrosion. To this day I won't use their stuff because the way their tech folks handled the problen, mirrors your response.

As to your corrosion issue:

Synthetic materials have chemicals applied to them to aid in fabrication and other chemicals to give that "starched" look to the new product as it sits on the shelf.

These chemicals could contribute to what you saw.

If it were my gear, and ANYTHING I wore in the summer, then the problem would most definitely be from salt in sweat that penetrated the gear. I have pulled cash out of my wallet late in the day that was wringing wet with sweat on many a hot Georgia day.