well talked to a friend last night. He is coming to visit in late Oct. He is going to take a bunch of this stuff. He is one of only 2 people's handloads I will shoot...and I am one of 'em. I found 2 boxes of 30 US Gummit with Silvertips A bit tarnished but ok to shoot. other older stuff too. 38-55 38-40 and 32-40...got 4 lbs of black powder...some kinda Swiss powder? Did 150 rds of 7 RM with the bullet puller. Time consuming for certain.
What to do with reloaded ammo?
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Are you a Super X 1 affectionado?
If that Swiss powder is in a blue plastic 1 lb can it will say what granule it is, IE; 1.5f, 2 f, 3 f, etc. Stuff sells for $ 26 a lb. and is very clean burning and consistent.
Post a price for the reloads you don't want. If price is very good, I may buy it and do the tear down. Contact me: [email protected]
Ivan the Butcher
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I bought a fellow cowboy shooter's 45 Schofield reloads. Over 700 of them. I didn't care what he loaded in them, he was shooting repo Schofields, I used them up in an 92 Puma and Ruger Vaqueros. If they didn't hurt his guns, they sure weren't going to hurt mine. Shotgun ammo is a whole different ballgame!!!!
Ivan
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Not really. They were well made guns though even if they were too expensive. Only decent semiauto shotgun Winchester ever made. Just going to sell the bbl. I mostly shot 1100s in the 12 ga.
The Swiss is in blue plastic containers. Also found a couple of other cans of Black Goex..gonna give it to a friend for his cannon and mortar..He'll have fun with it.
As far as selling the reloads I may sell some but don't think I should send it by UPS. There is much and the shipping would be prohibitive.
I have a Marlin 1894 44 mag and may shoot some of the 44's..the ones that are marked with the load...after I check a portion randomly. 8 gr of 231 with a lead 220 gr bullet should be ok.I have checked 10% of the 45 Colts and they seem to be ok..but not hot loads anyway. As far as shotshells they are all trap loads with red dot and green dot..I will check a few randomly and sell them as components. Shotshells usually are pretty benign but I wouldn't shoot them in my K-80s...I've never personally shot a 12 ga round in 'em anyway.. 450K of the others though.
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hdwhit
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How do you know that it was supposed to be 8 gr of Unique (not Uniques)?
My prior advice (which is sill the safest course of action) was based on the fact that in the OP you didn't seem to know what powder or charge was in each case.
If the record-keeping is adequate, then you may also be able to salvage the powder as well - or if you sample some cases and the load is consistent with that is on the label, then you may want to consider trusting the reloader.
hdwhit
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As I said, you have to decide based on the documentation left by the reloader how far you trust him.
There are six people who trust my reloads enough to shoot them. Four are family members, one has reloaded with me for 40 years and the sixth is a blithering idiot.
Another great estate sale! The Lesson Learned is "SHOOT YOUR RELOADS", take more trips to the range, consume all your ammo!
The Uniques was just a mistype. Some of the boxes are marked with the loads..some are not. Any magnums(handgun loads) will not be shot by me anyway. Rifle loads are all going to be torn down. As far as the reloader..He's no longer among the ranks of the living. It is just that there is SO much handgun ammo. and much of it is loose. The guy was a smoker and there are at least 50 Pall Mall cigarette flip top boxes full of ammo..unmarked as to loads of course. They were all packed in a Tall ammo can. a tall rocket(Laws??) box..
Swiss is a brand of black powder and highly thought of among black powder shooters. The cartridges you mention are often loaded with black powder. .32-40 is particularly well thought of by the Schuetzen crowd.
As rule I don't shoot reloads from folks I don't know and trust either. The 7 mag you pulled down, any reason to think it was assembled poorly? The 8 grain Unique .45 Colt load is pretty standard. Reloads from a guy with high quality target guns, good notebooks, well marked ammo AND known to be a regular shooter are one thing. If his friends would not stand close to him on the range is quite another. If there were shooters among the kin, did just sell the calibers they didn't shoot themselves?
Cartridges that are chambered in both a weak antiques and strong modern guns, such as .45 Colt or .45-70 are more worrisome.
Well The 7 mag is loaded with various bullets and powders as it probably should be. It is easy to break down compared to many others. The cals I shoot I will break down like the Hornet 243 etc etc. Have found a bunch of 25-06 made from 30-06. Necks were even reamed which is a good sign. couple hundred commercial 25-06 too. None loaded. Even about 250 30-06 AI. Fireformed. about 200 444(some new) brass and the same of 45-70 and some loaded 45-70 with jacketed 300 gr bullets Boxes are marked with the load but will take it down anyway. The biggest concern to me is the handgun ammo. Even though I recently acquired about 500 44 Sp cases there are a couple hundred in this stuff as well as some loaded. Just too much to break down. Evidently there were no other shooters in the family His neighbor got almost all of the handguns
Selling as "components" won't lessen liability if they are still complete rounds...
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Regarding the 7mm Rem. Magnum, I think we all can agree that you cannot double-charge this case without a major spillage. I would check the reload label on the box, if the reloader prepared it, then compare it to published loading data to insure that the reloads are within published parameters. Next, many of the reloading manuals contain photos of the various powders. Dismantle a round and compare the powder contained against what it is supposed to look like. I would also weigh a few powder charges. My guess is that these rounds are safe to fire.
Regarding the 7mm Rem. Magnum, I think we all can agree that you cannot double-charge this case without a major spillage. I would check the reload label on the box, if the reloader prepared it, then compare it to published loading data to insure that the reloads are within published parameters. Next, many of the reloading manuals contain photos of the various powders. Dismantle a round and compare the powder contained against what it is supposed to look like. I would also weigh a few powder charges. My guess is that these rounds are safe to fire.
jag312
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Too bad you are not in my area. I would be happy to take some of the reloads to break down for components. I was given 1000rds of Philippine 5.56mm cartridges years ago that were being recalled by the importer due to erratic pressures. My son and I had a great time using a kinetic bullet puller to disassemble, remove the powder, then reload the cartridges with fresh powder. Then we had a fun time at the range.
Ditto. I'd be happy to buy them dirt cheap for the components. Bullets and primers are worth more than 5 cents a round, so I'd jump at a chance get them for a couple of bucks a box to break down. But I'm pretty cheap that way.
Went through 4 totes of stuff yesterday. had approx 2000 rounds of 38 Sp...surprised but about 5-700 rounds are jacketed bullets Maybe 50% are marked as to loads. 1000 rounds of 357 50% jacketed 15 boxes of 220 Swift loaded. 17 boxes of 7mm Mag...8 boxes once fired brass(or so it is marked).7 more totes to go..and then all the ammo boxes. The fellow died in a house fire. I have a few items that were in the room he died in I may post a picture of just one item. Luckily the ammo and other items were in the garage(detached). Evidently the guy was a hoarder as his brother took many tons of junk to the landfill. I thank all you fellows that want to purchase this stuff but to be honest shipping most of it would be a pain..and expensive..no problem with face to face Wyoming is probably a long way from most of you
Well quite a few have the powder charges on the boxes...some don't Some of all this mess IS factory. I found a fairly large can of 9mm. About half is factory...the rest are reloads. I will definitely NOT shoot reloaded 9mms...that aren't mine anyway. The rifle rounds are going to be torn down and loaded (by me) again. At least the ones I shoot. But I have 23 boxes of 220 Swift 28 boxes of 7mm Mag etc etc. I did want to post a pic of one item I got that was in the deceased's bedroom. What a shame. The rifle was even worse This is a Unertl Ultra Varminter in 20 power. It was on a Win M-70 target in 243..Pre 64. Stock was of course ruined..the barrel is still straight the action was in very bad condition.. but it has been sent to a (good) gunsmith to be re-heat treated and refinished. I actually have a pre 64 stock for it and will make sure it is fitted correctly. Kinda neat the gun can be brought back to useable condition..this scope not very likely. Well the lens covers are still ok
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