Washing machine accident

[Rule3]

Nope---we live in an area where damn near everyone acts like your friend---never mind if neither party ever even heard of the other.

Ralph Tremaine

That is nice to hear, we have thought about moving to TN.
I want to live out in nowhere but the Wife doesn't

 

[A10]

I no longer have a wife, what do I need to do?

You could rent one Fred, but that might be misinterpreted!

 

[smoothshooter]

Might be a stupid question, but would the outcome be any different if the said ammo washed was .22?

I have accidentally washed rimfire ammo severAl times over the years and never had any of them fail to fire.

 

[TAROMAN]

Once cleaned a Glock in the dishwasher. Came out fine.

 

[Jim Watson]

My cleaning lady let herself in one day with the alarm primed. The PD responded but she said it was OK when she explained to them that she also cleaned for the Chief.

I have run ammo through the washing machine and it still fired, BUT, in The Incident, my ammo was exposed to fire hoses and then to rain through the burned out roof. So it was soaked for a good while. Some of it fired, some of it didn't. If it could get through a magazine with one or no misfire, I shot it in practice. More misfires and I trashed .22s and pulled centerfire bullets.

USGI was perfect, and some commercial. Reloads with cast bullets were better than with jacketed.
The pretty red lacquer on one brand was no sort of sealant, many misfires, the rest of that ammo was pulled to salvage bullets and brass. Lots of the powder could be seen to be wet.

Aluminum Blazer was dreadful. Many cases split or burned completely through. There are scorch marks in the chamber of that gun that I did not find until a companion told me of flash out the ejection port.

 

[old bear]

You could rent one Fred, but that might be misinterpreted!

Great idea. but at my age why?

 

[USBP SW]

I guess I should be wondering why I needed a turbo tumbler and media to clean brass/rounds, when I could just put them in with the dark clothes.

 

[SGT ROCK 11B]

It is surprising how much abuse well made ammunition can actually take. We used to drop shotshells in the shallow water frequently when hunting. They always ran.

I am a duck hunter and my boys would drop the shells in the water frequently. They were still good too.

 

[Dvus]

And here I thought picking the lint out of the hollow points with a toothpick was the best way to clean back-up ammo. I wish someone had spoken up sooner!

 

[Leslie Sapp]

I found a .22 long round once in the Suwanee River while diving for artifacts and fossils. It had a antigue headstamp that probably hadn't been made in fifty years.

It rattled around in one of my "junk" artifact boxes for ten years or so and I decided one day to try to fire it. It went "bang!" just like any other low power .22 round.

 

[LVSteve]

That's the wife's job.

I dare you to say that out loud where she can hear.

 

[diyj98]

I've accidentally washed a few rounds in the washing machine over the years. Even ran one or two through the dryer by accident.

My cousin had a couple of boxes of 22LR that got left outside in a heavy rain over a weekend. He shot a few of them but had problems with some misfires so ended up tossing the rest of them. He was afraid of ending up with a bullet stuck in the barrel.

 

[wrangler5]

Well, clean cars always run better, so . . .

 

[wrangler5]

Once cleaned a Glock in the dishwasher. Came out fine.

I had read it was OK to put a stainless Ruger Old Army (minus the grips) in the dishwasher, soap and water being the recommended cleaning agent for black powder residue. So when I got one I tried it. Came out spotless, but the black (blued?) front and rear sights had a thin film of rust all over 'em.

I cleaned it by hand from then on.

 

[abigails&w]

d the Sheriff send you a bill for services??

Around here they charge for false alarms

Around here they would blacklist you after a certain number of false alarms.

 

[arjay]

The worst thing I've washed besides 22s was a pair of Levi's with battery acid on em (they didn't survive) and my SS card sometime in the 70s. I still haven't replaced that lol

 

[chief38]

It's common now days to seal the bullets where they meet the case and the primers with a waterproof lacquer. Some company's like Federal usually do this on carry ammo and the sealant is usually a blue color. Some company's use different colors and others even clear.

 

[Buford57]

I went into chest deep water in a UP swamp 50 years ago with a single 30-40 round in my coat pocket. Hung the wool coat over the stove that night and missed the cartridge. About a year later I found and shot it. Sounded like a sonic boom and blew the primer, but the Krag held. I can also only guess the steam from the coat affected the powder.

 

[BoulderTroll]

But, Did the Sheriff send you a bill for services??
Around here they charge for false alarms

I would be absolutely shocked if any agency charged for a single-incident panic alarm. When businesses have routine false alarms, it is not uncommon for them to start being charged after multiple offenses. And I knew of a hospital who began being charged by the fire department after a number of false fire alarms as well. But again, I've never heard of an isolated incident/ private home being billed.

 

[jdlii]

Ironing washed ammunition can be problematic. Use a lower heat setting to avoid potential discharges.

 

[Teddydog]

I'm surprised no one mentioned the shrinkage problem with running the ammo through the dryer. .40 to 9. 44 to 41.

rob

 

[Lou_the_welder]

Not in a washing machine, but I have tumbled live rounds twice that I can remember, by accident. They were very shiny after.