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    Quote Originally Posted by Daan Kemp View Post
    I retract my previous statement that I would shoot it all. Definitely destroy, bullets will probably also be affected.
    Thank you all for your input. I've set up all the South African stuff for destruction. The projectiles themselves look pretty good for the most part and I'll use them in good brass. I dumped the cordite and burned it off piecemeal. What a shame, given how hard it is to find good .303 ball ammo nowadays.

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    I think that is very wise.. I also hate to destroy ammunition, but there comes a time!

    Bullets should be OK. They are copper jacketed which does not suffer from the zinc problem!

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    You have a lot more courage than I lawrence_n. I've learned to stop when I don't get a satisfying bang. Glad you and your weapon weren't hurt. Here's some pictures of some Surplus Ball I pulled apart a week or two ago when I found some of the cases badly corroded. I pulled the bullets and drop the rest into a bucket of water. The AP on the left is Lake City 52. Base badly corroded but did not get inside. Irrelevant as AP stuff will get me in big time trouble so once soaked that all went in the trash. But the next one is Belgian and this too was pretty bad on the outside. Powder is fine. The Anyway, the point is if you have some sketchy surplus, pull it apart and see what you have. Heck just pull the bullets if that's all you get out of it. Better safe than wounded.
    Sorry about the picture orientation, I don't know how to fix that yet.

    Edited because I posted the wrong picture, the last is some LC ball from 1969.
    Dang I must be tired. 2nd edit. The last is FN 69, not LC 69 for the sake of accuracy.
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    I have a lot more experience than expertise, still have both eyes and most of my fingers though.

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