Hoss Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 This past weekend I wet tumbled about 600 38sp cases in a Frankfort Arsenal tumbler. Used brass cleaner, water. (No pins). Cases came out shining like a diamond in a goats behind! As I was drying them I found 3 loaded rounds that had been washed. 1 was APP, other 2 Bullseye powder. I wondered if they would fire. All 3 went bang, I could not tell any difference! I really thought that the tumbling in water for 2 hours would have gotten a drop or 2 of water in the case, but apparently no. would I Intentionally wash & use loaded rounds? No, but this very small sample says it’s nothing to worry about if your ammo gets wet! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooting Bull Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 (edited) Murphy says: That would hold true for thousands and thousands of practice rounds. But the instant I tried to use one of those in a match..................... Edited January 10 by Shooting Bull 4 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Hare, SASS #20821 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 I have put rounds through the washer. Wondered the same thing if they would go off. They all fired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheatin Charlie Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 17 minutes ago, Gray Hare, SASS #20821 said: I have put rounds through the washer. Wondered the same thing if they would go off. They all fired. Yea, but I was told you do not use powder when reloading just magnum primers! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Hare, SASS #20821 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Charlie you been talking to the wrong people!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeb Stuart #65654 Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 7 hours ago, Hoss said: This past weekend I wet tumbled about 600 38sp cases in a Frankfort Arsenal tumbler. Used brass cleaner, water. (No pins). Cases came out shining like a diamond in a goats behind! As I was drying them I found 3 loaded rounds that had been washed. 1 was APP, other 2 Bullseye powder. I wondered if they would fire. All 3 went bang, I could not tell any difference! I really thought that the tumbling in water for 2 hours would have gotten a drop or 2 of water in the case, but apparently no. would I Intentionally wash & use loaded rounds? No, but this very small sample says it’s nothing to worry about if your ammo gets wet! Read in a book about Remington Arms that an order of 10,000 rounds of 45-70 black powder headed for Russia sank right out of port. They spent 6 months in salt water before the ammo could be recovered. All 10,000 went off like it was suppose to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 i dry tumble and have had a few live rounds go through by accident . ive been more concerned with an AD in the tumbler than shooting one after it went thru , but then again i introduce no liquid , only dust that i minimize with old dryer sheets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Rich Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 I have had empty cases with live primers go thru 2 hours of wet tumbling and they went bang after they dried. kR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Bill Burt Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 I occasionally find unfired rounds after wet tumbling. It never occurred to me to try and fire them, they go in the trash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackalope Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Not quite the same thing, but I've shot at a lot of ducks with shotgun shells that had spent at least some time underwater. Never had one fail to go off that I recall. Many of those ducks flew away, though. Maybe it had something to do with wet shells, yeah, that's what it was! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Big Tree Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 I had my ammo stored in a plastic bin in the back of the truck for EOT when it was held in Indiana. I had smokeless ammo for side matches and black powder ammo for the main match. It had rained several days before the match and my tonneau cover leaked funneling all the water into the ammo bin. all the ammo was sitting in about 3" of water. As luck would have it I live about an hour away so I went home and got new main match ammo. The wet ammo I took home and tried shooting it and all the samples of black powder ammo and shotgun ammo shot fine but the smokeless ammo was horrible. I ended up shooting all the black powder ammo at monthly matches without any problems but the smokeless ammo even after trying to dry them out in a case dryer for days were a no go. When I pulled the bullets some of them actually had water pour out of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 On 1/8/2024 at 12:23 PM, Hoss said: This past weekend I wet tumbled about 600 38sp cases in a Frankfort Arsenal tumbler. Used brass cleaner, water. (No pins). Cases came out shining like a diamond in a goats behind! As I was drying them I found 3 loaded rounds that had been washed. 1 was APP, other 2 Bullseye powder. I wondered if they would fire. All 3 went bang, I could not tell any difference! I really thought that the tumbling in water for 2 hours would have gotten a drop or 2 of water in the case, but apparently no. That would NOT likely be the result with pistol ammo for a Frontiersman! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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