Is this 30 carbine safe to shoot?

[bczandm]

I'd guess it's fine but figured I should double check. The lead seems to show some corrosion and is a funky shape. Can I shoot this in a WWII 30 caliber carbine?

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[bradbn4]

The only time I seen that in my own ammo - were 22lr that was stored under a leaky case of bottled water. I did end up with a high number of duds in that brick of 22lr.

WWII ammo will be corrosive, if you wanted to try some tests, pull the bullet and:
1-verify that the powder looks fine, no clumps
2 - check inside the case and make sure that there is no oxidation inside
3 - verify primer is good (test fire empty case) - the primer is corrosive - so clean the rifle that day
4 - weight the pulled bullet
5 - test burn the powder

If I had a a real WWII carbine, I would say - not worth the risk, best to use non-corrosive ammo...

The last step would be to hit the lead with a green pad to clean off the round...if the oxidation is not that bad I might use the ammo for plinking in a m1 carbine "clone".

The brass looks good, so I would use that to reload some rounds.


Note: I might be going overboard, but those collector M1 Carbines are not cheap anymore. If I prob would just clean the lead part off, and make sure that it looks normal under all that fuzz.

[longrange2]

I doubt the ammo is WWII or corrosive, I don?t think any issued .30 Carbine ammo was soft point, it was all FMJ. Was this removed from a box with manufacturer info? If so I might be inclined to shoot it, but if the provenance of the ammo is unknown I?d pass. Worst case you could pull the ammo down and use the brass.

[Hoser]

I wouldnt shoot that stuff.

[bczandm]

The ammo is not WWII. It's remington and I'd guess made in the last 30 years. I've only got 50 or so rounds, I'll post it for free here as I have no use for the brass.
Thanks,
bob

[kidicarus13]

Should be good ...probably89038

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[.455_Hunter]

They look similar to what I have seen on ammo with exposed lead that has been stored in hot and humid conditions for an extended period of time.

[earplug]

What is the cartridge head stamp? I'm curious if you have factory or reloads. Ring indentation on lead soft point looks like a seater plug mark.
I'd pull bullets and save brass

[bczandm]

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All of it is Remington.