early match cartridges 30-06 and 30M1

[RCS]

Found some early match cartridges that were used during the 1920's -1930's time
period[

[RCS]

The first photo is not of any 30-06 match cartridges but of the 30 AMU cartridges developed for
long range shooting during the late 1950's and up tp 1963-64. These were wildcats based on
the original 300 H&H case.

Both Remington and Winchester produced factory loadings with 197 gr and 200 gr bullets.

Remington removed the H&H MAGNUM from their headstamp while Winchester used a military
headstamp of WCC 60dscn3059.jpg

[togor]

Question for you, RCS....if you suspect that one of these old and collectable cartridges has gone sour on the inside, what do you do? Leave as-is? Deactivate? Dispose? I don't have anything that goes back that far but I do have a fair bit from the 1930's onward, and none of it is getting any younger. I feel like there is a decision looming out there. And then there are the sealed cartons and spam cans.

[lyman]

old ammo I have found in estates generally have some seepage or corrosion at the primer or neck,

not just old stuff either, I had a batch loaded with VV powders, where the powder soured and caused issues