Interesting old Western Ammo Box

[Craig from kazoo]

Back when corrosive primers were a selling point. Be fun to shoot a box or two!

[fguffey]

WCC, and then it became WW as in Winchester Western. Winchester fell on hard times in 1929.

And for match accuracy they used mercuric/corrosive primers.

F. Guffey

[Johnny P]

That may have been overrun from Western military contract match ammo (white box) which used mercuric priming.

[Parashooter]

Here's the published story -

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[Craig from kazoo]

Here are the contents of the box. Reloaded who knows how long ago and some are color coded.

[fguffey]

And for match accuracy they used mercuric/corrosive primers.

The head stamps indicate the box contains Winchester/Western, Saint Louis, Remington etc. cases. The primers indicate all cases have been fired because the primers have been replaced. And then there is the infinity mercury has for brass. In the old days it was believed the case became brittle because of the mercury when fired. That was before the Internet; now? I am sure some reloader can tell a convincing story about how wrong the old folks were.

I have nothing to gain by firing brass that is suspect and then I find nothing entertaining about firing a case could be brittle. I did set up a test for checking cases that could benefit from being annealed; that was before ever reloader became an expert.

F. Guffey

[Craig from kazoo]

Friend's father passed and he offered a coffee can of assorted ammunition.

I accepted this and a box of modern .30 carbine, turned down the rest as I've spent my time decommissioning others ammo in the past.

One day this will be broken down, WD40'ied and into the garbage as I've got more brass than I'll ever wear out.

Thanks for your replies,

Craig

[fguffey]

Craig, I sometimes wonder why some members do not wonder, I did; I wondered if mercury turns brass brittle when fired how did they reload in the 'good old days'?

It is as though we are the only ones that know anything, but be don't.

F. Giffey

[JOHN COOK]

Fred, looks like you are slipping a little, In your above post you can’t spell your last name...

John in sc

[fguffey]

Fred, looks like you are slipping a little, In your above post you can’t spell your last name...

John in sc

John, and I wandered; if I slipped, by how far?. And then I checked the keyboard. The u key comes before the I key.

F. Guffey

And if I ever find out who Fred is I will tell him he is doing a good job' especially if his fingers are as old as my fingers.