Thursday, June 5, 2025
Keep Your Powder Dry!
I dumped 150 .38 Special cases in the ultrasonic cleaner and ran it for two eight minute cycles. After rinsing and shaking out water I dumped them on a cookie sheet to dry and found an unfired cartridge. Well, there is nothing you can do but knock it down. The surprise is that the powder was still dry! It's good to know that a cartridge is fairly water resistant, but I won't be tempted to fire a cartridge that has taken a bath. Hangfires, squibs, and stuck bullets can wreck your day.
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I am not surprised the powder is dry. I gave up on cleaning brass with a ultrasonic cleaner because of the limited number of cases my unit could handle. I use a walnut media to clean the brass and corn cob w/ car polish to give a nice shine. I can clean 600 .38 shells in 2 hours in the vibratory bowl. I typically do 500 round loading runs because that is typically the count of a box of bullets.
Good heavens! I hope that wasn’t in the batch I gave you. If so, my sincere apologies!
Not a problem! I should have inspected before I dumped the brass into the cleaner. It's comforting to know that being caught out in the rain is not going to destroy your ammo!
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