Safe to shoot? (Found some .22 ammo.)
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GOYABEAN
.950 JDJ
I would wipe them with a rag soaked in WD40 let air dry and give them a try 
no, no, no, no, NO!I would wipe them with a rag soaked in WD40 let air dry and give them a try
WD40 if it infiltrates in the slightest will kill the priming mixture....it is verboten anywhere near a reloading Bench.
I'd try them in something that's easy to extract, so duds or ones that don't want to chamber can be easily extracted.
Don't get too excited about them, they're not exactly rare, hard to get, or expensive...might have more excitement throwing them into the burn barrel.
stokes
.338 Win Mag
How about lighter fluid?
kev74
20×102mm Vulcan
Mineral spirits works good to remove gunk.
We used to have a small jar with oil in the bottom at my club for people to throw duds in. When the jar got pretty full, I took the "dud" bullets, drained the oil and ran the cartridges through my tumbler. Once they were clean, I pulled the bullets and tried firing off the primers. Between half and 3/4 of the primers went off, even if the powder was obviously contaminated by the oil.
I'm not concerned about gun oil, WD-40 or anything else like that inactivating primers or cartridges.
We used to have a small jar with oil in the bottom at my club for people to throw duds in. When the jar got pretty full, I took the "dud" bullets, drained the oil and ran the cartridges through my tumbler. Once they were clean, I pulled the bullets and tried firing off the primers. Between half and 3/4 of the primers went off, even if the powder was obviously contaminated by the oil.
I'm not concerned about gun oil, WD-40 or anything else like that inactivating primers or cartridges.
GOYABEAN
.950 JDJ
Nah better off getting a sledge hammer and BOOM give them a whack
repete
.338 Win Mag
You should NEVER oil cases before firing! I know it's just a lowly weak ass .22 but I had a .22LR fire in a Ruger MK I while out of battery, it blew the mag out and the grips off and SWELLED THE FRAME! Not to mention my hand hurt like hell. When you oil a case it loses 'gripping power' on the insides of the chamber and puts all of the recoil force on the bolt, not a good thing. With a .22 you may not even notice a difference IDK but then again you might have a serious problem. Clean them off with a residue free solvent and bang away!
JunkBoxFull
6.5 Creedmoor
I`ve used denatured alcohol to remove sticky residue off ammo before. It evaporates real quick.
Ammo went bang no problem, days, weeks, months, years, later.
Ammo went bang no problem, days, weeks, months, years, later.
spat
.700 Nitro Express
That's a lot of work to save a .22lr round that can be replaced for a few cents.
Parzival
.357 mag
For $1.70 worth of ammo? No.
thegatman
.308 Win
No oil or solvents. Ruins the primer.
kev74
20×102mm Vulcan
You guys would be amazed and disgusted if you knew the lengths I've gone through to save a $0.03 primer.
libertysnake
.338 Win Mag
The worst case is the shell doesn't exact and the next round doesn't get loaded. It's more the front and breach that will get you killed afaik. As long as the business end is fine you might be ok.
It's like women. Make sure the backside is clean before you make use of it.
Well I have done dumber things...Nah better off getting a sledge hammer and BOOM give them a whack
Saltwater60
.950 JDJ
Not worth the time and effort.
Are we real talking about saving 34 rounds of 22lr?
We'll do anything to keep from registering and paying for the privilege the State grants at our expense to exercise a Right.
GOYABEAN
.950 JDJ
land buy back system for us peasants 
I really don't blame the OP for wanting to salvage .22's considering I've got a container with a few hundred assorted rounds of unknown linage that get shot up testing Rifles...I figure if they'll feed-fire-function a handful of random stuff, they'll work with known good stuff.
Tell me you haven't been rooting around in your vehicle, range bag, dresser drawer and found a few rounds, and damned if you're going to throw them away!
Tell me you haven't been rooting around in your vehicle, range bag, dresser drawer and found a few rounds, and damned if you're going to throw them away!
FRANKIE
.308 Win
All ammo is sacred
Robin
.475 A&M Magnum
Like many of my age my Dad grew up in the Great Depression. He was a very frugal man and though he had a good job and provided a nice home for us he wouldn't spend a dime if there was a way around it. We had an old weather beaten shed out behind an equally weatherbeaten one car garage. He took the shed apart nail by nail, board by board, reconfigured and re-built it on the back of the garage, it was by my eye, probably about six at the time, an engineering masterpiece. My job among other things, was to straighten all the bent nails so they could be reused, even though at my age, I knew he could well afford to buy a bag of nails I marveled at the whole operation. That kind of thinking has followed me all my life, and without regret.
So I would take that bag os .22's and at my leisure clean them up, one or two or ten at a time whenever I felt like it, till they were again all shootable.
I know exactly what you mean Kev.
Robby
So I would take that bag os .22's and at my leisure clean them up, one or two or ten at a time whenever I felt like it, till they were again all shootable.
I know exactly what you mean Kev.
Robby
S&W Fan
.450/400 Nitro Ex
Clean em up the best that you can and shoot em through a single shot or bolt action rifle.
load em and shoot em then clean the guns