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Can a load change its accuracy with time?
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<blockquote data-quote="Chadp82" data-source="post: 2179575" data-attributes="member: 114151"><p>I thought this was odd as well, and have never encountered this otherwise when I have pulled bullets. As I noted, there were some other loads with the same powder loaded at the same point in time (based on the date label on the box), and I pulled one just to see if this affected them and it did not. My dad was really good about labeling things, so I have no reason to believe that dates were off, but it is possible also. The 300 WM loads were for my dad's rifle (the ones where i saw the corrosion), and the comparable 30-06 loads were for mine. After his passing I inherited some items, these being part of them. The '06 loads were in the back of the reloading cabinet and probably forgotten about by dad that the were back there, as I usually don't have loads go more than 1-2 years old that I make up. I have since shot the '06 loads with no issues (there were 25 or so), but when I pulled the 300 WM loads, about 50% showed some sign of corrosion, and the other 50% did not, but I played it safe and pulled them all. The ones w/o corrosion evidence I inspected and cleaned, any cases that showed this corrosion on the base of the bullet I scrapped.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chadp82, post: 2179575, member: 114151"] I thought this was odd as well, and have never encountered this otherwise when I have pulled bullets. As I noted, there were some other loads with the same powder loaded at the same point in time (based on the date label on the box), and I pulled one just to see if this affected them and it did not. My dad was really good about labeling things, so I have no reason to believe that dates were off, but it is possible also. The 300 WM loads were for my dad's rifle (the ones where i saw the corrosion), and the comparable 30-06 loads were for mine. After his passing I inherited some items, these being part of them. The '06 loads were in the back of the reloading cabinet and probably forgotten about by dad that the were back there, as I usually don't have loads go more than 1-2 years old that I make up. I have since shot the '06 loads with no issues (there were 25 or so), but when I pulled the 300 WM loads, about 50% showed some sign of corrosion, and the other 50% did not, but I played it safe and pulled them all. The ones w/o corrosion evidence I inspected and cleaned, any cases that showed this corrosion on the base of the bullet I scrapped. [/QUOTE]
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