Question regarding corroding ammo.

[101]

Long story short.

 

Ammo stash hidden, water leaked from above too long (card board boxes), ammo below was wet for long time.  Turned green and pink.  Some salvageable which I have soaking in auto trans fluid to steel wool later.  Some not, which I need to dispose of.

 

Will the trans fluid hurt ammo?

 

How do I dispose of really corroded stuff?

[Jonnin]

disassemble and mix in dirt.   Gunpowder is good fertilizer.

 

oils can kill primers, dunno what trans fluid will do, never used it on ammo, but if it gets inside the powder or primer, it probably won't be "good" for it.

 

you can tumble loaded ammo gently.   Almost no chemistry that will get it clean is going to be good for the ammo if it gets inside the case.

 

if its brass, it will usually clean up and shoot.  If its steel or paper or something odd, it may not. 

[Schadenfreude]

Dude ammo boxes are cheap, mil surp with the rubber seal on the lid

[101]

Dude ammo boxes are cheap, mil surp with the rubber seal on the lid

 

Yep, my long term stuff is in cans.

 

This was some of my grab and go to the range boxes sitting around.

[DWARREN123]

I would not trust it. If you can just disassemble and clean components and possibly reuse them.

[Garufa]

How do I dispose of really corroded stuff?

 

Soak it in transmission fluid.