Jackpot!!

[Pulp]

Bro in law has an electrician friend up in the OKC area. Was doing a job, customer asked if he knew anyone that could use a bit of .45-70 brass and gave him these two boxes. I had mentioned once about reloading so he saved them for me. Approx 300 mixed RP and WW. That oughtta keep me busy for awhile!

 

[Aries]

My sister-in-law just texted me that she found a box of .25 acp among her stuff, and asked if I wanted it. When I get it, I'll put it in the classifieds and see if anyone wants to trade something.

 

[DRC458]

Better than Christmas AND your birthday!

 

[AKmoose]

300? That'll be about a 55 gallon drum of powder! LOL

 

[Seadog]

Bro in law has an electrician friend up in the OKC area. Was doing a job, customer asked if he knew anyone that could use a bit of .45-70 brass and gave him these two boxes. I had mentioned once about reloading so he saved them for me. Approx 300 mixed RP and WW. That oughtta keep me busy for awhile!

That stuff runs more than a $1 a piece for that brass. That is an awesome score

 

[Moparman485]

Bro in law has an electrician friend up in the OKC area. Was doing a job, customer asked if he knew anyone that could use a bit of .45-70 brass and gave him these two boxes. I had mentioned once about reloading so he saved them for me. Approx 300 mixed RP and WW. That oughtta keep me busy for awhile!

It must be in the air! My cousin just messaged me the same on 300WM and 4570 brass “hey, I was cleaning out an abandoned property and found a few pieces of brass and ammo if you want it”. A few pieces Ended up being about 50x 4570 and 100 300WM. Not nearly as braggable as your score, but was a nice surprise for a Monday! Congrats, that stuff is like hens teeth nowadays!

 

[Pulp]

Turns out mine are trimmed to 1.8”, stretch to 1.9 when resized. I don’t know why they are so short. That’s shorter than even LeverEvolution brass. So I reckon I’ll just load them with TrailBoss or black powder and cast bullets.

 

[Moparman485]

Turns out mine are trimmed to 1.8”, stretch to 1.9 when resized. I don’t know why they are so short. That’s shorter than even LeverEvolution brass. So I reckon I’ll just load them with TrailBoss or black powder and cast bullets.

Oddly enough, I believe there were a few states that the hunting regs required straight wall cases to have a max length of 1.8 for some weird reason. Idk if that’s the case with these, but a while back I bought a big lot of 4570 gear and when I came across a bunch of shorties, I mentioned it on one of the other forums (I load for the ftx so I use the 2.040 length on cast and ftx) another member mentioned that other states had that weird length. Either way, I wouldn’t hesitate to run em like any other brass, just start low and work up of course. Still a goldmine!

 

[Pulp]

Yeah, I’m thinking a starting load of 5744 or H4198 should be fine. 5744 should give about 1500fps, H4198 about 1800fps. Not barn burners, but I’m not looking for elephant stompers anyway.

 

[Pulp]

Just learned that they may have been trimmed to .45-60 dimensions to work in an 1876 Winchester. At least it’s a possibility.