I'm trying to make safe about two dozen very old 30/06 and 30-30 reloads that variously developed green scrunge/corrosion on the sidewalls, base and some primers after sitting in the garage for 30+ years. I'm guessing the bacteria from my hands that transferred to them during reloading led to their sorry condition.
I pulled the bullets (most are still re-usable as plinkers) with the intent to dump the Dupont(!) IMR stick powders-- but it's clumped up and semi-solidified inside the cases and won't come out.
Not sure if I want to try to poke it out with a thin wooden stick, tap the case mouth down on a wood block or just soak the lot of them in WD-40 or whatever.
Ideas?
I pulled the bullets (most are still re-usable as plinkers) with the intent to dump the Dupont(!) IMR stick powders-- but it's clumped up and semi-solidified inside the cases and won't come out.
Not sure if I want to try to poke it out with a thin wooden stick, tap the case mouth down on a wood block or just soak the lot of them in WD-40 or whatever.
Ideas?