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Old 22lr
Today at 11:58am
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I recently came across some older high end 22lr bricks but they have been stored in a garage here in the heat of Arizona. There appears to be a wax dripping from the bullet tips. Could one just relube and shoot? Would the heat degrade the powder and prime mix? Price is right. Thanks.
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Re: Old 22lr
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I wouldn't shoot a match with it.
  
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Long time ago I purchased two cases of Federal Ultra Match that had been stored in hot weather. The tips of the bullets had lube drops on them. When the cases were flipped over and stored in warm weather the lube went back in place. The ammo shot fantastic and I still have three bricks of it.
  
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I guess I'll just shoot them and see what happens. The worst that can happen is I'll have some cheap practice ammo.
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Reply #4 - Today at 1:24pm
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I have a bunch of old match ammo, that was unfortunately stored in an ammo can in a garage in the summer heat in central CA for a couple decades. Never had a misfire, but there it definitely degraded accuracy.  Im betting it is a lube issue, so I have played with relubing it without much luck. I have pretty much relegated it to plinking ammo in my non-match rifles
  
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Re: Old 22lr
Reply #5 - Today at 1:43pm
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I tried using SPG to re-lube some match-grade .22LR stuff that had been poorly stored.  Couldn't tell much difference.  Finally took a flannel cleaning patch and just rubbed up the old lube.  That helped more than applying new lube.

Joe's idea of inverting the boxes makes sense.
  
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