So my grandfather passed recently and was an avid gun owner, shooter and reloader, having done all three for decades.

So my grandfather passed recently and was an avid gun owner, shooter and reloader, having done all three for decades. When I shot with him years ago it was his reloaded ammo. Now I'm looking at possessing supposedly 1000+ rds of 5.56, some for a very old lever action and who knows what else. Problem is the reloads are newer, and there's no telling how "there" he was mentally. I believe he shot fairly recently with others and no blown off hands. Do I trust the old man's work? Visual inspection and weighing the rounds good enough?

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  1. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    frick ya grandmudda

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      She went before him

      Just throw em all out

      Never. If I don't shoot them I was thinking of selling them on like gb with the caveat of the details of it all

      Worse case scenario, get a bullet take-apart tool and pool the powder and reload it again.

      I would do that since all his reloading tools are available, but unfortunately I don't have the space for it all

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        If you sell them, it's probably best to mention that you're not the one that reloaded it and don't know about it's condition

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          >with the caveat of the details of it al
          Oh I know. And I won't be israelite-y and sell them near full price

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Have you opened a sample of his ammo to see how within specs his reloads are?

          She went before him
          [...]
          Never. If I don't shoot them I was thinking of selling them on like gb with the caveat of the details of it all
          [...]
          I would do that since all his reloading tools are available, but unfortunately I don't have the space for it all

          >Never. If I don't shoot them I was thinking of selling them on like gb with the caveat of the details of it all
          How legally problematic could this be (buyer's gun blows up and he loses fingers)?
          Even if it's mentioned, selling reloads of unknown specs and quality sounds pretty risky (at least to me as German).

  2. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Yea they are probably all fine to shoot

  3. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Just throw em all out

  4. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Worse case scenario, get a bullet take-apart tool and pool the powder and reload it again.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      >pool the powder and reload it again
      Are you literally moronic anon?

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        what gaygit, never heard of mexican match ammo?

  5. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    May be risky shooting them, but the components are still there for reloading yourself

  6. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    >1000+

    so 3 good range trips worth.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      maybe not even that lol
      father and I are going out and shooting all the guns we're getting from him

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        >father and I are going out and shooting all the guns we're getting from him

        You're a lucky man. Both of my grandfathers died before I was born.

  7. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Just donate everything to your local police.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Naw, I roast pigs

  8. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    weighing with a good enough scale could let you know if they are consistent, but best practice would be to pull them apart for components and redo them yourself.

  9. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Never shoot reloads you never did yourself. As that other anon said, breaking them down for parts and using them would be best.

  10. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    if I had a close family member pass away, the ammo he reloaded would be precious. I would personally enjoy it, at a small risk of course. Nothing good in life is without risk, even shooting itself.

    And at the end, you'll come to find out how good of a reloader he was. You owe it to him. If my grandson threw out my handloads post mortem, I'd be seetherolling in my grave.

  11. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    that's what's going to end the NRA eventually
    old gays dying off
    young gays are too busy playing vidya and watching porn to go outside, target shoot and hunt.

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      Good, frick the NRA, they don't do shit

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Love them or hate them, they're the biggest pro-2A lobbyist. The only one with enough members/voters to really scare candidates.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          And then when new laws are on the block the NRA rolls over and lets their balls get stepped on

      • 2 years ago
        Anonymous

        Checked, but the NRA does unintentionally do one thing, they act as a lightning rod for anti-gun morons to focus on through sheer perceived size while the actually useful ones actually get the work done.

        • 2 years ago
          Anonymous

          Yes, when Tyrone shoots up a street corner so he can sell crack there instead, it's all the NRA's fault. God I hate the fricking ~~*media*~~.

  12. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Be the bubba selling his pissing hot loads at the gunshow your grandfather wanted you to be

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      so accurate it hurts

  13. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Don't disgrace the memory of your forefathers. Go out and shoot it all and have fun. Like a man.

  14. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    use them for your baby's gender reveal party- pack them around some tannerite

  15. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    If they were your grand dads, id take 1 round of each caliber he had loaded and make a shadow box or something with them and hold on to them. The rest of em id mag dump. Best case, I got to shoot shit my grand dad loaded. Other best case, id get to be shooting with my grand dad. Either way its a win

  16. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    My reloads are of the utmost quality except for my .45-70 loads which are basically heavy bullet with heavy powder charge. I only shoot them from my No.1.

  17. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    Very simply. Get a stethoscope. If you hear a light rattle, he has powder. If it sounds hollow, get a puller and fill it per load data

    • 2 years ago
      Anonymous

      That's moronic. A small cartridge like 5.56 can be dangerously over pressure with only a couple grains over max.

  18. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    I'd 100% use them. It's not like he blown his hand off before right?

  19. 2 years ago
    Anonymous

    there was anon with a similar story a few months ago. the granda didn't die but he was a senile reloader. he ended up exploding his block 2 build with grandpa's pissin hot reloads.

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