Resurrecting dated premium ammo

[Bullseye-53]

I have some dated 8 to 10 year old RWS and Eley ammo, bricks of it, that has the lubricant dried up and very light corrosion on the heads of some.
I even found some Eley tenex from 2006 LOL!!
My older Wolf (Made in Germany) seems fine and the heads are still lubed.

Is there anything out there I can treat these heads with to soften the wax or whatever the heck they were originally lubed with?

[fc60]

Greetings,

Try Pure Lanolin or Lee Liquid Alox.

Wet your fingers and spin the bullet to recoat.

I did this a while back. Yes, time consuming; but, better than tossing the ammo in the trash.

Use it for Training.

Cheers,

Dave

[Bullseye-53]

Greetings,

Try Pure Lanolin or Lee Liquid Alox.

Wet your fingers and spin the bullet to recoat.

I did this a while back. Yes, time consuming; but, better than tossing the ammo in the trash.

Use it for Training.

Cheers,

Dave

I have home made case lube which is 20% lanolin and 80% alcohol. Works great and evaporates quick of the cases. I tried dipping them into this but the alcohol being water based prevented the mix from even touching the dried wax.
I will try the straight lanolin and if its not good then I will look into the Lee product.

[j danielsson]

Vaseline. A pea sized dab in a bucket of 500 rounds. Shake.

[gusso]

I recently started using some ammo that was around 15 years old. The Lapua OSP is still excellent. The SK Standard Plus is la shotgun pattern. Lol

[High Left]

Buy a 10-22 ...

;-)

[dc.fireman]

My method:

take a box of 20-30 year old ammo, dump in a zip-lok bag. Spray in some Hoppes bore cleaner. Shake bag a few times. dump the ammo out onto a terry towel and roll around. put ammo back into the plastic trays, nose down. let dry overnight. Shoot.

Works fairly well for me.

YMMV

[Rifleshooter98]

Try spraying a bit of WD-40 or putting a drop of gun oil on the case heads, let it sit for 10–15 minutes, then wipe or brush them clean. That usually loosens the old wax and clears light rust.