What would you do?

[Trout&Buck]

So I was recently given somewhere around 100 rounds of .243 handloads by a friend who's father had passed away. once I got them I realized that I have no idea how these are loaded. I personally don't reload and am not sure how comfortable I am shooting ammunition that I don't know anything about. I guess that I am actually assuming assuming that they are handloads since they were given to me loose in a fanny pack. Am I being overly paranoid about this?

 

[BRTreedogs]

Well I had a glock blow up in my hand because of a double charge round. So idk man.

Do you have reloading equipment can you pull them and dump powder reload?

 

[Jeff_Gibbons]

Pull them and save the components

 

[Sam Colt]

Did you ask if they were hand loaded? Do the headstamps match?

 

[Trout&Buck]

I dont have any reloading equipment, and there are 7 different headstamp/bullet combinationsas far as I can tell. They are all polymer tippes but most have red tips while six are purple, so i am assuming they are different.

 

[Sam Colt]

Yeah. Fruit salad. Not shooting them is a safe alternative. Do you know anyone who reloads that could use the components?

 

[phil1841]

The purple tips are mostly likely Nosler Ballistic Tips and the red tipped ones likely Hornady. They could be one or a mix of several different bullet weights and styles. I like the term "fruit salad" - very descriptive! Fully agree with the safe approach to not shoot them but break them down to components. If you can't use them, they would be of some value to a reloader who has a .243.

 

[Honyock]

If you like your rifle I wouldn't shoot them. I've seen the damage that bad reloads have done to a gun (luckily not my gun or me pulling the trigger). Not saying they are bad, just that you don't know what they are. Reloads are like moonshine, you need to know who made it and how they made it or you might go blind.

 

[Deplorable77]

My thoughts on shooting someone else's or unknown reloads
" Its hard to read braille if you don't have fingers"
Let that sink in and dispose of the ammo or give it to someone for pulldown.

 

[Trout&Buck]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I definitely won't be shooting them. Now I just need to decide if I want to go down a rabbit hole and start reloading, or find someone who wants the components.

 

[manitou1]

A max load in one rifle could be way over max in another. Also, if the guy loaded to touch his lands and your rifle has a shorter throat, you could face serious over pressure problems. 60-65,000 psi normal pressures are scary enough when you think about it, but 70-75, 000 psi six inches in front of your face is not worth the gamble.