Squaregrouper
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Not interested even if it was free,Paging @Squaregrouper
Not interested even if it was free,Paging @Squaregrouper
Not sure what I'm missing here.
You certainly shouldn't shoot them.
You (rightly) don't want to pass them along.
You're not equipped to salvage components and/or reload with safe charges.
You don't want to dispose of them.
What then?
Put them in a box in the corner of the basement marked with a "DANGER!" sticker?
This. You won't reliably detect a double charge because of the possible variation in brass and projectile weight.I understand.
There is often more variation in the weight of the brass than the amount of powder in a double charge, so that notion is off the table.
With an investment like that, IMO your best bet would be to invest in bullet puller to break them down. I'd use the powder for fertilizer and either sell the cases and bullets or reload them yourself.
This.This. You won't reliably detect a double charge because of the possible variation in brass and projectile weight.
Very good components might have a grain or so tolerance across them.
Average stuff is probably going to be 2-3gr across them. Really crappy stuff might be more, and don't even get started if it is different head stamp reused brass. I've seen more than a 4gr difference in loaded 9mm even with same head stamp. And I am 100% positive they all had the same powder charge.
To double charge a case, you have to be running a fast high density powder like Bullseye or titegroup. That double charge might be only 4gr of extra powder...
OP
Even if the revolver didn't blow up, it wasn't designed to run 70k PSI, so you ARE causing damage/significant wear.
An inertial hammer to pull apart the rounds is like $20 and a weekend of your time to pull it all apart.
If you want to recoup anything, rip it all apart and sell the bullets as pulls and sell the primed cases. If it is 4000 rounds, you could probably get $150-200 for the bullets (if not mangled) and $300-400 for the primed cases.
Look for used presses for sale. Sometimes priced at nickels on the dollar.
Lately, no doubt with the run away inflation.Not so much in last cpl years .