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To: Crocodile who wrote (51683)	6/2/2000 1:36:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Ammonia and mercury have devastating effects on brass. Brass that has been washed in ammonia is beautiful, but it has been made brittle. You'd be lucky to get two reloadings out of it if the brass is in cartridge case form. A case that has had a mercuric primer fired in it is too dangerous to load. It can make like a grenade in the chamber.

To: Crocodile who wrote (51683)	6/2/2000 6:57:00 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

<<BTW, brass kept out in a stable tackroom often goes dull brown, but if you keep it out where there is more ammonia in the air.... like in the stable itself, it goes white and then turns green after without going through the brown stage... >> Shame shame and a fie on you. Tack and tools belong in the house. Dust and ammonia will eat leather and steel. I built my wife's stable to vent ammonia and when she leaves stuff out there it still goes bad. Lucky she has me to haul it all in and oil it.