Cartridge Collection cleaning. How do I do this?

Bill Wynne

Bill Wynne

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Help!

I have a random bunch of cartridges that I have collected over the years. I have kept them in the same box for over fifty years and added to them as I found another one.

I am wanting to build a display board for them but I would like to clean the tarnish off of them before I do. Most of them are loaded and some are just cases.

I am sure that there are many out there like me. Any suggestions would be welcome.

Concho Bill
 
Bill

If they are collectable, cleaning is a no-no. If you simply want to show them off, there are many ways to clean them including the aforementioned NevrDull. The material used for a display board is very important. Some woods and cardboard retain acids used in their manufacture and can eat a brass case or lead bullet.

Go here and read.

http://www.cartridgecollectors.org/guide.htm#cleaning

Ray
 
I agree with you Butch.

Ray, you have given me a great resource. I had hopped that you would respond. I am sure that there are others who collect. We are quickly losing our history and these firearm cartridges are a tangible link to our past. I started collecting in the '50 when I was a teenager. I collected many cartridges from the early days of preloaded brass cartridges and up to the 1950s. I realized that collecting the cartridges was much much more affordable than collecting the guns. I now have well over 200 pistol and rifle cartridges and there are still many I don't have, even modern ones.

Recently, a good friend of mine gave me a lot of his spares and that has re-ignited my interest.

I am planning to put these into several wall hanging displays, now that I have time. I am pondering how to go about this. I sure don't want to damage any.

Thanks,

Bill
 
Bill

Many cartridge collectors, like you and me, got their start from shooting. And most of us still shoot. Every time I go to a match I walk up and down the line looking to see what new cartridge I can find and now many shooters will come to me with their latest pet. I have a pretty good collection of Benchrest cartridges going back to the beginning. Some that younger shooters have never seen. Butch gave me a few that Red Cornelison used to shoot and Harold Broughton was always good for one of his unusual creations when things got boring. Good luck with your collection.

Ray
 
It's tedious but it's hard to beat good old 0000 steel wool for polishing mildly tarnished brass.
 
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