two rounds went through the wash

[ennis]

Somehow I managed to leave two factory Remington 10mm rounds in my shirt/pants pocket and found them in the washer.   Shoot em or not?

[REDLINE]

On the one hand it seems;  What's the harm?

On the other, what if the primer is somehow still fine, maybe even with some powder corruption, then you attempt touching it off in a firearm, and it ends up being a squib load, and you loose a finger?

I probably should stop thinking.  I'm not sure.

[4949shooter]

I probably would shoot them, but Redline is right in the sense that you never know what could happen.

[Yondering]

Shoot them. I've had this happen a few times, never been an issue.

[The_Shadow]

They will either go bang or click!  By brother-in-law had over 500 9mm we loaded that were flooded during Katrina, Aug 2005, he finished shooting them a few months ago.  ONLY 1 din't go off, enough water seapped into kill the primer...1 in 500 is accetable in my book!

[REDLINE]

With what Yondering and The_Shadow said, I say shoot'em.

I certainly wouldn't carry them for defensive purposes, but for range fodder, have at it.

[ennis]

Thanks. I don't know what kind of definitive answer anyone could possibly give. I think I just wanted some place to actually tell people who may have done it themselves. I'll single load them and introduce them to the Costco Laundry detergent bottle that I finished while doing the laundry.  If it doesn't go well, just call me "lefty".

[4949shooter]

Shadow, were those lacquered rounds?

[sqlbullet]

I think it was Handgunner that recently ran an article on water and it's effect on ammunition.  They submerged rounds in a 5 gallon bucket for time measured in hours.  The longer unsealed rounds were in the bucket, the slower they got, but they all went bang and all were moving fast enough to give you a bad day with an accurate shot placement.

Sealed rounds were uneffected even after a day as I recall.

Shoot them.  If you get a click instead of a bang, figure out where the actual bullet is before firing the gun again.  If the round comes out intact, bullet in place then you are good.  If not, break that gun down and look down the barrel.  Also, have a length of cleaning rod in your bag in case you have to remove a bullet from the bore.

[The_Shadow]

Shadow, were those lacquered rounds?

No lacquered rounds...those 9mm were mostly 124 grain cast and some Remington JHP's over 6.6 grains of power pistol, the storm surge was over 12' in his location and the rounds sat in mud & water soaked bins for a week of more before we were able to clean them of the mud and water.

[4949shooter]

Okay thanks Shadow.