Spring Cleaning, Rambo Style

So, I had this ammo can of 5.56 M855 ammo laying around. Steel tipped, lead core, full metal jacket on links for use in a M249 SAW.

Unfortunately, I don't have a SAW, so I figured I'd break it all down for use in my M4.

It's not an easy task. Three hours with pliers later though, I had a pile of ammo ready to go!

Ok, not so ready to go... Apparently some moisture got into the ammo can, and the links rusted all over the brass casings. #FML








These are going off to a local acquaintance who has a tumbler. Hopefully with some polishing agent, the rounds will be clean enough to use. Otherwise I'm just going to have to disassemble everything and use it for reloading later on.