bad pellets?

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I was outside shooting on a very humid day, capped my .177 GAMO Hunters, [500 of them] and came into my nice, cool, air-conditioned house

I store my pellets in clear, cupcake-sized TupperWare containers.

I looked at the Hunters, and water had condensed in the container.

Now most are dead gray with some having a light coating of awhite powder, and some having an overall light brown stain

Would they damage the barrel if I used them?

Throw them out, or could I dip them in vinegar and solvate off the coating?

Lead is very resistent to corrosion and  should stand up to even very harsh acids, so I would give a light acid wash a try and see if it improves anything.

How effective it will be probably depends on what the makeup of the pellet is. It could be some rusted antimony or whatever else they toss in to stiffen em up.

If they look sketchy just toss em. Not worth it in my book.

Next time store your pellets in batches of 100 =D fewer to throw out if it happens again.