Due to carelessness on my part my dog got hold of a plastic container of .358 wadcutters and spread them around the patio for me. About 300 pieces or so.

Because of the sticky lube they are covered with dirt, dust and other gritty substances.

They are not the hardest cast bullets I've used but I keep them at modest 38 special velocites.

My question is; what would others around here do with them? Clean the lube off and tumble them and then use them, or offer them as a gift to the guy I buy cast bullets from?

Whatever but I don't think I'd be shooting them down the barrel of any of my guns.

Since there are so many,clean them in boiling water and soap or with acetone.
If you do not have a lubasizer you can use LEE Alox and "shake" lube the bullets. They should work just fine.

Being Scottish, I never throw anything away so I would wash the dirt off and use them. People with money would trash them.

Thanks for the comments. I was thinking I would scrap them but I'll try a few of the methods here first. Not too much effort required.

I cleaned them off using mineral spirits. There is still a bit a dirt in the lube grooves so I will try to boil them and get them completely clean. I examined them closely and there is nothing impacted into the lead itself. If they look good I'll see about giving them the LEE ALOX treatment.

Seems like a lot of trouble for $20-$30 worth of slugs, but if I can get a couple hours of plinking out of it, I'll take it.

throw them in the casting pot and make new ones would be a good use.