If they are full boxes, and older than say 30 years, it would be a shame to shoot them.
They have some value to cartridge collectors, especially if they are full boxes in very good shape.
Typically, flaps get torn from countless looky-loos opening the boxes to see the cartridges, then slamming the flaps back in. This affects value.
But if those boxes are full, and have little wear and no tears or obscuring scuffs, they may be collectibles.
If nothing else, if you have a pistol that shoots such ammo, you could display the boxes as conversation pieces. Just don't display the gun with the boxes; a thief would be all set, then.
And today, even if someone breaks into your house, you'll still have Hell to pay if they found ammo with your gun and then shot or killed someone.
God help you if it's a "child," which is defined as anyone under 18 -- except by Handgun Control Inc., which years ago got caught skewing its statistics by establishing a "child" as anyone under 21!
I'm sure that came as quite a shock to the 20-year-old Lance Corporal!
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