Hi!

I hope someone can help me. My father passed on nearly a year ago. In clearing through his belongings, we have found some ammunition in a safe. We have no idea what we are looking at! We would be greatful for any advice!

We found a tin box, with 1918 on the top and some countries illustrated in the corners of the box. There are some big looking bullets (I assume) in there and not sure what they are?
We also have .32 automatic bullets, Hirtenberger and PMP .303 solid point cartridges

Thank you very much for any advice! I need to know what I'm looking at and to do right by my dad...

Hi Clueless:

I am sorry for your loss.

You pose a question that is quite common. How to deal with it depends to some degree if you are wanting to sell the ammo, or just get rid of it - legally and safely. There are tons of shooters who will take any and all free ammo. There are some who deal in "scrap" and are willing to buy. There are collectors, who if you have rare/unusual ammo would be willing to buy. So, I think a good starting place would be for you to determine: do you want to sell, or give away your ammo, and how quickly do you want it gone? Also, photos would help a lot in having others advise you on what you have, and what could be done with it.

Best of luck,

Dave

The bottom of the cartridge is called the head and what is stamped there will be a clue as to what you have, what gun it fits and how valuable it is. So, an overall picture of the box and/or one of the headstamp will give enough info for someone to answer your questions. Sometimes the box is worth more than the ammo.

Hirtenberg is German (often military surplus) and PMP is South African (also often military surplus). .303 is the caliber of a WW-II British military rifle sold over here in the millions so it is possible you have one of those in the safe to match up with. The 32 acp is for a pistol of one type or another.