Frankfort arsenal 45acp
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Collectable, looks like 1930 mfg?
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Look on G.B'er for ideas, been years since I sold some WWI and WWII.
AJ
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Condition of the boxes is kind of marginal for a collector. Gunbroker about the best place to sell them though.
AJ
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Might have corrosive primers, I am not sure. If you shoot it, then clean the barrel very well.
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Is the correct spelling FrankforD or FrankforT?
Is the correct spelling FrankforD or FrankforT?
OFT II
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A squib in an auto won't work the slide and chamber another round. Using a 45acp revolver is another matter.
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I beg to differ. I witnessed a Colt Gold Cup receive a ruptured barrel due to a squib having just enough power to cycle the slide and chamber a loaded round. The owner of this Gold Cup was shooting his own reloads, supposedly attaining minimum specs for IPSC/USPSA major power.
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Rlg#17
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Zero value as a collector item. They want full boxes usually, and in pristine condition. 99.999999% sure it would be loaded with corrosive primers. And there is no such thing as "mildly corrosive!"
Bullets can be pulled and reused, scrap the brass or steel casings, spread the powder in the vegetable garden, or flowers.
Regards, Rick Gibbs
Bullets can be pulled and reused, scrap the brass or steel casings, spread the powder in the vegetable garden, or flowers.
Regards, Rick Gibbs
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Some of your boxes look like they may be full, they would have some interest to collectors of military ammo as they don't look to be too torn up in your pic. The partial box in the front would not get much, if any, interest though. Having sold similar boxes before they don't have a high value but someone collecting military ammo would pay a small premium over shooting price (in this case based on surplus not new commercial ammo) for full boxes, especially if they are sealed.
Partials I often just shoot, a good way to get an idea how long ammo can actually last and still be useable. Since I collect ammo myself I sometimes throw some loose rounds in a box for people who collect head stamps to root through at the gun show. I always manage to sell some that way, usually @ 50 cents a round currently for common calibers. Oh, need to add yours are definitely corrosive primed.
Partials I often just shoot, a good way to get an idea how long ammo can actually last and still be useable. Since I collect ammo myself I sometimes throw some loose rounds in a box for people who collect head stamps to root through at the gun show. I always manage to sell some that way, usually @ 50 cents a round currently for common calibers. Oh, need to add yours are definitely corrosive primed.
DWalt
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Like guns, only those old ammo boxes in like new cosmetic condition will have high value, with some exceptions. Yours show their age. They will have corrosive primers, and there may be some misfires. If you decide to fire them, flush your gun well with hot water afterward to dissolve the corrosive salts, especially the barrel. Most (not all) US military ammunition made through the Korean War used corrosive primers.
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4barrel
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I had it happen one time.
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I can understand how a blowback autopistol slide could function from a squib load. No way it could happen in a locked breech short recoil pistol. The bullet would have to leave the muzzle in order to have enough recoil to unlock and function the slide. Anything else would violate Newton's third law of motion. Someone tell me why I am wrong.
If one manually pulls the slide rearward after firing a squib load that leaves a bullet in the bore, and then feeds another round into the chamber and fires it, that is a completely different situation. That sort of thing often happened when firing a Thompson SMG, making a bulge in the barrel.
If one manually pulls the slide rearward after firing a squib load that leaves a bullet in the bore, and then feeds another round into the chamber and fires it, that is a completely different situation. That sort of thing often happened when firing a Thompson SMG, making a bulge in the barrel.
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Thompson...and that is what those boxes are for TSMG. military mags held 20. And I'll bet they all fire just fine. Heck I even have FA primers for 45 auto and 30-06 from 30s and 40s. Gave some to a friend who loaded a box of each...with period powder. All went bang. Even gave him a rough box of 20 rounds of 230 gr FMJs.. Corrosive of course.
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