AMMO FACTS I'VE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS

[ggibson511960]

When I was a kid we seemed to have a bunch of old paper shotgun shells, relics from depression era hoarding to put food on the table. My ancestors regularly hunted the duck roosts at night where one carefully placed shot at sitting (floating) ducks would feed the family for a while, sporting niceties suspended. These old hulls were swollen and corroded as paper shells were wont to do. We shot them for fun. Hangfires were common and kind of fun. We dared not open up a gun for a minute or two after a dud. I have fond memories of those old roll crimped paper shells. They smelled better after firing than plastic shells.

 

[vonn]

Shot some 7.62x39 in RVN that was buried in a bunker that had water standing in it and no problems. I believe it was copper washed as it was one color on case and bullet. Can't believe it could have been stored any worse.

 

[kbm6893]

All my M1 Garand's get is surplus ammo going back to the 50's. Never an issue. I still have 5 or 6 boxes of my old duty ammo, 158 grain Nyclad's. Shoot a few every now and then. All fire fine.

 

[Leslie Sapp]

I have some 7.7 Japanese which was found on a beach at Wotji Atoll in 1945, brought back to the states on the USS Fessenden and stored in the Florida heat and humidity in mostly unconditioned spaces for the last 76 years.

While it's been some years since any of it was fired ( Family heirloom ammo and all that),I don't recall any of it ever misfiring.

 

[Mike0251]

This stuff mfg 1943 goes bang every time. I opened the can, had too lol.