smoothshooter
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Ammo will last a lot longer than we think.
I am shooting military surplus 8 mm and 7.62 Russian ammo from the 60's.
Once i a while you have a cracked neck, but it all shoots.
My Dad just passed a couple months ago, and there is ammo down there that he loaded in the 70's. When we get the time and courage to through his things, it will be divided up, and will eventually get shot.
I have not doubts that it will most all go bang.
The only thing that I worry about is the shot gun ammo. He gave brother and I some boxes of 12 gauge ammo a few years ago, and it was pretty hot. I know it was loaded correctly, and Dad was a load by the book sort of a guy. I think the moisture has dried out of the powder, changing the burn rate. May have to scrap that stuff, but its only 15 or 20 boxes of shot shells.
If you scrap it out, be sure to punch out the unfired primers and save them and the shot.
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