Freshing up my ammunition stockpile

[smoothshooter]

With freshening the supply up, the cost for SD buckshot is still pretty high. Preference for low recoil 12ga. 00-8 pellet. Most of what was finding is 9 pellet with $1.+ per round. Grabbed a case of Nobel 00-9 pellet price was good with free shipping. Run some in the 870 next week.

There is no need to " fresh up " your ammo supply just because it is a few years old. It does not go bad that fast. There is still a lot of WWII ammo out there that works just fine.

 

[smoothshooter]

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.

How did the ammo get wet?
If it was never wet or damp it is as good as new.

 

[max]

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.

I have never heard of such. 12 gauge can seem hot if you don't shoot it a lot. I suspect the ammo is ok.