Actually it is a box of S&W-F 38 specials...the load code is S38HP1 which is 110 gr JHP loads. The box was in an outdoor shed and is bleached while...box is rough. Ammo is as new. Gonna shoot these. Also got a box of 20 ga shotshells head stamped S&W-F that are store branded. Fellow that gave 'em to me said he bought them late 70s early 80s at K Mart
Got a box of S&W ammo today
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SWFan27
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I bought a box of Smith and Wesson 357 Magnum in 2021 from an online seller back when ammunition for calibers like 357 Mag was really hard to find. It was 110 grain. It sat around for a few years, and I eventually shot it up at the range. I should have kept the box. The ammo was probably 30 years old.
I don't know... a box of ammo approximately 45+ years old, that's been an a outdoor shed, exposed to temperature changes, possibly extreme, long enough to have the exterior of the box bleached of all printing, I'd be a bit concerned about powder degradation/changes that could have taken place.
I've shot 30 year old ammo, but it had a known storage history, so I felt it had been kept in a stable enough temperature & humidity environment to not have a concern about shooting it.
I've shot 30 year old ammo, but it had a known storage history, so I felt it had been kept in a stable enough temperature & humidity environment to not have a concern about shooting it.
One thing I am not concerned with is powder degradation. I've never really had a bad factory centerfire round... .The box on this was bleached by the sun. Never been wet. I got some powder from this fellow's father...was in instant coffee jars. Surplus 4831 He had bought in 1963 or so. He had 30 pounds. I actually burned 25 pounds out in the road coming up to the house. I decided to load some and compare it to my 1966 4831 surplus. Velocities were statistically twins. Gave the rest to a fellow reloader who used it all with no problems in his 300 Win, 7mm RM and 25-06. 4 or 5 years ago I shot up some 1918 dated 30-06. All fired fine...most of the case necks cracked, though. 100 year old ammo. It was not very accurate though
Green Frog
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Those blue and white boxes of S&W ammo draw my eyes like nails to a magnet. When I first started grabbing up anything 32 that I could find, I picked up a very nice boxful of 32 S&W (the shorts, not the longs!) as I trolled through an OGCA show. They had a very attractive price, so they came home to VA with me, and opened up yet another another rabbit hole for me.
Froggie
Froggie
Froggie... I have the same problem.. I buy most every blue box I see...esp if full. At one time I bought every box of Black Talons and full boxes of SuperVel also. Black Talons are too expensive now. I changed the loads in the revolvers this morning we keep in the vehicles, to these 110 gr S&Ws. My wife bought 2 Rock Island Arms 38s as "truck/car guns". They are a copy of a Colt DA. I shot some this morning at a coyote through the 27-2...Missed all 5 times...but he was at about a 100 yds to start Going really fast by the 5th.
USBP SW
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I purchased numerous Smith and Wesson revolvers in the 1970's, included in the box was an advertisement for the Smith & Wesson ammunition, made by Fiocchi. I inherited a couple of boxes, I found them to be low on the power scale, however, I was shooting them side by side with some older Remington ammo of the same 158gr. weight.
hdfinder47
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I got a box of WWII 45acp in 1990 that a civilian turned in to the department fearing that it might explode. Was in his grandpa's attic and stamped '45. All shot but 2 - dead primers I reckon. Smelled a bit odd.
Ed
Ed
When S&W came out with ammo I bought and sold a lot of their shotshells. They had one load that was a real killer on waterfowl. It was marked as 4 1/2 DE 1 1/2 ounces of shot...I can tell you that stuff was hot and to top it off used copper plated shot. It would break action bars on 1100 Remingtons. It also destroyed the S&W 1000 semiauto shotguns gas system it was so hot. S&W did make a good pump shotgun though the gas auto suffered with a poor gas system. They made good bolt action rifles. The centerfire handgun ammo did not seem overly powered
Oh, new ammo, from K-mart....................... great.
Any ammo from Longs ? ( wink )
Any ammo from Longs ? ( wink )
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