Help determining relative age of ammo (I won't be firing it.)

Taylor Jarrell · Dec 4, 2020

I have some jhp ammo my dad gave me that he's had sitting around for God only knows how long. I don't plan on shooting it, just pulling to reload. They appear to be winchester black talons or rangers, however they're in brass cases. I've done a lot of looking and can't find either talon or rangers loaded in brass. The brass is winchester brass. Anyone seen it before?

tark · Dec 4, 2020

can't see anything without pics

Taylor Jarrell · Dec 4, 2020

sparkyfender · Dec 4, 2020

I have some that sounds similar to that I got from a gun show the mid 1990s. Should be still okay, as mine is.

Ohen Cepel · Dec 4, 2020

Unless you think it is reloads (which I don't think it is) I would shoot it.

PO2Hammer · Dec 4, 2020

Shoot 'em. They can't be more than what, 30 years old max? (As long as they are factory loads)

Taylor Jarrell · Dec 4, 2020

I've had them in my carry gun until this weekend when I found a couple boxes of hornady defence.

Buzznrose · Dec 4, 2020

If factory ammo, I’d shoot them.

doubleh · Dec 5, 2020

I wouldn't hesitate to shoot if it wasn't reloaded. In my experience ammo isn't nearly a fragile as some people seem to think.

mavracer · Dec 5, 2020

Probably some LEO surplus I have some 40 Ranger loaded in brass it's FBI contract overrun.

EMC45 · Dec 5, 2020

Modern Winchester Ranger (LEO) ammo is Black Talon without being black.

JDGray · Dec 5, 2020

As long as they haven’t been chambered over and over, set back, shoot them. A quick measurement of all of them should tell you if there good, all the same OAL.

Pat Riot · Dec 6, 2020

They look great. As @JDGray said. Check them out for length and shoot them.

Sovblocgunfan · Dec 6, 2020

Choot em!

BigBlue 94 · Dec 6, 2020

About 15 years ago I shot some Turkish 8mm mauser that was loaded in 1941. Every single one went BOOM like they are supposed to.

Im in the shoot-it camp

Oldschool shooter · Dec 6, 2020

It looks like they were stored carefully, no reason not to shoot it. I have some 70+ year old Winchester 22lr ammo that shoots perfectly well.

Wildbillz · Dec 6, 2020

I have a box of Winchester Ranger Law Enforcement ammo looks just like that. The box shows it as their STX bullet. The stuff I have is +P+ ammo though.

WB

Howland937 · Dec 6, 2020

It does appear they have sealer on the primer. Any of the reloaders here bother doing that? I don't know anyone personally who does.
Not knowing if they're factory loads would give me more pause than their age. I'd check OAL, look for any extraction marks and if they check out, shoot them.

Help determining relative age of ammo (I won't be firing it.)

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