useful life of ammunition
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Claude Clay
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what you buy today you can let your great grand kids debate if it is still safe to shoot
......it will be if stored as you have said
......it will be if stored as you have said
jfh
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Well, some of us have shot ammo well over fifty years old...and it was still good and shot fine.
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And some of us have shot fixed ammunition over a century old. It will outlast your concerns.
I have fired some WWII-vintage .45ACP ammo...each round went Bang!
Have also fired some 1960-ish 7.62x54 rounds..again, BANG! every time.
IF (and that is a BIG "IF") stored as you say, temp/humidity controlled, it will be viable for a lonnnnng time.
Have also fired some 1960-ish 7.62x54 rounds..again, BANG! every time.
IF (and that is a BIG "IF") stored as you say, temp/humidity controlled, it will be viable for a lonnnnng time.
BCCL
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I still have a few .32 Smith & Wesson Remington brand rounds, from around 1900, that came with an 1893 S&W Top Break revovlver.
Last time I shot some was about 6-7 years ago, and they fired just fine.
Last time I shot some was about 6-7 years ago, and they fired just fine.
chuckusaret
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Still using ammo my father bought over 50 years ago.
all stored in plastic dry box (the ones you get from cabela's) with a rubber seal. Need I throw in some silcone dry pacs or anything? Thanks for the reassurance! This is not really as relevant, but what about canned food? (For when SHTF) Are my canned beans safe for 50 years also?
CoRoMo
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Nobody knows yet. The stuff seems to just keep indefinitely.
Funderb
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I'm still shooting mauser ammo stamped 1947, so, a long time?
gvnwst
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He got it, the rounds have not been around really long enough without being shot for us to tell
I do. I put a desicant in each 50 caliber can with the ammo. Some of them even have the humidity indicators in there too.
http://www.3m.com/us/office/meetings/rg/prodtype1-2go87.aspx
Claude Clay
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Are my canned beans safe for 50 years also?
depends---are they now??
depends---are they now??
Spyvie
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No. Definetily not.
flrfh213
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i have shot 30 year old reloads and hit 3/4 inch groupings at 20 yards... guess that will work, now they are reloaded again...
CoRoMo
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Maybe a few generations from now, we'll know the answer to this question, but my guess is that we still won't have enough data to make a definite determination.
K3
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That would explain the way my supper tasted the other night while out varmint hunting.
Ammo - I've shot some 1950's vintage 7.62X54R with no issues.
JohnBT
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"Need I throw in some silcone dry pacs or anything? "
No, not if it's stored someplace reasonably climate controlled - like the bedroom closet. I don't even think ammo cans are needed, but they are cheap if you shop around. JT
No, not if it's stored someplace reasonably climate controlled - like the bedroom closet. I don't even think ammo cans are needed, but they are cheap if you shop around. JT
nyggis
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I have a can of 800 grams conserved meat from the Swedish army dated 1988.
Me and a friend have plans for a culinary excess in a couple of years... =)
Me and a friend have plans for a culinary excess in a couple of years... =)
mgkdrgn
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Shells / ammunition from the US Civil War still continue to kill someone every once in a while. If stored correctly it should be good for several generations.
Average Joe
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That ammo will be in working order, long after you and I are gone....
warriorsociologist
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My main concern is the newer types of non-tox primers possibly not lasting as long. That said, my long term storage ammo is free of these.
Brian Dale
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I was looking through the wrong part of my bifocals when I first read that...it looked like 1898.nyggis said:
I thought, "I'm glad that it's you rather than me, my friend..."
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