This thread brought a smile to my face. Years ago I worked in cop shops, and there was this one suburban patrolman who got all the old widows calling him to come get the old man's ammo when he died. He would bring me and my shooting friend cigar boxes of old ammo he had gathered this way. I remember this one box of 7.65 Argentine ammo that was so poorly stored that there was water sloshing around inside the cases. I would pick up a cartridge and shake it and could clearly hear the water sloshing inside. I pulled those apart and boy, was it nasty. Somewhere I still have some old Mexican .30 Cartuchos de Carbinero or something like that. We eagerly awaited his visits to see what kind of treasures he had for us this time. We both still have some "Don Mxxxxxx Ammo" in our collections, identified by age, corrosion, white crusty lead bullets, etc.
