Interesting score on some 6.5 Swedish ammo

[Shanghai McCoy]

Sorry to disappoint you, but ammo collectors have all the .30-06 AP ammo they need. Unless it's some never-before-seen experimental variation, it is a VERY common item, worth less than a buck.............if you can find someone who still needs one. Why does everyone think "collectors" want their junk? "Ammo collectors also pay a premium for black tip ammo as well." Nope, just not true. The only guys I see hot for black-tip '06 are shooters and reloaders.

OK, That time I was being sarcastic...

 

[GunnyUSMC]

I think this is hindsight bias. You know that the accident happened, you know the time claimed (15 seconds) and therefore, 30 seconds is a better number. If the post had said the unfortunate had waited 30 seconds, would the correct time to wait be 1 min? And if one minute was claimed, would the correct number be 3 minutes? I doubt the shooter waited exactly 15 seconds, I don't keep a timer on the bench, I doubt the shooter does either, could have been more or less.

The fact of the matter is, old ammunition has problems, and thinking that there is some number, or a rabbit's foot somewhere that will prevent an accident, is wishful thinking. Instead of a hangfire, that shooter could have had a squib, next round down the barrel could have blown the barrel and action. The fact that the original owner of that ammunition, the Pakistani military, decided that ammunition was too dangerous to store, or issue, to its own troops, ought to be pointed out to potential buyers of surplus ammunition. But, it is not. I have never read anything in the popular in print press educating the shooting public about what "not to buy".

I see no need for the rude and condescending tone of your last two replays to my post. We both agree that old and surplus ammo can be dangerous and caution should be used when dealing with it. We both know that there is no magic number for the number of years that ammo will stay stable.
I work in the Firearms section of the LA. State Police Crime Lab. I shoot all types of guns and ammo. Some of the guns I have to shoot no longer have commercial ammo available and I have to use old ammo. The Lab has policies and procedures and one of them deals with duds and misfires. It is to wait 30 sec. before opening the action. This was also SOP in the Marine Corps. It is also SOP for my department when shooting at the range. Waiting 30 sec. was also something I was tough growing up shooting guns.
And the reason the Pakistani military got ride of it's 303 British ammo is because they got rid of the weapons that fired it. If you do a little homework on POF 303 British ammo, you will find where it has been talked about on many surplus gun forums for many years. Some times it's referred to as the ammo that goes click boom. As 303 ammo dried up in the early 2000's, it was pretty much about the only thing shooters could find for a while.
I still have about 400 rounds of POF 303 ammo that I plan to pull the bullets from.

 

[Slamfire]

I work in the Firearms section of the LA. State Police Crime Lab.

Sorry if I came off badly. Looks like you have an interesting job.

 

[GunnyUSMC]

Sorry if I came off badly. Looks like you have an interesting job.

No hard feelings.