Old Ammo, Still Good or No?

[Commader47]

I still have, and shoot, 30.06 Lake City Armor Piercing from the Second World War. Excellent ammo in my Garands. You can definitely shoot your ammo if stored in a dry place.

 

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If it was stored properly it's probably better than the ammo that is being made today.

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[Reloadron]

I inherited some ammo from my dad that I think he bought in 1993 some .357 Magnum, some . 38 Special and some .22 magnum all are in the original box and kept dry the casings are clean no green corrosion no leakage on the primers on the 38s and .357.

Heck, that's new stuff. Old is WW II surplus. I am currently loading using components I got during the early and mid 90s. I would have no reservations with shooting what you have.

Ron

 

[HowieG]

My old man got ahold of an old 32 revolver along with some 32 short ammo. Way old. Looked okay, so I ran it through the gun. Part of it went bang and about 60% or so went click. No foul, no harm either way. I have no problem testing factory ammo in a gun if it passes visual inspection. Got to keep in mind that old stuff can have corrosive primers.