heavyshooter
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When should I clear out my ammo box? Does ammunition have an expiration date?
That's it. There are lots of people shooting lots of suplus ammo that is decades old. Including meAmmo if stored properly has a shelf life of decades, if not longer.
until you can get to the range and shoot it.What is the shelf life of ammunition?
Im sure you'll expire before your ammo does.When should I clear out my ammo box? Does ammunition have an expiration date?
Stored in a dry place at a reasonable temp, ammo, in most cases will outlast it's owner.What is the shelf life of ammunition?
MOOOOSE102 said:but, if it has been in the back of your pick up truck in a tool box just bouncing around, in the hot sun, cold winters etc., maybe as little as 5-10 years. now if it was just thrown out in the weather, not protected at all, i would only give it a year or so, if that.
I've got a lot of ammo I loaded myself between 1985 and now and it's all been shooting fine. I shot 100 rounds of .38 special yesterday that was loaded in '95.qajaq59 said:You'll notice that most of us are talking about military ammo. I've never really kept any of my reloads much more then a year before I shot them, so I can't say how long those would last. My guess is that it would be quite a while though.