1976B.L.Johns.
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CapnMac............
Ah yes, armor piercing, tracers etc. all in good time........
Ah yes, armor piercing, tracers etc. all in good time........
What kind of interesting old ammo do you have?
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What does that have to do with ammonia?
Reloadron
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Some steel 1943 pennies with some 1943 45 ACP GI headstamped EU 43. Part of the war effort.
Ron
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I missed the humor on that one until I went back and read my original post. I meant to say factory ammo. Not factory ammonia.
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BigBlue 94
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Dang I wish I could find this... my dad was doing renovations to the foundation of a certain old government building with a dome here in topeka and brought home 70% of a 45-70 casing. The rest had eroded away after being under this building for 100+ years. Near it were a bunch of old saki bottles that oxidized in front of his eyes.
RevolvingGarbage
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5 of my last 6 rounds of FN .380 2Z.
178gr FMJ bullet. Berdan primed unfortunately. Zips along at about 620 fps out of a 5" tube.
I got a baggie with 26rnds in it for $10 from a guy on a local gun swap board. Most of those got fed through my Iver Old model Hammerless, and this is what I have left. Winchester 146gr LRN shown for comparison.
178gr FMJ bullet. Berdan primed unfortunately. Zips along at about 620 fps out of a 5" tube.
I got a baggie with 26rnds in it for $10 from a guy on a local gun swap board. Most of those got fed through my Iver Old model Hammerless, and this is what I have left. Winchester 146gr LRN shown for comparison.
stonebuster
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Another my dad brought home from WW2 island hopping in the South pacific. He had Japanese shell casings that must have weighed 5 pounds the GIs made into ash trays. I wish he didn't toss them out.
Random 8
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Not mine, but while helping a non-gun friend go through some gun stuff in his grandpa's attic, we uncovered an apparent bring back box from the South Pacific. Included were various Japanese trophies including some 8mm Nambu ammo and 2 intact clips of 6.5x50, various rounds of .30 cal including AP, Tracer and some M2ball with the tips cut off with a wire cutters. Unknown if this was done after the war, or if those were the infamous field expedient hollow points rumored to have been used in that theater in which his Grandpa served as a combat marine. Also found were several magazines and parts for the H&R Reising, 2 Japanese bayonets with scabbard, an M1917 bayonet with scabbard, and everything but the slide for an M1911. Apparently gramps was a pretty good smuggler. Wouldn't be surprised to find a Reising SMG under the floorboards. He did find a T38 carbine tucked in a waxed canvas scabbard behind the chimney.
GunnyUSMC
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A short belt of M60 training ammo. No primers and filled with sand.
GunnyUSMC
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I have a few rounds of old rimfire ammo.
GunnyUSMC
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Secret Squirrel Ammo
CapnMac
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Well, at one point, I had a goal of getting one box (if only the box) each of all the various types of military issue ammo for the military arms in the collection.
I'd love to find a box of the .3006 Gallery, and the issue box of Blanks. Preferably for less than the price of a Raven--sigh.
7.62 nato boxes of tracer, AP, and blanks are kid of unicorns, partially for how little was issued out that way.
Obturation
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I dont even know. Full brick, russian 22lr with steel cases- a guy i know bought a skid of this during the ammo crunch a few years ago- 500 bricks if i remember right. Its junk.
Some old 45-70, dont know from when. Got it from a tool dealer i know who found it cleaning out his dads house.
Some 22 from who knows when.
Full box of 32-20 projectiles from who knows when.
RedlegRick
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I remember that Russian .22 ammo! Had an AR-7 that, surprisingly enough, actually tolerated that junk. Filthy, smoky, but would only get one or two per fifty sometimes no jams or FTEs, whereas the squeaky clean domestic stuff wouldnt go without 2-3 per mag. Ugly black cases too.
GunnyUSMC
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32 French Long from 1946 & 47.
jonnyc
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I had a lot of that when I had my 1935A pistol. Perhaps as many as 1% went BANG.
BigBlue 94
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Mmm that 32-20 would shoot nice out of my ol 1873...except I couldn't bring myself to do it to that fine,full box of cartridges
CapnMac
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Ian McCollum would probably do you a deal for some of those, since he's having trouble getting rounds to run through his MAS-38.
jonnyc
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How long is that Dardick case? Is it a.30 cal. rifle round?
GunnyUSMC
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At the going rate of $1 a round for French ammo that has a 99.9% chance of not firing, it’s just for collecting. I have a MAS-38 with the prefix A. It’s an early model without German markings. It was also not converted for police use after the war.
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