Ammunition from WW2

mrerick · 08-12-2010, 11:47 AM

Hello Bjorn!

First, welcome to the forums. It's good you started here!

Echoing John's note, please do not shoot this ammunition. Please make it available to a collector, and buy new ammunition with the funds.

There is the possibility that the primer in this ammunition is corrosive as well. I know that US military ammunition didn't switch to non-corrosive primers until the mid 1950's, and European manufacturers didn't switch until even later. I don't KNOW that it is corrosive, but others on the forum with more expertise can followup on that.

Marc

08-12-2010, 11:47 AM	#4
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,925 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,140 Times in 1,520 Posts	Hello Bjorn! First, welcome to the forums. It's good you started here! Echoing John's note, please do not shoot this ammunition. Please make it available to a collector, and buy new ammunition with the funds. There is the possibility that the primer in this ammunition is corrosive as well. I know that US military ammunition didn't switch to non-corrosive primers until the mid 1950's, and European manufacturers didn't switch until even later. I don't KNOW that it is corrosive, but others on the forum with more expertise can followup on that. Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

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