Some Comments & Questions on Ammo

Dwight Gruber · 08-27-2002, 10:49 AM

[quote]Originally posted by jim haycraft:
<strong>I would like to hear more re the use of old ammo. Since it is not dated like most other consumables today, it's difficult to determine when a particular batch was manufactured. And is it really all that important if the cartridges are clean, no corrosion or showing obvious damage?</strong><hr></blockquote>

I've shot 53-year-old 9mm Largo in my Astra, goes bang just like its supposed to. Your biggest problem with older ammunition will be that it may have corrosive primers. This means you will need to clean your Luger immediately upon arriving home from the range (if you don't deal with it actually -at- the range). There have been several threads here about this cleaning which should be easy to find.

--Dwight

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08-27-2002, 10:49 AM	#16
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	[quote]Originally posted by jim haycraft: <strong>I would like to hear more re the use of old ammo. Since it is not dated like most other consumables today, it's difficult to determine when a particular batch was manufactured. And is it really all that important if the cartridges are clean, no corrosion or showing obvious damage?</strong><hr></blockquote> I've shot 53-year-old 9mm Largo in my Astra, goes bang just like its supposed to. Your biggest problem with older ammunition will be that it may have corrosive primers. This means you will need to clean your Luger immediately upon arriving home from the range (if you don't deal with it actually -at- the range). There have been several threads here about this cleaning which should be easy to find. --Dwight