Help identifying ammo spam can Garand?

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by LWaali

Hi Folks, Still trying to complete inventory.. I have an unopened spam can of what I believe (with my failing memory) to be m1 Garand ammo. I am curious to find out the country, year (54?), and if it err umm attracts a magnet so to speak.

Since it is unopened, it should still be 'good'. "8rnd Clips" is consistent with the M1 Garand, which uses 'en bloc' clips of 8 rounds. The clips are steel, thus magnetic. They are packed in cloth bandoliers (inside the can), ready to issue to individual riflemen.





As Dana commented, it is a Twin Cities can -



- Also, military cartridges usually carry the year [2 digits] on the cartridge itself.

[rolandtg]

Originally Posted by postino

Since it is unopened, it should still be 'good'. "8rnd Clips" is consistent with the M1 Garand, which uses 'en bloc' clips of 8 rounds. The clips are steel, thus magnetic.

I think his comment about magnetic is a reference as to whether or not the ammunition is AP or not. I would expect it to be marked on the can in some way if it were.