WWII Vintage Ammo

Vlim · 12-08-2008, 02:41 PM

I agree about not firing them. This stuff is not exactly rare yet, but it has a collector value.

The problem with steel cases is that they will corrode from the inside out. A steel cased round that looks pretty decent on the outside may be virtually eaten away on the inside. Some guys at the IAA cartridge collector's forum have observed this in the past.

Since they will not blow up by themselves that easily, I'd keep them stored in normal gun storage conditions.

faa is the ordnance code of DWM by the way. The cases were made by DWM, the cartridges were loaded by RWS, whose ordnance code was dnh.

12-08-2008, 02:41 PM	#5
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,991 Times in 1,205 Posts	I agree about not firing them. This stuff is not exactly rare yet, but it has a collector value. The problem with steel cases is that they will corrode from the inside out. A steel cased round that looks pretty decent on the outside may be virtually eaten away on the inside. Some guys at the IAA cartridge collector's forum have observed this in the past. Since they will not blow up by themselves that easily, I'd keep them stored in normal gun storage conditions. faa is the ordnance code of DWM by the way. The cases were made by DWM, the cartridges were loaded by RWS, whose ordnance code was dnh.