My dad's friend gave me 500 bullets that were manufactured in 1993. Are they still usable? I don't own a 45 but I might buy one of these ammo are still good
My dad's friend gave me 500 bullets that were manufactured in 1993. Are they still usable?
My dad's friend gave me 500 bullets that were manufactured in 1993. Are they still usable? I don't own a 45 but I might buy one of these ammo are still good
Yeah.
30 year old ammo is bound to attract some moisture and this can reduce the effectiveness of the powder. Make sure to put each box in the microwave for a minute before firing to dry it out. Should be otherwise fine
In a microwave?? I've never heard of this, what is it for?
Don't do it, it cooks them off
Do it in an oven at 350F for 30 minutes
To dry off moisture
Microwave agitates and evaporates water molecules trapped with the powder.
the moisture inside the bullet will heat up and cook off the ammo
you should put them in a deep fryer / air fryer for 20 minutes instead
No, you can't trust them to work reliably and you might mess up the barrel of your gun. You should dispose of them safely in a bon fire, but save the boxes because they're collectible.
>Short but not useful answer:
It depends.
>Longer and slightly more useful answer:
If it has been stored indoors, or at least in an insulated garage, it's probably fine.
they're fine
Sell it to me, I'll gladly buy them off you for a generous 25cpr and I'll take the worry off your hands, friend.
Don't listen to all this nonsense about microwaves and ovens, OP. To tease out all the flavor from a bullet you need to BBQ them.
Can confirm microwave is the correct approach to remove moisture safely
OP, these homosexuals are trying to mislead you.
What you need to do is get an acetylene torch and lightly heat each round, make sure to give each one at least 20 seconds, no more, no less, and to heat it from the rear.
why is everyone here such an butthole?
Because OP is asking silly questions.
>wHy Is EvErYoNe HeRe SuCh An butthole??
have a nice day.
Every other ammo buyer is a competitor.
This.
All of you need to go dry out your ammo in a microwave, even your new ammo!
You'd be shocked at shipping conditions these days.
because zoomers were raised on the internet and have no relative context for trolling, so everything is a trolling opportunity to them
I'm a millennial and I say troll 'em all!
>no you can't troll outside of the designated trolling zones
You are a homosexual.
>Ask a stupid question
>Get a stupid answer
>"Why is everyone being so mean to me :("
You killed a thread for something you could have answered yourself with one google search. Ammo, if manufactured properly and stored cool and dry, will keep almost indefinitely and in the event that this isn't the case it's degraded and not made more dangerous. About the only exception to this is ammo with seriously degraded cases but even then it's not likely to hurt you and the worst-case scenario is that you have a burst case and/or bullet stuck in the barrel.
>stupid question
Might as well just close the board by that logic everyone should know everyone
Adding to this anon's overall correct analysis, it's worth noting that if you don't know how the ammo was kept, it can still be dangerous without any warning signs if it was stored improperly.
Powder grains have a very specific surface area, meant to burn at a very specific rate. This can be achieved by a variety of means. If the powder degrades and more surface area is exposed than intended, you could have an over pressure situation that leads to a bore obstruction.
That was one of the theories Mark Serbu or Ian put out iirc when Kentucky Ballistics blew up his BFG-50 with a bubba loaded SLAP round. In that situation, it was just then rounds being bubba loaded.
Stop sucking your own dick gay
>They like guns but don’t live in America
>They are Canadian, or have been infected.
>Australians
>What’s left of Britain
They are many reasons. Small dick size is the number cause of most anti-social behaviors.
>bullets
most of us have shot ammo that is a hundred or more years old. We are fricking with you in the hopes that you are severely injured so you never post here again. This is because you need to go back.
>most of us have shot ammo that is a hundred or more years old.
Speak for yourself gay
No I am speaking for you, and you will just have to deal with it.
>Are they still usable?
30 yeard old ammo? yeah they are still lethal, for you or somebody else but yeah
What the frick /k/, are you trying to get OP killed? OP, don't use a torch or put them in the oven. If they're dirty, you can dip them in gasoline though. It is an excellent solvent, and should clean any grime off the bullets fast. Plus it evaporates pretty quickly, then your bullets will be nice and clean so they feed better.
The ammo we're giving Ukraine is probably older than that. The shit the Russians are getting is definitely way older.
>The shit the Russians are getting is definitely way older.
Mmm, spam. The ammo cans Burgers use are supposed to serve the same function as canning, right? Maybe just not for as long a time?
Ammo lasts for many decades in normal indoor conditions. Sealing in cans is only required for storage in places that aren't climate controlled. I have no idea what's up with the huge number of morons who think that old ammo doesn't work, or that ammo requires special care or consooooming of products to keep for a long time. If you have HVAC ammo lasts 50 years in your closet.
Don't they still find old WW2 bombs that they have to detonate in place and shit?
Yep, because the explosives in the detonators might have become unstable with time, and attempting to remove the detonators with 70+ years of rust would likely set them off.
Not sure what that has to do with ammo that's obviously been stored in nice conditions for a fraction of the time though.
Only if they are too big to fit into the microwave.
older (especially wartime) explosives are made with worse explosive mixtures that degrade over time
modern stuff is more stable
>Modern stuff is more stable
It's not necessarily.
Put them in your ass. One by one, until you find it no longer fits. They you'll know your "bullet number".
Is that why so many dudes like the 1911?
53
>copyright 1993
That's just when the box was designed. If you want to figure out exactly when they were manufactured, you can decode the lot number:
https://www.marlinowners.com/threads/federal-lot-s.36564/
But it should be fine. Get a 1911.
How were they stored?
In sealed 50 cal tins the whole time?
30 year old ammo? You'll shoot yer eye out.
Also the only 45 you should consider is a 1911, and not one of the gay new ones. It's a historic caliber, enjoy it.
They are good to go, but only if you're hunting deer at night on someone else's land, thermal and suppresro are optional but recommended
I think the prevailing advice is to test it first in a small area on a less sensitive part of your skin before applying more. If you have a bad reaction you might need to try an alternative.
Most of us here have shot Turkish, Russian, etc. ammo made 70 to 100 years ago, stored in the warehouse equivalent of a wet basement or abandoned barn. Some of us with rifles in obscure hunting calibers have hunted deer with ammunition our literal great grandfathers bought. A few years ago I shot an antique Sharps rifle with blackpowder, mercuric primed .45-90 ammo made in the 1880s.
That ammo you have is excellent ammo and perfectly fine for the range.
Is Google broken, OP?
OP ignore these liars, they're trying to get you killed. What you need to do is mix up a cup of bleach and ammonia and drop the ammo in it. It reacts with any moisture, drying off anything it comes into contact with
Don't do it, you'll crystalize the copper jacket, this process is exceptionally illegal.
This was my favourite 4chin meme as a late teen back then.
If the condition of the cardboard is any indication, they should be perfectly fine. I've shot much older ammunition stored in worse conditions than a sealed ammo can.
It's fine, now go get a USP 45 and have fun.
I've shot 22lr from the 60's that I found in a tobacco tin in my grandpa's moist basement. so corroded the bottom layer of ammo was just blue dust sticking all the rounds together. lots of failures to feed and failures to fire. but I would say like 60-80% still somehow worked.
you'll be fine. just go shoot it and see for yourself. might be junk but fun for practice and an excuse to go shoot.
Jokes aside it'll be fine unless it was kept in some damp shed or basement. Even if its bad worst you'll get is it'll hang fire (you pull the trigger, hear a click, then it takes a second to go off) or a straight up dud. I've personally shot Greek surp ammo more than twice as old and likely not stored in the best conditions that works fine
There's ammo from WW2 Ethiopia that's buried under decades of goat shit that's still usable
Take a look at them and if the brass doesn't look corroded or cracked, they're fine.
After that, repack or seal the boxes. In a tin can or vacuum bag.
Depends on storage but worst case scenario it’ll just fail. If you wanna be safe get a revolver to test it
>1993
Rent a fun show table and mark those frickers up 400%. Anybody asks wtf you're thinking explain they're rare because production stopped thanks to awb homosexualry. Eventually some boomer that believes himself the most cunning mother fricker on earth will haggle.