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by oljames3
Fri Jul 29, 2016 9:49 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Very old ammo
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Re: Very old ammo

JALLEN wrote:All the ammo I saw while in the Navy (5" shells) was dated before I was born, WWII. It all went bang, with occasional exception.
I have fired 50 year old ( WWII) separate loading ammo in Army 155mm (that is 6 inch for you squids) M109. Shells were filled with TNT. Everything went bang as it should. More muzzle flash than with modern propellant.

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