I have at least 50 rounds of ammo my FIL brought home from WWII with his 1911. I've shot the 1911 but not the ammo.The Annoyed Man wrote:When I first got my dad's old 1911 after he died, it came with a couple of magazines loaded with lead round nose cartridges that were old enough that the brass has a greenish tinge and the lead looked a little......well.....old. Anyway, that ammo might well have dated back to immediately post WW2, since my dad brought the pistol home from the war. As far as I know, he never fired that gun again after the war. Anyway, a couple of friends of mine took me to the range to teach me how to shoot. I emptied the cartridges out of magazines, wiped them down with a rag to take some of the green off, loaded them back up and fired them. They went bang, just like they're supposed to.
