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by clarionite
Mon May 15, 2023 11:09 am
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: How to tell the age of ammo and does it matter?
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Re: How to tell the age of ammo and does it matter?

Years ago I bought my son a 7mm Mauser with a lot of old ammo included. It wasn't stored properly and had some patina on it. We fired it all just playing around. We had 10-20% rate of FTF with the ammo. And were pretty careful to watch for squibs. But it was a fun day at the ranch just burning through ammo getting to know the rifle.

I have ammo that's 15-20 years old for my AR's that has been stored properly that I wouldn't hesitate to put into my rifles.

I probably need to start loading up magazines with it, it's been a while since we did much in the way of heavy usage at the range. Just too pricey lately.

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