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do any of you guys collect old military ammo?
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greencobra
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That's old, for sure. Does it still have the box it came in. Don't collect, just asking. Oldest US mil ammo I ever saw was a few rounds of .45 acp stamped 18 I came across a while ago. Your stuff is 12 years older, damn.
Oldest I got is F.A. 1942 A.P.
Small lot of German WWI and WWII ammo. 8mm ball, 8mm in lacquer case, steel case, 8mm tracer in orange, yellow, green, and red, 8mm for machine gun, a box of 9mm, a box of 7.92x39 for the Sturmgewehr44, and a stripper of WWI 1916 8mm of various head stamps.
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I collect old ammo and have a thread somewhere on here, probably in the ammo section, from a year or so ago. Someone nearby read it and hooked me up with a bunch of old 30 06 blanks that he got. Some in the original boxes.
I also got some French 8mm ammo from another NESr after he read the thread.
I also got some French 8mm ammo from another NESr after he read the thread.
1906 was the year the military switched over to .30-06, so that's about as old as it gets. Very cool!
I have some WWII and Korean War M2 ball ammo, various head stamps, that I keep as collectibles.
My brother has piles of post civil war ammo that came down through the family.
I have some WWII and Korean War M2 ball ammo, various head stamps, that I keep as collectibles.
My brother has piles of post civil war ammo that came down through the family.
PSS
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i just didn't know if anyone on here would be interested in buying some of them.obviously I'm not going to use them at the range and I don't want them to go to waste in my ammo locker just sitting around,so if anyone is interested let me know.I'd rather not ship them.Another cool bullet I found was a 56-56 Spencer rimfire.huge bullet in a little shell
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btnh6668
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Ray that was me. Did you end up shooting any of it?
Oh yeah. I also have some WWII .45 ACP in the original box marked "for Reising M50."
I still have it along with some of the oddball stuff in that box.
Did you ever shoot any of that weird Lebel stuff I gave you?
Still have that too.
Not a collector, but I did stash an .30-03 cartridge aside (sadly, it has a cracked neck) and a DWM 1897ish 7mm round.
Not that these are anything unique, but I also set aside some 1939-41 Soviet yellow-tip 54R and "E" API rounds for the Sh-KAS machine gun.
Not that these are anything unique, but I also set aside some 1939-41 Soviet yellow-tip 54R and "E" API rounds for the Sh-KAS machine gun.
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JuergenG
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Swedish m/94 6.5x55 RN
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Swiss "Sackmunition", 4 stripper clips w/ 7.5x55 which were to be taken home by the soldiers
German M71 11.15x60R a.k.a. 11mm Mauser. The three on the left are originals.
1940 8mm Mauser on stripper clips
Box marked "i.L." for in Ladestreifen = on stripper clips
m/41
Swiss "Sackmunition", 4 stripper clips w/ 7.5x55 which were to be taken home by the soldiers
German M71 11.15x60R a.k.a. 11mm Mauser. The three on the left are originals.
1940 8mm Mauser on stripper clips
Box marked "i.L." for in Ladestreifen = on stripper clips
Man, this thread has me drooling so far. I used to collect old ammo and have been wanting to get back into it. I differed somewhat from most collectors in that I like single rounds more than the usually more desirable unopened boxes.
Pulled out everything I could find; adding two 1950's era boxes of Kleenbore 45-70 Government and Winchester 8mm. Funny, the 8mm will not chamber in any 8mm receiver I have. I pulled out examples of 9mm, 7.92x39, orange tracer, 7.92x57MG, and 15 rounds of 1940 lacquered steel case.
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