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I purchased a large amount of loaded ammunition from an estate some time ago. Does anyone know of a source I can use to identify what I have. I have a pair of digital calipers.
thanks
That one is centerfire, inside primed. See the crimp above the rim, it holds the priming cup in position.The biggest one looks like an old bottle-necked rimfire, maybe a .38/40???
Thank you for all the help. Here are a few pics of the really old stuff:
Bullet diameters and case lengths (cute Autocad trick)
#1 .37 cal, 1.66 case length
#2 .44 cal, 0.70 case length
#3 .54 cal, 1.37 case length
#4 .51 cal, 1.81 case length
#5 .44 cal, 0.67 case length
These are based on scaling the bitmaped images so could vary +/- .01
That stuff looks like a bunch of old Ammo that my next door nieghbor found in his barn. We thru it all it the bonfire outback to get rid of it so the kids would not play with it. Is it worth anything?
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I read a long time ago in Field and Stream that it was reccomended to throw old unwanted ammo in the river to get rid of it. I would imagine that the brass would corrode quick enough.