How long does old ammo keep?

[stickman80]

Mentioned it before but I have some 1973 surplus 5.56mm I've owned since 1999.

Today I fired 4 10rd stripper clips. The brass on the stripper clips was too brittle to feed well into the mags but the ammo performed flawless in reliability and accuracy.

Buy it cheap, stack it deep, store it right, and your ammo will last very long time.

 

[TennNole17]

69 days

 

[Jimmy McGill]

Mentioned it before but I have some 1973 surplus 5.56mm I've owned since 1999.

Today I fired 4 10rd stripper clips. The brass on the stripper clips was too brittle to feed well into the mags but the ammo performed flawless in reliability and accuracy.

Buy it cheap, stack it deep, store it right, and your ammo will last very long time.

Keep playing with fire

 

[stickman80]

Keep playing with fire

This ammo was before they went to reduced "Flashless" powder. Probably why Uncle Sam sold it off.

There are fireballs involved.

 

[Huey Grey]

Ammo doesn't go bad. But it does lose its potency. So you may need to take more of it to get the same benefits.

 

[stickman80]

Ammo doesn't go bad. But it does lose its potency. So you may need to take more of it to get the same benefits.

9 of 10 rds shot at 3/8" steel plate penetrated. The 1 which didnt go through left a cracked nipple on the other side.