What's Your Oldest Ammo?

[Tcap]

This is a chance to post your "oldest ammo"

Rocks and arrow heads are cheating. Lets see those old stamped cases and bygone bullets.

I'll start:
9mm Kurtz ammo from WWI

 

[Ridge Runner]

Beats me. WWII M1 Garand 30-06 armor piercing and tracer US ammo. Not sure how old the 2 unopened cans of foreign (Israeli or Egyptian) 30-06 ammo is.

I don't know if I still have them, cause I haven't messed with them in awhile. But at one time I had one or two (US) Civil War minnie or maxi balls.

Not sure how old the 12 gauge, 2-3/4 inch, "paper" shot shells are.

 

[Lungshot202]

I have something in the way of an old ammo collection. There's some WW1 30-06 rounds, and some of my grandfathers and fathers old shotgun shells, along with some other ammo that I'm sure is pushing the 100 year old age.

 

[TheGrayRider]

Korean War era 1951 Lake City .30 carbine cartridges. I shot most of them at the range because I would hunt with much more modern rounds. No malfunctions from what I remember.

 

[MS 9x56]

Kynoch 9x56MS 247 grain manufactured in 1914. Of course I had to try a round and to my surprise it went off with a bit more smoke than normal but not as much as black powder.

 

[Sika98k]

A few of the old cartridges I have accumulated. Eley 12 bore Maximum, Eley 20 bore 21/2” load 13/16ths of an ounce, Rigby 275, 140 grain “high velocity. A few more antiques around including myself.

 

[BourbonTrail]

Father in law has some left over American Civil War ammo. My oldest is only from 1982.

 

[HWL]

Kynoch 9x56MS 247 grain manufactured in 1914. Of course I had to try a round and to my surprise it went off with a bit more smoke than normal but not as much as black powder.

Thoroughly cleaning is mandatory..... because of corrosive ammo!!!

HWL

 

[Joker12]

I've got a few rounds of French ammo from WW1 that my dads uncle brought back. Also some of what is known as trench art ( spent artillery shells that have been engraved and shaped decoratively).

 

[MS 9x56]

Thoroughly cleaning is mandatory..... because of corrosive ammo!!!

HWL

She got a good scrubbing after that.

 

[HWL]

I too have 12 rounds of old Kynoch 9x56 Mannlicher-Schoenauer 245gr soft point.

No idea how old really....


HWL

 

[Velo Dog]

1960’s Philippine ball, caliber .30 US Carbine, 110 grain bullet, in sealed tins that look like big sardine cans.

 

[K E Johnson]

I will stand corrected if someone with more knowledge steps up on this.
45/70 loaded with 500 grain lead bullet. Some plating remains. Guessing from head stamp that it was loaded in 1897.

I was on a job quite a number of years ago. Someone on the job found out I was a “gun guy”. He gave me a small collection of very old cartridges to get them out of his house. This is what I believe to be oldest that has a date.

 

[reineke]

This is a chance to post your "oldest ammo"

Rocks and arrow heads are cheating. Lets see those old stamped cases and bygone bullets.

I'll start:
9mm Kurtz ammo from WWI

Hi Tcap: just one remark from Germany: it's 9 mm kurz -means short- and got no need for a "t"

 

[jeanes]

I inherited some .32 long colt rounds along with a Colt Pocket Positive circa 1905.

 

[Hunter-Habib]

Got a box (and a few loose rounds) of Eley Alphamax L.G shells manufactured in 1991.

Got some Winchester Super X 175Gr soft points (in 7x57mm Mauser) from 1985

Got some Sellier & Bellot Red & Black paper cased L.G shells from 1972

Funnily enough, I’ve never actually had any of these misfire. On the contrary, I’ve had modern Rio and R.C shotgun shells fail to fire more than once.

But the fold crimp closure British Eley shells have a structural flaw. The plastic hulls slowly start to split at the neck.

 

[Phil Giordano]

This one should be from the pre WW2 era, in fact is made in Germany - not "West Germany". It's the brainchild of one of the greatest cartridge designer, Vom Hofe - creator also of the 7x66.

 

[grand veneur]

From the fifties and early sixties. Cordite loads.

 

[GorgonStare]

A few of the old cartridges I have accumulated. Eley 12 bore Maximum, Eley 20 bore 21/2” load 13/16ths of an ounce, Rigby 275, 140 grain “high velocity. A few more antiques around including myself.

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Beautiful patina on that Rigby cartridge.

 

[Newboomer]

I have a bunch of Korean War 30-06 ball and some tracers in Garand clips.

Beautiful patina on that Rigby cartridge.