Vintage ammo

[Revdev86]

Found a few boxes of ammo deep in the stash, with no memory of where it came from. Any value or collectability in this stuff? The shells are waxed paper and have a delicious smell of crayons

 

[BugI02]

Found a few boxes of ammo deep in the stash, with no memory of where it came from. Any value or collectability in this stuff? The shells are waxed paper and have a delicious smell of crayons

Sell them to a marine

Seriously, ammo collecting is a thing but I don't do it so I don't know much about it. I do know that a lot of the Remington-Peters stuff often looks older than it is

 

[Revdev86]

Sell them to a marine

I am a marine and it’s taking all my discipline not to eat them…

Looked at the dates and appears 50s or 60s maybe. I’m not into collecting either, just think it’s neat and would like someone to enjoy it for what it is

 

[Nazgul]

Found some paper 12 gauge when my father in law passed. Shot them and they seemed hot. They shot fine with no signs of over pressure. Have always heard they were in those days versus today.

Don

 

[Leo]

Found some paper 12 gauge when my father in law passed. Shot them and they seemed hot. They shot fine with no signs of over pressure. Have always heard they were in those days versus today.

Don

If the shotshells were old enough to pre date the compression one piece wads, they did feel like more recoil than modern shells, even that have the same exterieor ballistics.

Typically the old shells had a disc of cardboard over the powder with 3/16th inch of cork disk and another cardboard disc under the shot with no shot cup. That did very little to dampen the initial hit of the powder. You got it all in your shoulder instantly. The modern compression wads still push back the same amount, but the recoil accelerates over a longer time base. Modern ones "feel" like less recoil.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Those paper shells take me back to my childhood. Dad always had a box or two in the cabinet above the broom closet in the kitchen.

 

[Revdev86]

Those paper shells take me back to my childhood. Dad always had a box or two in the cabinet above the broom closet in the kitchen.

Would you like a box? I’d love for them to be with someone who enjoys them for what they are

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Would you like a box? I’d love for them to be with someone who enjoys them for what they are

No, but thank you for the generous offer!