jacobslagle018
08-01-2014, 01:23 AM
Alright everyone I have some questions for the experts. Recently I came into a stash of ammo. An old family friend passed away, and was a big gun enthusiast. I was helping his sister pack some stuff up, and when we went out to the shed, there was a shelf with all sorts of ammo on it. There was a lot of shotgun stuff, 9mm, 45, and a little of all of the major calibers. She gave me everything in the calibers that I use, or plan on using, and the rest she gave to the local gun club that her brother was president of.
I got home and started looking though the ammo. This stuff is OLD. Some of it way more than others. Some of them are boxes of 25 self defense rounds with 8.99 on the box! What really blows my mind though are some of the 9mm rounds. These are not reloads, but some of the headstamps have 42, 43, 44, and 45 on the headstamps. If that is the year, are these ok to use? They are not in original boxes, but they look like they just came off of the factory line.
Second question is one piece of brass out of all of it. It has an RP 9MM headstamp, but is jet black and has no flash hole. There is a bullet in it, but I don't know why. Is this some sort of old snap cap?
Last thing is some of the ammo has "fuzz" on it. Is that corrosion on the bullets? Theses were left in a garage/shed that did not have any climate control in it.
Thanks again for any info on this stuff. I don't play to use all of it, but if it is shootable, I wouldn't mind to use some either. Below are some pictures.
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k528/myfragis*****/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011109.jpg (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/myfragis*****/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011109.jpg.html)
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http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k528/myfragis*****/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011310.jpg (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/myfragis*****/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011310.jpg.html)
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k528/myfragis*****/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011337.jpg (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/myfragis*****/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011337.jpg.html)
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k528/myfragis*****/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011356.jpg (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/myfragis*****/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011356.jpg.html)
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http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k528/myfragis*****/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011504.jpg (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/myfragis*****/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011504.jpg.html)
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k528/myfragis*****/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011524.jpg (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/myfragis*****/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011524.jpg.html)
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I got home and started looking though the ammo. This stuff is OLD. Some of it way more than others. Some of them are boxes of 25 self defense rounds with 8.99 on the box! What really blows my mind though are some of the 9mm rounds. These are not reloads, but some of the headstamps have 42, 43, 44, and 45 on the headstamps. If that is the year, are these ok to use? They are not in original boxes, but they look like they just came off of the factory line.
Second question is one piece of brass out of all of it. It has an RP 9MM headstamp, but is jet black and has no flash hole. There is a bullet in it, but I don't know why. Is this some sort of old snap cap?
Last thing is some of the ammo has "fuzz" on it. Is that corrosion on the bullets? Theses were left in a garage/shed that did not have any climate control in it.
Thanks again for any info on this stuff. I don't play to use all of it, but if it is shootable, I wouldn't mind to use some either. Below are some pictures.
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k528/myfragis*****/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011109.jpg (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/myfragis*****/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011109.jpg.html)
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k528/myfragis*****/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011147.jpg (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/myfragis*****/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011147.jpg.html)
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k528/myfragis*****/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011310.jpg (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/myfragis*****/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011310.jpg.html)
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k528/myfragis*****/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011337.jpg (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/myfragis*****/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011337.jpg.html)
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k528/myfragis*****/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011356.jpg (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/myfragis*****/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011356.jpg.html)
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k528/myfragis*****/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011435.jpg (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/myfragis*****/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011435.jpg.html)
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k528/myfragis*****/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011504.jpg (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/myfragis*****/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011504.jpg.html)
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k528/myfragis*****/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011524.jpg (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/myfragis*****/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011524.jpg.html)
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k528/myfragis*****/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011545.jpg (http://s1114.photobucket.com/user/myfragis*****/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140801_011545.jpg.html)