fatelk
09-14-2014, 11:34 PM
Anyone else accumulate old ammo? I finally decided to go through some cans full of miscellaneous rounds I've been collecting/accumulating for a couple decades. It's going to be a big job. Part of me wants to put it in one great big pile and list it on Gunbroker- let someone else mess with it. I'm just not as interested as I used to be. Shipping would be a problem though; the whole works must weigh the better part of a couple hundred pounds.
So I think instead I'll pick out the worthwhile stuff. I already have a 50cal can separated with a lot of unique rounds. Few of these would interest a serious collector but I'll keep them anyhow. Then I'll pick out the junk like obvious reloads and the few that are deteriorating; pull them apart for scrap. Then the old but common and shootable stuff- lots of old (some WWII and earlier) 30-06, 8mm, .303 and .45acp. I have 100+ rounds of .45 from WWI and earlier. Those are too old and interesting to shoot, but still not that rare or valuable. You name it, it's probably in there.
I wasn't sure whether this should be in Our Town or Off Topic, so if you're a moderator and think it should be there instead of here, please move it. Thank you.
So I think instead I'll pick out the worthwhile stuff. I already have a 50cal can separated with a lot of unique rounds. Few of these would interest a serious collector but I'll keep them anyhow. Then I'll pick out the junk like obvious reloads and the few that are deteriorating; pull them apart for scrap. Then the old but common and shootable stuff- lots of old (some WWII and earlier) 30-06, 8mm, .303 and .45acp. I have 100+ rounds of .45 from WWI and earlier. Those are too old and interesting to shoot, but still not that rare or valuable. You name it, it's probably in there.
I wasn't sure whether this should be in Our Town or Off Topic, so if you're a moderator and think it should be there instead of here, please move it. Thank you.