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Oldest Loads You have Shot?
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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 1610996" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>Oldest was a US military 45-70-500 black powder loaded round. I do not know the date it was made but it had to be in the late 1800s to early 1900s. In the late 1960s early 70s I shot a BUNCH of WWII 30-06 and 30 carbine ammo. In the late 1980 to mid 1990s I shot a lot of 8x57JS ammo that was made in the late 1940 to late 1950s made in Europe someplace I think. Some of it had dud primers. I would pull the bullets on the dud rounds put the powder into boxer primed cases I had made out of 30-06 cases seated the bullet and it shot more accurate than the original ammo. It had the strangest powder I had ever seen in them. It was a square flake powder. I have shot hand loads that are at least 20 years old. It all depends on how the ammo is stored most of the time. Keep it dry and in the 40 to 80* range and it should do fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 1610996, member: 10178"] Oldest was a US military 45-70-500 black powder loaded round. I do not know the date it was made but it had to be in the late 1800s to early 1900s. In the late 1960s early 70s I shot a BUNCH of WWII 30-06 and 30 carbine ammo. In the late 1980 to mid 1990s I shot a lot of 8x57JS ammo that was made in the late 1940 to late 1950s made in Europe someplace I think. Some of it had dud primers. I would pull the bullets on the dud rounds put the powder into boxer primed cases I had made out of 30-06 cases seated the bullet and it shot more accurate than the original ammo. It had the strangest powder I had ever seen in them. It was a square flake powder. I have shot hand loads that are at least 20 years old. It all depends on how the ammo is stored most of the time. Keep it dry and in the 40 to 80* range and it should do fine. [/QUOTE]
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