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How it looked when I opened the box, the lid is kept closed by those metal wires intertwined with each other. (It was falling apart!)
I ended up keeping the front of this crate because I thought it was so cool. You can see at the bottom right that it’s from 11/1979.
The back of the box
The right side of the box
The left side of the box
I used some pliers and got this crate opened!
A little surface rust on the 3 ammo cans. It was only on the top of the lids and carry handles. At this point the crate was falling apart!
Here are the 3, 300rd ammo cans that were in the crate.
I had to pry them open! The pink ribbon is a nice touch. Haha.
40 Rounds 7.62mm Ball L2A2, 22nd NOV. 1979. LOT 26 MAL 11-79
The ammo looks pretty good! Not very shiny but great for being 39 years old!
yodadude
I use to shoot 900 rounds of that stuff while on week end training in the 70's
Immune2Iocaine
Best If Shot By: 12/31/2017....Doh!
bestdamnusername
I bought some of that. Shoots great in my C308. Mine was 1982.
SeanSweat
Finally an unboxing I care about
the0thermrt
Mmmm Malay ball. Love the pink twine. Not as good as radway or dag but it goes pew
codyshredd
PUBG is calling my name.
cylogenix
Are you prepairing for a real Pubg? Dont forget to find an AKM.
zeroexistence
I read on the news someone found a grenade from ww2 and it's still active. One wouldn't think some rusty big stick can explode.
unheardscreams
"Not very shiny but great for being 39 years old!" I resent that remark
TJ31
EA's next DLC
MidLifeChrysler
That is a mega score.. I can't really afford to shoot my FAL much any more.
TiGRIOSindustriesRnD
3 .45 rounds, a Nuka-Cola bottle, and a bobby pin.
Timeandrelativedimensionsinspaghetti
It should be fine since its been sealed in. I don't think there's bullets expire as long as they aren't exposed to a volatile environment
SaveThePanzer
Everything does over time, but properly stored ammo will outlast us most likely.
taly6
The box just says 7.62 is it 7.62x51 aka .308 or is it just a different way to say 30.06 by meaning 7.62x63.
jimjamjimmerjimmyjames
It's 7.62x51 NATO, and as its marked L2A2 it's of British origin.
BigBoyBrian728
7.62Nato. As in 7.62x51
Pandycol
It's pretty dcent ammo; I've recently procured and fired some of this ammo. All 120 went bang. Enjoy it!
BigBoyBrian728
Awesome I’m glad to hear it!
CotterPyke
only ammo i've seen that is really unreliable is, like you'd expect, Tula steel ammo... its garbage, 1 in 100 seem to be duds.
theclassiest
Gahhh i can smell the brass and powder from here
Turalon780
Some ammo lasts a long time. I've seen stuff dated from WW2 used as training ammo for target shooting
2and900
Isis was using a 105mm German AT gun from WW2, I'd assume the ammo was just as old.
Icowom
As a Malaysian, I don't know we made M80 ball, neat to see pics of it being unpacked outside a camp
Knifesmith
Is this the cheap stuff that's all over the place now? Is it corrosive? Boxer or Berdan?
BigBoyBrian728
It’s non -corrosive berdan primed
Knifesmith
Hmm... So not easily reloadable, but not a real pain in the butt cleaning wise... May have to pick up a couple of crates :)
MerToo
the one with the pink ribbon has the 2kg of pure heroin
Spikedcoffeebeans
I saw Wars Dogs, you need to repackage that and sell it to the us government for $300,000,000.00
shakinmyhead
Open the box, the box, open it, oh no 2 more boxes, no i dont want to look at the boxes, open the boxes, ah finally some bullets, expected+1
DarthSpock
Exactly how I felt lol
Cerebralbore101
Those old ammo tins are great for storing things. Completely waterproof, and there's a lever on the side to clamp them shut.
Anonawesome
There are videos for making the wider ones into portable wood burning stoves. Super cool!
stonebreaker6
There are very few problems a copious amount of 7.62x51 can’t fix. Semper Fi.
BigBoyBrian728
Thanks man.
HodorFirstOfHisName
Except for a sore shoulder
MidLifeChrysler
On the Eighth Day, the lord created a bipod-mounted, crew-served weapon, and saw that it was good.
SenorGonzo
Is this still save to use?
wee0x1b
I have ammo from WWI. I don't shoot it much, but it fires.
shhep
Depends on which end of the gun you're located.
theglimmeringwarlock
It is, bought similar to what O.P. posted, have an ak47. Fires just fine. They were coridian based primers though, so cant reuse.
SaveThePanzer
Easily. I shoot surplus rounds from the '30s regularly.
BigBoyBrian728
Yea! Old ammo like this is used all the time, the only issue would be if it got wet but there’s no signs of anything wrong with it.
DefendPopPunk
@op Whenever I buy old military ammo I assume it’s corrosive not made with boxer primers and update my cleaning method. Do you do the same?
DefendPopPunk
@op you seem well versed in weapons/ammo care, I’m just genuinely curious!
statetheobvious
Or if it was from a batch sabotaged to explode by CIA?
bloodlustunicorn
Doesn't all good ammo explode?
TheCrappyDetective
Lol. Exactly
TheScottishRonSwanson
Much did it cost you.
BigBoyBrian728
$360
LOLOLOOLOL
So about tree fiddy
TheScottishRonSwanson
Not too bad
ematic
As a Canadian...that's a good price haha.
armedandfriendly
Dang, thats a really great deal. Lucky for me I have a CMP near buy so I can get bulk ammo for my M1.
justvenomcake
Lucky, I have to drive all the way up to near Cleveland from Cincinnati to get to my nearest CMP seller.
ClosetEconomist
Sooo....almost tree fiddy?
PurityOfEssence
Where did you buy it? Sorry if it was asked elsewhere. I've gotten bulk 7.62 that won't cycle (underloaded).
TheAsterite
Sgammo is where I get my surplus
PurityOfEssence
reloadable?
TheAsterite
Malaysian surplus is non-reloadable, but MEN non-magnetic 7.62 is reloadable I believe.
Firestar772
All depends on what you buy, I can +1 SGAmmo as well, they've been very good.
Wabbadabba
For comparison https://www.luckygunner.com/rifle/7.62x39mm-ammo so a little more expensive but your also paging for old and sealed ammo
HodorFirstOfHisName
NATO is 7.62x51, sometimes refered to as .308 Winchester. 7.62x39 is for the AKs and SKS, sometimes called 7.62 Russian.
justvenomcake
No 7.62 Russian is 7.62×54R. Primarily used in Mosins and later more larger Russian LMGs.
wingnut98
Not that it's commonly referred to as, but probably more accurate to call x39 7.62 Chinese.
gotwake424
That’s not 7.62 nato
bootydestroyer
NATO is x 51mm
Dranton12
Put.... put it in your gun.
bloodlustunicorn
No reason not to. It looks well kept.
BigTex1
Hybris51129
No wonder he is fucking his gun, his dick is at best 5.56mm. No woman would tolerate that.
nickdillinger
BigTex1
sonicfusion2k
Keep it. Ya never know if you're gonna need caps or bullets to barter with when the world ends.
GadenKerensky
Unfortunately, rubles won't count.
HolocaustAcknowledger
Metro
FloridaTurtle
Bullets and batteries the true barter system. The bullet is Ben Franklins "mind your business" and the battery is energy payment.
Deddead3
Depends if the world goes down fallout style or metro style
BigAdam
Nothing bullets cannot cure.
GiantPaws
Bullets: the only currency that can buy everything after the world end.
toptrojanfan
Silver has been a historically safe place to put your money. It can be traded after the world ends and it never degrades.
cdabc123
silver and gold will be the first "currency" way after as the world is recovering. it will be pretty usless for awhile after the Apocalypse
GiantPaws
No one gives a shit about silver when there's a food shortage and people are running around with guns.
BabyBlueButtPlug
Silver does actually tarnish very readily. Gold on the other hand does not
Alfadorfox
Or maybe submerge it in a liquid that prevents it from ...oxidizing? Hang on I'mma look up what silver tarnish actually is...
BabyBlueButtPlug
My understanding is that silver tarnish is indeed silver oxide.
Alfadorfox
Hmm...optimal silver solution is to get as much silver as you can cast into the largest sphere you can, to minimize surface area to tarnish?
BabyBlueButtPlug
Sterling silver is the most common alloy of silver that is more (but I don't think completely) resistant to oxidation tarnish.
BigBoyBrian728
Haha. I’ll just stock up with some more later. I have 5k rounds of .22 as well.
obviouscoconut
Damn. You got monies !
sonicfusion2k
You'd be a millionaire in the apocalypse!
SeanSweat
That explains the shortage we had awhile back.
SomethingHorriblyInappropriate
Got 2k rds of Golden Tiger 7.62x39 from sgammo.com - on sale can get 1k for about $0.20/round
LoodGookin
I never knew you could ship ammo, let alone 2k rounds.
SomethingHorriblyInappropriate
Depends on your location, criminal record, amount of ammunition, etc... I've bought 1k crates twice.
89PercentSureYoureFibbing
Better off having 5k tennis balls.
FBKatB3TAdotcom
incase of werwolf infestation?
devilnthedesert
Imagine all the dogs you can entertain with 5k balls
CheeseIsNaturesFudge
I'd rather get hit by a tennis ball than a .22
Beepity
Kirchmeister
There are two kinds of gun people.
ReleaseTheKracken
The ones that know a 22 can kill and the idiots who think they could withstand it
oieokillertofu
Is the tennis ball launched from one of those machines though?
TOOLfan303
If there really was a shitpocolyps, .22 would bring down most game, but not be so loud as to attract attention from a distance.
relicen
I'd rather have a suppressed carbine in .45 ACP.
ILIKETurtlesAndTrains
Omg yes. I would suck a dixk for a cris vector SBR
pie4155
dunno id prefer the versatility of the 12 gauge
TOOLfan303
Very good point.
TargetedAdBot
When I was in army 2003, i remember ammo boxes had 1980 as date. I suppose old ammo is very usable, but wonder how long.
Knivz
They definitely use it for training
minipancho94
i think for the vast majority the only issue is powder composition. old soviet surplus is still usable but its nasty and makes a mess.
poopymcgee63
This is the whole premise of war dogs
igivetheinternets
Most of the really good 7.62 seems to be surplus from the 80s
TheWarHymn
50 years minimum in good storage conditions. 100 years is possible.
AUselessreptile
biggest issue to worry about is surplus ammo has corrosive salts left over sometimes, can eat away rifling unless you clean out after usage.
BitchButcher
I once found an ancient bow and arrow and the arrow still works despite being thousands of years old!
futuremonkey
My great-uncle had a knife from the 1700s. It was still perfectly stabby after all those years.
Treblaine
Depends almost entirely on the conditions it is kept in. But the longer it's kept, harder to keep it cool and dry.
thaclaw
Same here, the MRE’s were from the 90’s as well
Grillparzer
They feed us field rations that was 40 years old, I suppose the ammo is usable as well.
marsgoose
Depends on the container, it will last until moisture ingress.
bolognanipple
They find Unexploded WW2 bombs in Europe that’s been buried for decades that’ll still explode.
Ragnarsdad
People are killed every year by unexploded WW1 shells. You dont mess with that stuff.
KillerTofu615
Joined the Marines in 2006, our bootcamp ammo cans were surplus from 1960. MCT we were shooting cans from 1950s.
Drakhma
depends n the ammo, corrosive or non corrosive
SaveThePanzer
Doesn't matter. Corrosive ammo is fine if you clean up after it. What matters if if the ammo itself corroded, not if it's corrosive.
SagansLab
Military ammo is designed for long storage, primers and bullets are sealed better then commercial ammo, that would all shoot great.
TargetedAdBot
Actually now when I remember, small 30 round boxes were always in a big tin box that was opened like a can. So it must be air tight.
Ginocide
Those metal ammo cans inside the pictured crate also have a large rubber gasket in the lid, they are water tight as well.
Eogos
We've bought ammo for our Garands from Korean and ww2 era, while we did get a couple dented ones we had to get rid of, most of it was good.
Theman098
Gunpowder is pretty stable, chemically. (Not physically obviously) and will stay viable for a long time.
ChloeRed
If you're still firing gunpowder rounds, they are really old?
Theman098
I mean, everything else is a refined form of the same chemical reaction. So the same chemical properties apply.
HeilHasselhoff
When the Americans were defending the Philippines from the Japanese, they were using WW1 ammo/artillery.Many of which reported to be duds
SaveThePanzer
Improperly stored shit degrades. The USAAFE was where your career went to die back then.
Tamren
Also a lot of WW1 munitions were duds to begin with due to rushed production.
Spfeel
What was your job and how did you like it?
TargetedAdBot
I'm finnish and we have conscript defence forces. I was in anti-tank unit. It was kind of nice time. Didn't hate it.
noideaforafunnyname
I would also like to know this
bloodlustunicorn
Kept cool and dry it's good for decades and decades. I bet @op ammo still goes bang.
JiveTurkeyWho
In the UK army we have shelf life for ammo and it's running up to that time we usually go down the ranges and have a blast
bloodlustunicorn
Yeah, the shelf life is just insurance against bad ammo. Ive shot a lot of surplus ammo past it's shelf life. Of course I have to pay for it
JiveTurkeyWho
Cool, I guess it's cheaper? Can you get it at military surplus stores in the US or what?
bloodlustunicorn
It used to be possible to buy surplus military ammo, now they will not resell it. All XM193 ammo sold now is not surplus, just made 1/
DiamondJB1911
I've shot surplus ammo from the '30s. Worked just as well as modern ammo.
TheShadowsLengthen
Probably would have caused problems in the long run, I think. Surplus + 80 years old cannot be good for a gun.
SSgtObvious
Depends on the round. 30 carbine is non corrosive by nature so it doesn't do any harm to shoot modern or surplus.
DiamondJB1911
On the topic of corrosive ammo, just clean your gun when you're done shooting, and it won't matter if the ammo was corrosive or not.
MacClay
Age (by itself) doesn't really affect surplus ammunition that way.
TheShadowsLengthen
Doesn't the powder age due to prolonged exposure to humidity and/other elements ? Even if properly stored, in 80+ years...
MacClay
By the time the elements get to the powder, the round is badly corroded enough to be obviously unusable. Examining surplus before use is SOP
Scotticus93
I've shot surplus Russian ammo in my mosin nagant
Scotticus93
Shot fine. And the gun itself is stamped from 1955 so it's a cold war era gun that still shoots as good as new
canigetaBAMson
my 54 sks loves the old milsurp
WizardProphet
Russian surplus even smells like the Soviet Union.
Drakhma
https://imgur.com/ulosAWb
waiwode
We've had mixed results with WWII era .303 ammo.
MacClay
It doesn't help that a lot of it was made by people less than thrilled with working for the 'British Empire' to begin with.
mctex123
really the blame should be on cordite being used instead of smokeless powder, unless kept in perfect condition it will hangfire
mctex123
it wasn't that really, it was the use of cordite rather than smokeless powder as the propellant. it was common practice to replace 1/2
mctex123
2/2 a case of cordite ammo in the african desert if it got hot as the heat would make it go bad. storage conditions had to be optimal
RenaissanceFaireMan
Check for a "best if used by" date.
ThailandExpress
PrfctDrk
It's not like it's milk or anything, lol
RenaissanceFaireMan
Nobody wants to be shot by old, stale bullets.
PrfctDrk
gahahah
MmmmmmDonuts
Dude did you just shoot me with an old bullet?