How long does it take for ammo to go bad ?

[LJC]

Anyone no what the Shelf  life of ammo is 

I have shot some stuff that has  been  sitting around for ever i  never had a problem but I always wondered about that . 

[ATbuckhunter]

As long as its dry and stored at an appropriate temp, then it can out last you. People are still firing rounds that were loaded in ww2. That's a little extreme, but people regularly shoot surplus ammo that's 40 years old. I dont know of any "experation date" as long as its still in good shape. 

Edited October 27, 2016 by ATbuckhunter

[Nomad]

Idk 50 or 100 years  plus . Lots of reports of guy shooing WWII ammo.

Not many years back I shot old paper shotgun shells. 

[LJC]

4 minutes ago, ATbuckhunter said:

As long as its dry and stored at an appropriate temp, then it can out last you. People are still firing rounds that were loaded in ww2. That's a little extreme, but people regularly shoot surplus ammo that's 40 years old. I dont know of any "experation date" as long as its still in good shape. 

Yea that's what I thought I have stuff left from my grandfather the boxes have turned yellow there so old easy 30 plus years old and it still  shoots every time  I used it . 

[dbHunterNY]

yup long time.

[NFA-ADK]

This basically sums it up!  Everything I was going to retype was just a copy, lol.

33 minutes ago, ATbuckhunter said:

As long as its dry and stored at an appropriate temp, then it can out last you. People are still firing rounds that were loaded in ww2. That's a little extreme, but people regularly shoot surplus ammo that's 40 years old. I dont know of any "experation date" as long as its still in good shape. 

 

[Buckmaster7600]

I had some 270 ammo that I gave to my brother when he started hunting and it was about 10 years old. Shot fine sighting it in and he had 3 that wouldn't go off on a buck. It was about 0 out that day and I'm sure that had an effect.


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[BizCT]

I shoot ammo that was reloaded by my dad and grandpa in the 1960's and 1970's....never an issues.

[shawnhu]

If you reload, I've read where some put a little wax by the primer and neck to seal it from moisture if they intend to store the ammo.


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[Chef]

lp


Both WWII guns I don't know if you can see the original bandoliers in the upper left hand corner, but that ammo still works


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