Old Shells

[Wallike]

I was cleaning out one of my dad's sheds a while back and found this plastic bin of old shot gun and rifle shells. The shed wasn't climate controlled so the have been subjected to the heat of summers and cold of winters for many years. They were in the plastic bin and seem to be in pretty decent shape. The paper shot gun shells were surprisingly in good shape too.

Do these need disposed of in some manner? Should I try to use them? What do you suggest?

 

[v193]

I was cleaning out one of my dad's sheds a while back and found this plastic bin of old shot gun and rifle shells. The shed wasn't climate controlled so the have been subjected to the heat of summers and cold of winters for many years. They were in the plastic bin and seem to be in pretty decent shape. The paper shot gun shells were surprisingly in good shape too.

Do these need disposed of in some manner? Should I try to use them? What do you suggest?

Yes, I have the proper equipment in place to do so. Shoot me a message, I will gladly dispose of them free of charge. 701-339-zero six four one

 

[db-2]

I inherit a Weatherby 300 from my dad that he bought back in 59. The trigger went bad and he did not use it for very long. I did fix it.
But also got a bunch of bullets from that time with the animals on the box.
So I have shot maybe 20-30 of those bullets with no issue. Still have maybe 40-50 bullets left from that time so save them for the actual kill shot. Not sure what future grand kid will ever use them up but they works just fine for me.
But then they are Weatherby bullets and rifle. db-2

 

[wby257]

I would shoot them. You wont have a problem with them.

The Monark I would keep as there is some collectors valve there.

If you do get rid of them Im sure someone would buy them from you.

Where are you located?

 

[snow]

As long as they were kept dry you good to go...

 

[Retired-Guy]

Yes, I have the proper equipment in place to do so. Shoot me a message, I will gladly dispose of them free of charge. 701-339-zero six four one

Does your equipment closely resemble shotguns and rifles?:gotone:

 

[Lycanthrope]

ammo keeps a LONG time, my dad collects some old ammo and once when I was in high school I needed some 22lr ammo for shooting gophers so I opened a brick of some he had laying around, turns out it was pretty expensive stuff, from back in the day. He wasnt super happy but it worked fine!

 

[WormWiggler]

If they show signs of reloading I would be leary but if they look factory then it looks like a good time... I have a box of black tipped ww2 ammo, wonder what it is worth?

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How come I can't give lycan a thumbs up, is shaniqua having the time of his month of something?

 

[Allen]

So long as there's no steel shot, fire away.

Steel shot scares me after a couple years. I opened up a bunch of several year old stuff quite a few years ago and found some that were downright unsafe to shoot. The bb's had started to rust together.

 

[v193]

Does your equipment closely resemble shotguns and rifles?:gotone:

Identical actually

 

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Rifle ammo lasts decades, assuming it wasn’t flooded for a long time or really abused. We kids in the 50’s shot thousands of surplus .303 British ammo loaded during and well before WW1. Plus A lot of very early 30-06. All this was military surplus stuff. We even ran across some loaded with cordite, We thought it smelled funny after firing it, so with a vice and pliers we’d pulled some bullets! Cordite, no less. That stuff went out in the late 1800’s and still went boom!
shotshells - dunno but wouldn’t trust paper shells, though likely ok. Collectors want em so wouldn’t shoot em. But like Allen said and demonstrated -steel can rust into a solid blob and could blow your gun and eyes up! Hate it when that happens!