my fathers S&W Chiefs Special was kept loaded with defense ammo for over 30 years in his dresser drawer, I took it to the range to fire the old ammo and two rounds were duds
had good primer strike but they wouldnt ignite
ammo does expire / go bad
my guess, most ammo will last at least 30 - 40 years if stored properly
but I wouldnt expect it to last much past that, not something to hand down to your great grand kids, it will be too old, possibly unreliable?
Ive bought new 30-6 ammo at gun shops that went bad in 20 years, it had a greenish residue and whatever was used to make it degraded? it was repackaged in new boxes, but I think they use surplus gun powder, they were all duds.
had good primer strike but they wouldnt ignite
ammo does expire / go bad
my guess, most ammo will last at least 30 - 40 years if stored properly
but I wouldnt expect it to last much past that, not something to hand down to your great grand kids, it will be too old, possibly unreliable?
Ive bought new 30-6 ammo at gun shops that went bad in 20 years, it had a greenish residue and whatever was used to make it degraded? it was repackaged in new boxes, but I think they use surplus gun powder, they were all duds.
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