"Just in case" ammo will be dedicated to sit and never be used - "just in case." What you want is new, clean ammo in military bulk pack to store unopened in a climate controlled, cool, low humidity environment.
Cheap milsurp is sold precisely because it's exceeded the "Use by" date. The government (of whoever) no longer sees it as meeting the standard of reliability. It's not trusted anymore, it's old, has too many misfires, corrosion, and damaged packaging calling it into question. If it was any good for them to use, "just in case," they would have kept it.
Yes, I do have an ammo handler MOS.
It's was funny in the '70s to see survivalists buy 1000 round cases of milsurp ammo in the day to store, having no connection the headstamp showed it was already 15+ years old and no longer considered worth keeping. They planned on shoving it on a basement shelf "just in case," and opening it up years later, found how much worse it got.
"Just in case?" Military standard new ammo in mil packaging, otherwise, its not reliable to trust when "just in case" should ever really happen. The 500+ rounds of 9mm I have left when I got a 19C Glock in the late 1990s looked pretty green two years ago qualifying for a CCW. Paper boxes and cardboard cartons only hold moisture and make things worse. It's milspec packaging or you might as well shoot it while you can.
Cheap milsurp is sold precisely because it's exceeded the "Use by" date. The government (of whoever) no longer sees it as meeting the standard of reliability. It's not trusted anymore, it's old, has too many misfires, corrosion, and damaged packaging calling it into question. If it was any good for them to use, "just in case," they would have kept it.
Yes, I do have an ammo handler MOS.
It's was funny in the '70s to see survivalists buy 1000 round cases of milsurp ammo in the day to store, having no connection the headstamp showed it was already 15+ years old and no longer considered worth keeping. They planned on shoving it on a basement shelf "just in case," and opening it up years later, found how much worse it got.
"Just in case?" Military standard new ammo in mil packaging, otherwise, its not reliable to trust when "just in case" should ever really happen. The 500+ rounds of 9mm I have left when I got a 19C Glock in the late 1990s looked pretty green two years ago qualifying for a CCW. Paper boxes and cardboard cartons only hold moisture and make things worse. It's milspec packaging or you might as well shoot it while you can.