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For smokeless powder, decades, my father is still reloading shotgun shells with paper casks of Hercules (now Alliant) gunpowder that were bought before WWII he
by hga 11y ago
For smokeless powder, decades, my father is still reloading shotgun shells with paper casks of Hercules (now Alliant) gunpowder that were bought before WWII he thinks (if not, right after, the trade dress looks maybe too modern for pre-WWII, unfortunately the codes they are stamped with aren't easily decoded). And ammo made during WWII is still good, albeit normally made with corrosive primers.
- mrbill 11y agoWhen I bought my M1 Garand (a lend-lease giveback from Greece, made in February of '45) the case of ammo I bought with it is older than I am. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrbill/sets/72157616506699264 https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrbill/sets/72157616506699264