What is the oldest ammo that you have fired?

[EBR Works]

I found a 25 round box of 9mm that I reloaded in 1973 at the tender age of 14 . I was a little anxious about using it but I went to the range today and every one of them went bang like they were supposed to. So, 35 years and still perfectly functional. What is the oldest stuff that you have fired?

[Blue]

I've shot 8mm Mauser ammo from the 1930's.

[Patriot]

Lake City .30-06 (dunno about the exact date)

[VegasND]

I've shot 7.62 X 54 from WWII, 30-06 dated from the 30s and .45 ACP from the 30s. This was all shot up in the early 80s. I expected it would all be fine since military ammo is spec'd to store for a long time.

I recently came across 2 bricks of .22lr I bought in the late '70s, packed away in an ammo can and forgot about. I was surprised it worked fine, no misfires, and my Beretta 21A functioned fine. I really didn't think rimfire ammo would last much more than 10 years or so.

[Matt777]

I recently shot some 6.5 Carcano from the year 1918. 5 of the 6 fired and one was a dud. Not bad for 90 year old ammo.

[Timberwolf]

I've shot Lake City MAtch (.308) from the mid 60's and early 70's. A little dirtier than now but just as good.

[Fjold]

I shot some original 43 Egyptian once that used paper patched bullets and black powder.

[bohoki]

i had some .45 from the 40s

i've fired 303 and 8mm mauser that was unknown vintage but pretty darn old

i pulled one of the 303 and used the cordite as a fuse it took about 1.5 sec per stick

[M. Sage]

I'm fond of the '50s heavy ball for my 91/30. 1952.

'70s era should be no problem.

[NRAhighpowershooter]

A LOT of my M2Ball is early 50's TW (Twin Cities) or SL (Salt Lake) arsenals ammo..

[Gunner1]

I shot a couple boxes of 1942 steel case 45 acp out of a full auto mac 10 a couple years back. At the time I was a peace officer and the stuff had to be destroyed...... Of course I had to volunteer

Gunner

[jandmtv]

I shot a couple boxes of 1942 steel case 45 acp out of a full auto mac 10 a couple years back. At the time I was a peace officer and the stuff had to be destroyed...... Of course I had to volunteer

Gunner

of course you did... lol, if you should come by some more ammo that needs to be destroyed, call me up. ill be glad to assist

(BTW: that burris scope is still going strong! thanx for a great deal!)

[jmlivingston]

Back in the mid-80's when I was a teenager my great-grandfathers goose gun (Stevens 520, 12 ga) was handed down to me along with several boxes of assorted ammo. I don't know how old it was, but they were all paper shells not plastic.

John

[Rob454]

I shot some old WWII 30-06 ammo. i think it was dated 1942 or 1944. It all shot fine but I cleaned the gun a little extra this time. this was a few months ago.
Rob

[Cardinal Sin]

50 BMG from 1952. Picked it up at Seal Beach and opened the cans to find green encrusted ammo. Shot 800rds without a single problem. The M2HB just ate it up. Cant say the same for the current stuff made . . .