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: Sealed Tin of Ammo

lttlbddy
02-12-2007, 08:43 PM
How long will this ammo be good??

http://lttlbddy.com/albums/Misc/Guns/Ammo/IMG_0370-sm.jpg
TheRedHorseman
02-12-2007, 09:11 PM
As long as it's kept in a decent environment? Long after both you and I are dead.
4in100
02-13-2007, 05:05 AM
As long as it's kept in a decent environment? Long after both you and I are dead.


Ditto. Depending on the conditions it was in when it was sealed (usually hot and dry) and whether or not the seal everr get broken and/or the packaging damages and rounds (dropped hit etc).


I've always like the novelty of the SPAM can ammo.
lttlbddy
02-13-2007, 09:39 AM
I've always like the novelty of the SPAM can ammo.

I should have bought two, so I could open one and still had the novelty item.
aloharover
02-13-2007, 09:51 AM
CMP has a bunch of 30-06 spam can ammo from Turkey. Also a boat load of 30-06 Lake City in US type metal cans.

Hopefully when they announce pricing on the carbines on Friday they also announce .30 ammo
SilverZuk
02-13-2007, 10:22 AM
Those are a PITA to open.
Apparently there is a tool that I don't have. Dad and I pounded on the can all evening before we got it peeled off.
4in100
02-13-2007, 10:26 AM
I should have bought two, so I could open one and still had the novelty item.

What size..I know where you can buy more. :D
otherloginbroke
02-13-2007, 11:20 AM
CMP has a bunch of 30-06 spam can ammo from Turkey. Also a boat load of 30-06 Lake City in US type metal cans.

Hopefully when they announce pricing on the carbines on Friday they also announce .30 ammo


civilians marksmanship program?
lttlbddy
02-13-2007, 12:49 PM
What size..I know where you can buy more. :D

Those are 7.62 x 39 but I'm not going to pay shipping if I don't have to. Ammo is an item I prefer to pick up at Gun Show.
4in100
02-13-2007, 12:51 PM
Yeah. Most places that I've found for the canned ammo are a ways away from me.
imwiththebann'd
02-13-2007, 06:30 PM
Those are a PITA to open.
Apparently there is a tool that I don't have. Dad and I pounded on the can all evening before we got it peeled off.


x2, i used a hammer and a flat head screw driver and slowly worked it open
TheRedHorseman
02-13-2007, 06:49 PM
Those are a PITA to open.
Apparently there is a tool that I don't have. Dad and I pounded on the can all evening before we got it peeled off.

Yep looks like this one.
http://gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=65635784

Typically if you buy new ones from sportsmans guide it is included in the box that the ammo is shipped in, for new production stuff anyway. For surplus you typically have to buy however many come in a wood crate to get the opener as well.
aloharover
02-14-2007, 06:00 AM
civilians marksmanship program?

Yes.
http://www.odcmp.com/ammo.htm
SilverZuk
02-14-2007, 06:42 AM
Yep looks like this one.
http://gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=65635784


We used a hammer and chisel.
Johann
02-14-2007, 06:44 AM
We used a hammer and chisel.

Mine came with the tool:flipoff2:
ZJim
02-14-2007, 07:40 AM
civilians marksmanship program?

Wish they'd put up some 7.62 x 39 on there :(
aloharover
02-14-2007, 02:14 PM
Wish they'd put up some 7.62 x 39 on there :(

I don't see that ever happening unless the US was to switch to that round and then stop using it.
CMP is in essence US Military surplus weapons and ammo.