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Posted: 7/25/2013 6:40:44 AM EDT
A girl I work with who knows I shoot just brought me in several ziploc freezer bags full of 9mm ammo. She said it belonged to her grandfather, who was a WWII vet. It all appears to be WWII era, 1940-1943, some Italian and several varieties of German. About half of it is loaded on old stripper clips.
Should I shoot it? 
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Posted: 7/25/2013 6:41:54 AM EDT
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That stuff is worth a lot of money. Do not shot it.
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Posted: 7/25/2013 6:45:01 AM EDT
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Shoot it but it is probably much hotter than modern 9mm and it is almost certainly corrosive primed so clean your bore with dish soap and boiling water.
It is worth very little as collectible ammo.
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Posted: 7/25/2013 6:45:09 AM EDT
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That stuff is worth a lot of money. Do not shot it. I've never heard that except if it was in pristine condition in the box or had some kind of special stamp. It's almost certainly corrosive. I'd find a blowback carbine and shoot it. |
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Posted: 7/25/2013 6:46:37 AM EDT
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I would save a bit for nostalgia, make some sort of display with it and say fuckit and find someone with a nice WW2 replica SMG would hate to fire it through a real WWII gun.
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Posted: 7/25/2013 6:47:43 AM EDT
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Probably subgun ammo, pretty hot stuff and corrosive.
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Posted: 7/25/2013 6:56:42 AM EDT
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NEEDS POLL
shoot it |
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Posted: 7/25/2013 6:58:56 AM EDT
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That stuff is worth a lot of money. Do not shot it. guess again |
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Posted: 7/25/2013 6:59:30 AM EDT
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Pics of the headstamps.
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Posted: 7/25/2013 6:59:44 AM EDT
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Shoot it but it is probably much hotter than modern 9mm and it is almost certainly corrosive primed so clean your bore with dish soap and boiling water. It is worth very little as collectible ammo. If it is German pistol ammo, it should actually be rather weaker than modern 9mm. |
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Posted: 7/25/2013 7:00:15 AM EDT
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It's most likely spoiled by now, send it to me for disposal.
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Posted: 7/25/2013 7:03:15 AM EDT
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If it is German pistol ammo, it should actually be rather weaker than modern 9mm. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Shoot it but it is probably much hotter than modern 9mm and it is almost certainly corrosive primed so clean your bore with dish soap and boiling water. It is worth very little as collectible ammo. If it is German pistol ammo, it should actually be rather weaker than modern 9mm. Yeah this. Unless it's 70s or 80s Hirtenberger it should be cool. I'd still shoot it in a blowback carbine with a big block in case of some case sep or some other Kb. |
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Posted: 7/25/2013 7:12:05 AM EDT
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Post pics. Would like to see.
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Posted: 7/25/2013 7:15:56 AM EDT
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If it is German pistol ammo, it should actually be rather weaker than modern 9mm. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Shoot it but it is probably much hotter than modern 9mm and it is almost certainly corrosive primed so clean your bore with dish soap and boiling water. It is worth very little as collectible ammo. If it is German pistol ammo, it should actually be rather weaker than modern 9mm. ...but if it's MP40 ammo it could glock up your gun. |
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Posted: 7/25/2013 7:16:53 AM EDT
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I'd hold onto it. It's a ziploc freezer bag full of history, even if it's not worth much.
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Posted: 7/25/2013 7:19:09 AM EDT
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I shoot WWII vintage .45 all the time. Got a bunch of old spam cans of it. Give the gun a good hot soap and water bath afterwards with some bore brush action to make sure it's all clean. Rinse with REALLY HOT water, shake, dry and lube.
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Posted: 7/25/2013 7:20:36 AM EDT
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...but if it's MP40 ammo it could glock up your gun. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Shoot it but it is probably much hotter than modern 9mm and it is almost certainly corrosive primed so clean your bore with dish soap and boiling water. It is worth very little as collectible ammo. If it is German pistol ammo, it should actually be rather weaker than modern 9mm. ...but if it's MP40 ammo it could glock up your gun. Well in that case, send it to me---the UZI needs hot ammo to run well, or at least it ain't worth much with 115 practice ammo. |
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Posted: 7/25/2013 7:21:54 AM EDT
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Pics of the headstamps. This, please. |
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Posted: 7/25/2013 7:23:23 AM EDT
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I shot a bunch of black tip 9mm subgun ammo through dad's Browning Hipower bring back. Stuff is really hot.
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Posted: 7/25/2013 7:23:52 AM EDT
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Has some WW II German ammo about ten years ago and shot some of it. Loads were mild but a lot of misfires and hangfires. I also have some WWII Winchester 9mm sub machine guns ammo. That stuff is clean and in great condition and looks like it's only a couple of years old. It functions 100% but is HOT!
Most WW-II stuff including ammo is rapidly going up in price so I'd hang onto it. It may not be worth much but it's good trading material to a WW Ii collector. There are lots of Luger and P-38 collectors and I'm sure that they'd love to have some to display with their guns. |
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Posted: 7/25/2013 7:23:59 AM EDT
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Post pics. Would like to see. No crap. People hate rules. 
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Posted: 7/25/2013 7:28:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If it is German pistol ammo, it should actually be rather weaker than modern 9mm. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Shoot it but it is probably much hotter than modern 9mm and it is almost certainly corrosive primed so clean your bore with dish soap and boiling water. It is worth very little as collectible ammo. If it is German pistol ammo, it should actually be rather weaker than modern 9mm. |
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Posted: 7/25/2013 7:29:00 AM EDT
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Also, good chance it is on the ATF AP pistol ammo list.
List of Armor Piercing Ammunition bullet GERMAN manufactured 9mm Parabellum (Luger) having an iron or steel bullet core. (Original packaging is marked Pisolenpatronen 08 m.E. May have black colored bullet. This bullet is attracted to a magnet) link to archive server |
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Posted: 7/25/2013 7:29:54 AM EDT
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A girl I work with who knows I shoot just brought me in several ziploc freezer bags full of 9mm ammo. She said it belonged to her grandfather, who was a WWII vet. It all appears to be WWII era, 1940-1943, some Italian and several varieties of German. About half of it is loaded on old stripper clips. Should I shoot it? Isn't free ammo awesome?! My FIL just gave me 500 rds of nato 5.56 and 308 for recovering some pictures off of his hard drive. I shot the shit out of it and had no idea how old it was. Cleaned my gun well after though. Also, in these situations you wanna make sure it is actually all 9mm. I had a .38 spl thrown in my goodie bag. While I would not have mistaken it for 308 or 5.56, if you have something identical to 9mm in there, you may over look it and go kaboom. Sort before shooting. |
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Posted: 7/25/2013 7:30:55 AM EDT
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Also, good chance it is on the ATF AP pistol ammo list. List of Armor Piercing Ammunition bullet GERMAN manufactured 9mm Parabellum (Luger) having an iron or steel bullet core. (Original packaging is marked Pisolenpatronen 08 m.E. May have black colored bullet. This bullet is attracted to a magnet) link to archive server Cool story bro |
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Posted: 7/25/2013 7:32:07 AM EDT
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A girl I work with who knows I shoot just brought me in several ziploc freezer bags full of 9mm ammo. She said it belonged to her grandfather, who was a WWII vet. It all appears to be WWII era, 1940-1943, some Italian and several varieties of German. About half of it is loaded on old stripper clips. Should I shoot it? GD is slow today. Pics of girl. 
Bringing you bags full of ammo? She obviously wants you, dude.
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Posted: 7/25/2013 7:32:26 AM EDT
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Put it in your butt - See what happens?
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Posted: 7/25/2013 7:32:44 AM EDT
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In for pics.
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Posted: 7/25/2013 7:36:08 AM EDT
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GD is slow today. Pics of girl.
Bringing you bags full of ammo? She obviously wants you, dude. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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A girl I work with who knows I shoot just brought me in several ziploc freezer bags full of 9mm ammo. She said it belonged to her grandfather, who was a WWII vet. It all appears to be WWII era, 1940-1943, some Italian and several varieties of German. About half of it is loaded on old stripper clips. Should I shoot it? GD is slow today. Pics of girl.
Bringing you bags full of ammo? She obviously wants you, dude. Pics required; Ammo bags Headstamp Girl All are required. |
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Posted: 7/25/2013 8:27:02 AM EDT
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GD is slow today. Pics of girl.
Bringing you bags full of ammo? She obviously wants you, dude. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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A girl I work with who knows I shoot just brought me in several ziploc freezer bags full of 9mm ammo. She said it belonged to her grandfather, who was a WWII vet. It all appears to be WWII era, 1940-1943, some Italian and several varieties of German. About half of it is loaded on old stripper clips. Should I shoot it? GD is slow today. Pics of girl.
Bringing you bags full of ammo? She obviously wants you, dude.  Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 7/25/2013 9:00:29 AM EDT
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Also, good chance it is on the ATF AP pistol ammo list. List of Armor Piercing Ammunition bullet GERMAN manufactured 9mm Parabellum (Luger) having an iron or steel bullet core. (Original packaging is marked Pisolenpatronen 08 m.E. May have black colored bullet. This bullet is attracted to a magnet) link to archive server Anyone know anything else about this black German AP ammo? 
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