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Posted: 7/30/2009 4:47:16 PM EDT
| Would Twin Cities, 1966 production, 5.56 ammo be GTG or would it be from before the powder was changed ? |
Depends on how it's been stored all these years. If it's been high and dry, it should go bang. There's really only one way to find out. 
I wouldn't rely on it for duty ammo, but you can always pull a few at random and inspect the powder. I've fired ammo that was fine after 60 years. It seems it can last indefinitely under the right conditions. What did the fellas in the ammo forum say? |
| It's worth more as collector ammo IMO, and is likely the 'problem ammo' they refer to. There is a company on GB that sells collector cartridges - I would sell it to them and buy some ammo you could really use - maybe keep a few rounds for display if you have an early M16 clone. It would likely go bang, but considering the pressures were high on some of that stuff even in 1966, and it may have been stored in SE Asia for some time, I personally would not trust it. |
| Several years ago I had scads of this stuff I think I bought it from Paragon out of shotgun news when they were in business. All in bandoleers on strippers and in the original cans. I shot it all with out a hitch but I also clean my guns after I get back from the range. So it was never a problem for me. Were I going into the bush I probably would prefer to use later ammo just knowing the history of the stuff. |
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