A friend of mine bought two M60 ammo cans of 'antique' ammo at an auction.
He gave me the ammo, assuming I would just blast away with it. I told him he was crazy, that we should first look into selling it. He told me to "knock yourself out, it's now your ammo."
To make a long story short, I hit auctionarms.com and did some searching. The ammo is fairly valuable, now I need to know what restrictions there are on selling ammo, and what is the best way to turn his gift to me, back into cash for him. (yeah, I know, he gave it to me, but he gave it to me under the assumption is was not valuable.)
Here is some of the ammo (and value based on auctionarms):
Peters 20 ga High Velocity (duck cover) $45.00
Western 12 ga. Super X (blue box bottom) 25.00
Winchester 12 ga. Super Speed (red bottom box) 45.00?
Peters 28 ga. Power Piston Skeet 25.00
Remington 22lr Kleanbore (Shotshells) 13.00
Western 25 auto 8.00
Western 38 sp 10.00
Other assorted/partial boxes of 22lr shotshells
I have several other boxes that I could not find on a current auction.
I have seen antique ammo dealers at gunshows, but I am assuming they would not give me a fair price for the ammo. ("No, this is the common box, you need the special limited edition preban papershells, these aren't worth a dime, son!")
Here are some links to the ammo that I found that matches/nearly matches my ammo:
www.auctionarms.com/search/displayitem.cfm?ItemNum=3100302www.auctionarms.com/search/displayitem.cfm?ItemNum=3109274www.auctionarms.com/search/displayitem.cfm?ItemNum=3100302Advice? Suggestions?
TRG
Ps. Yeah, I know this something that could be discussed in the ammo area, but I don't need to know what I have, I need to know what to do with it. How/where to sell it to obtain the best price.