Is this stuff worth anything?

[Throttle_monkey1]

I found a box of 30-06 m2 black tip ammo at a gun show. Head stamp is LC 43.

Is it worth anything? It's a 20 round box.

 

[schick]

Lake City ? Nothing wrong with that stuff.

 

[wild1]

Is it worth anything? Did you buy it? It was worth what you paid for it from the guy you bought it from, if you bought it. Yeah I am kind of a jackass today lol. Sorry.

 

[Throttle_monkey1]

Yeah you are.

My question is should I shoot it through stuff (it's AP) or hold onto it?

 

[sunray]

Most ranges won't let you shoot AP. Not that it's illegal. It's not. However, like wild1 says, it's worth what you paid for it. Being W.W. II vintage .30 AP, it might be of interest to a cartridge collector though.
Uses a 168 grain bullet at 2800fps if that matters to you.

 

[Throttle_monkey1]

cool. I think I will shoot it through some stuff. i might pull some bullets and load em into a 300 win mag

 

[sunray]

"...shoot it through some stuff..." It was made to penetrate 3" of armour plate. Forget at what distance. Ranges won't let you shoot reloaded .300 mag AP either.

 

[577/450]

depends on which range, ours wouldn't give a dam about it.

 

[Stevo]

"...shoot it through some stuff..." It was made to penetrate 3" of armour plate. Forget at what distance. Ranges won't let you shoot reloaded .300 mag AP either.

3" of armour plate? Not a chance.

The German 3.7cm PaK 36 couldn't even do that.

37mm Pak 36 L/45 ammunition

* Projectile weight: 0,685 kg
* Muzzle velocity: 745 m/s

Penetration figures given for an armoured plate 30 degrees from the horizontal
Hit probability versus 2.5 m x 2 m target
Range Penetration in training in combat
100 m 34 mm 100 % 100 %
500 m 29 mm 100 % 100 %
1000 m 22 mm 100 % 85 %
1500 m 19 mm 95 % 61 %
2000 m - mm 85 % 43 %

 

[Throttle_monkey1]

i wouldn't be shooting this at a range.