old ammo, how dangerous?

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Hello there, unfortunatly going through my Dad's stuff, soon to be the estate and found a bunch of old ammo that I thought he got rid of years ago. I don't really believe any of it is valuable, but might be dangerous and unstable. wondering about how to get rid of it too. Got some P-38 9mm rounds from WW2, and Enfield clip from the same era with 5 rounds. Several boxes of CIL "Wizz Bang" 22 LR that I rememeber from being a kid. It's got to be from the 70's. I'll probably just go shoot that off, unless someone thinks that it's valuable, the old boxes are kinda cool. Maybe I'll repack the boxes with new rounds and keep using them. Thinking of taking all this stuff out to the ocean and just giving it a good chuck, but I guess the cops could take it for me too....Any thoughts would be great, thanks
 
Good Lord man, don't destroy good ammo! Like the spudfan said, give it away...lots of us would take it for the shipping.

The age of ammo means almost nothing....it is all how it is stored and the quality of the stuff to start with. I've shot up some over 90 years old (incredible to think that the children of the guys who made it are dead of old age).
 
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My grandad gave me some old CIL Super Clean .22LR from the DND. 2 and a half bricks, I fired off the half brick. They went well, but they smelled bad and the odd case cracked. Being greased, they fouled the Remington 550-1 he had also gave me rather fast, but it held up well.

But now, I found out that each box of 50 can get $20-30 from a collector, the last 2 bricks stay locked away. I'm not too sure what to do with them. But I don't think I'll either shoot them or sell them for a while.
 
You have nothing to fear from old ammo. It's not going to do anything but sit there and grow in value. Especially W.W. II vintage stuff.
"...found out that each box of 50 can get..." It's kinda scary what some stuff is worth these days.
 
Actually, since I'm not getting the ammo, I'll speak up. :(
The older the ammo, the safer it is (usually).

All that would happen to it, is moisture would get into the primer or gunpowder and deactivate the round...if anything...they're safer than new stuff.

I still wouldn't store it near the stove or anything though...
 
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