Old CIL and Dominion Ammo
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I'll go out on a limb a bit. The boxes are rough, the ammo is gonna be worth about as much to you as it's replacement in retail. By the time you find a guy that wants them, and , if he's a dealer, you have to account for that he has to make something on the deal... Probably as well to just use them and see if anyone wants the boxes.
That said, I'm not an ammo collector and I don't stay caught up on the intricacies of which variation or print run of boxes is uber rare, or anything like that, so really, the best thing you can do is to trundle off to the Cartridge Collectors Show and talk to the folks there, or talk to the Cartridge guys at a Gun Show.
So, sort of a non-answer, but that's what I usually do if I end up with some old ammo in decent shape, esp. if I have not got a gun for it.
Cheers
Trev
That said, I'm not an ammo collector and I don't stay caught up on the intricacies of which variation or print run of boxes is uber rare, or anything like that, so really, the best thing you can do is to trundle off to the Cartridge Collectors Show and talk to the folks there, or talk to the Cartridge guys at a Gun Show.
So, sort of a non-answer, but that's what I usually do if I end up with some old ammo in decent shape, esp. if I have not got a gun for it.
Cheers
Trev
blasted_saber
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- A blue part of Ontario
I just shoot em and use the nice older boxes for storing gun related stuff like choke tubes/wrenches etc in the gun room. Keeps things neat and looks good.
old CIL and Dominion ammo
I have bought lots of old shotgun ammo over the years and won't pay more than $8 to $10 dollars a box . sometimes it's really smokey and I have always found the Imperial ammo to be hot - warn loads . as for the rifle rounds I saw one that said DM 42 on the rim . that round might have a corrosive primer . as for the rest if it turns your crank hand on to a box to display properly and either shoot or sell the rest. JMO
I have bought lots of old shotgun ammo over the years and won't pay more than $8 to $10 dollars a box . sometimes it's really smokey and I have always found the Imperial ammo to be hot - warn loads . as for the rifle rounds I saw one that said DM 42 on the rim . that round might have a corrosive primer . as for the rest if it turns your crank hand on to a box to display properly and either shoot or sell the rest. JMO
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- windsor,ontario
i would not shoot it its old ammo thats more a piece of canada now just put it on a shelf or sell it to some one who will if i had the money right now i would
blasted_saber
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- A blue part of Ontario
Ammo was made to be shot. Keep one from each box, enjoy the rest, display the boxes.
I just acquired some Winchester .22LR made in Coboug ON. Of the 250 I recieved, 249 will shortly be going *bang*
It is very common shotgun ammo and not that old. Shoot it and enjoy it. Nothing a collector would get excited over.
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The DM 42 is American .30-'06 made during the Second World War, Des Moines Ammunition Arsenal. The primer is that lovely FA-70 which loves to line your bore with Potassium Chloride salt.
ONLY WW-2 .30-'06 made that was NCNM was the stuff headstamped VC or DCCo: Canadian. US military did not convert completely to noncorrosive/nonmercuric primers until some time late in 1952 or early in 1953. Anything dated prior to 1954 should be regarded as corrosive. The only EXCEPTION to this is .30 M-1 Carbine amunition, ALL of which was NCNM right from Day One.
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ONLY WW-2 .30-'06 made that was NCNM was the stuff headstamped VC or DCCo: Canadian. US military did not convert completely to noncorrosive/nonmercuric primers until some time late in 1952 or early in 1953. Anything dated prior to 1954 should be regarded as corrosive. The only EXCEPTION to this is .30 M-1 Carbine amunition, ALL of which was NCNM right from Day One.
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