What should I do? Old 22lr

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Inherited my grandfathers guns and safe.

I was finally able to open the ammo safe (not been opened in at least a decade likely twice that). I found he had 4 full 100rnd packs of Old Browning Nail Driver 22lr ammo.

From some quick research I have found it may be pretty collectable. The stuff is pristine and still has the price tag from a store no longer there J. & M. Sport Shop in Toronto ( price was all of $2.75 for 100 back then).

My question is should I just shoot it or sell it someplace? I think I will likely keep one pack just for the nostalgia/memories of gramps.

Where would one even sell that? This stuff went out of production from what I can tell nearly 10 years before I was born. But I looks not all that much different than the brand new mini mags I just picked up. Clean no corrosion no blemishes I can find.
 
Cool find. I've never heard of "Nail Driver" ammo before now. I would shoot the ammo and keep the boxes myself. Unless someone offered me a insane amount of cash for it. :d
 
Keep in mind trying to ship it to a potential buyer is almost impossible for the average person.
I'd shoot it, and keep or sell the packaging.
 
Here ya go...
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Thinking if it's was anything besides .22lr I'd maybe do a F to F.
But since it is only .22lr...shot it!
 
I'd put it aside for when there is a gun show to go to.

There are guys that collect cartridges, to whom, the individual cartridges have value, there are some that will collect complete boxes of ammo, and there are some who are only interested in the box.

It's not exactly a lottery win kind of deal, but it gives you a chance to talk with some of the old guys that are there at the show wheeling and dealing, and you will likely be able to turn the stuff into some more modern ammo at the very least, maybe even more than you started with.

If you do decide to shoot it, open he box pretty carefully (eg: razor knife) and dump the ammo out and set the box aside somewhere safe, same reasons as above.

I shot gophers on a friend's land, and they gave me a half brick of "Whizz-Bang" .22 RF shot shells. IIRC, the dealer gave me 20 for the brick box, and 6 or 8 dollars each for the individual boxes inside it. All were near mint, and he had them wrapped in cellophane pretty quickly.

Just sayin'

There are collectors of about everything, firearms related. It may not be super valuable, but it's still likely worth more than just ammo.
 
trevj said:
I'd put it aside for when there is a gun show to go to.

There are guys that collect cartridges, to whom, the individual cartridges have value, there are some that will collect complete boxes of ammo, and there are some who are only interested in the box.

It's not exactly a lottery win kind of deal, but it gives you a chance to talk with some of the old guys that are there at the show wheeling and dealing, and you will likely be able to turn the stuff into some more modern ammo at the very least, maybe even more than you started with.

If you do decide to shoot it, open he box pretty carefully (eg: razor knife) and dump the ammo out and set the box aside somewhere safe, same reasons as above.

I shot gophers on a friend's land, and they gave me a half brick of "Whizz-Bang" .22 RF shot shells. IIRC, the dealer gave me 20 for the brick box, and 6 or 8 dollars each for the individual boxes inside it. All were near mint, and he had them wrapped in cellophane pretty quickly.

Just sayin'

There are collectors of about everything, firearms related. It may not be super valuable, but it's still likely worth more than just ammo.
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Excellent advice. I think youll be suprised what you may end up with in trade!!
 
I would not shoot it if it were mine. Keep one pack and consign the rest to a gun/ammo auction. Browning lovers / collectors would like to have one of those packs.
 
After further contemplating. My plan is to just hang on to the stuff. Maybe take the one pack that’s not sealed and run it the odd time in the Belgian made Browning SA22 I also inherited. The other three packs can remain in the safe to be passed on with the guns to my kids one day.

Thanks all for the advice.
 
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