Ammo Does Age....

[Quark]

I was shooting some old .22lr ammo yesterday that I've had for a while, down to the last 1700 rounds or so and I had a few duds and even saw a little corrosion on a few rounds. This ammo is stored in a dry area. So guys clean out that old ammo from time to time and buy new. This means I have a lot of shooting to do.

 

[Vahalla]

Old .22 is always a bit of a gamble, some of it runs fine, some just won’t go. But it sounds like a good excuse to burn through the rest and restock fresh.

 

[Quark]

Old .22 is always a bit of a gamble, some of it runs fine, some just won’t go. But it sounds like a good excuse to burn through the rest and restock fresh.

That's what I'm doing. About 1500 rounds left. The other thing I'm going to do in the next day or so is run a cleaning rod down the barrel as the copper coated bullets were starting to corrode. I'm also going to clean my Super Wrangler to as the ones that I thought to bad for the 10-22 I shot threw the Wrangler.

 

[Jshots]

I had an old brick of .22lr from the early 2000s that started throwing duds. I shot most of it fine but the bad rounds piled up. Old ammo is for shooting days not for stockpiling.

 

[Godzilla]

Rimfire stored dry still starts showing issues past about fifteen years based on my experience. Best move: shoot it, buy fresh stock, and rotate.

 

[Quark]

Rimfire stored dry still starts showing issues past about fifteen years based on my experience. Best move: shoot it, buy fresh stock, and rotate.

Yup I'm finding that out. And don't stock more than you need.