Does anyone know the shelf life of SS109 5.56 NATO rounds?
“Does anyone know the shelf life of SS109 5.56 NATO rounds?”
If you store it properly (cool & dry place), or if sealed in their original ammo cans, ammo will last for decades. I have ammo that is 60-years old and it still goes BANG! when I pull the trigger.
Stored cool and dry, longer than you.
Properly stored in a sealed container (cool, dry place) you can count on them for at least 50 years, maybe longer. If they're milspec, the primers and the bullet mouths are sealed, which means they can last at least 50 years, maybe longer.
I'm talking about being 100% reliable, BTW. I have some Turkish 8mm Mauser ammo with 1944 headstamps, and have only had like one of them fail to fire, and I may be mis-remembering that (it may had been my 1940's era .303 - I don't know for sure).
“Does anyone know the shelf life of SS109 5.56 NATO rounds?”
Decades. Still - buy more.
forever
randomhero97 wrote:
Does anyone know the shelf life of SS109 5.56 NATO rounds?
Yeah, its Nov 5th, if Obama loses and you live in an urban area.
Modern smokeless cartridges, stored properly (cool dry place) will last more or less forever. True military ammo, with sealed primers and bullets, will last even longer.
It goes bad pretty fast. Ship it all to me, and I can get you a small salvage refund. :)
Seriously, it should keep a century and more if you keep it dry.
Sealed in battle packs? Or in a sealed ammo box with a dessicant pack?
A long damn time.