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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ssgrock3" data-source="post: 714381" data-attributes="member: 71"><p>true statement.  I used to guard nuclear missiles overseas; occassionally we got to see other munitions and shoot the same.  The newest .50 cal ammo I ever shot upto 1990 was made in 1951.  When they open those bunkers you would be really surprised at the dates on this stuff. The chemical artillery shells they took out of theater were 20+ yrs old and were stored in conexes in concrete bunkers.  Ammo is really not as fragile as some people think.  the guys in the desert are not walking around on eggshells with this stuff, it is hot, dirty, sometimes very wet, in other places.  I had a ton of the israel field pickup .223 that looked like it was in a war and then picked back up.  stuff shined right up and every round I fired went off.  even the slightly dented ones.</p></blockquote><p></p>