Old Retiree Needs help, I have several boxes of older ammo, have been in touch with Federal and Maximo with lot numbers for date of mfg and received replies. Winchester and Remington have not responded to even a request about who to contact. Do any of you have an email contact for Wicnhester or Remington at their ammo facilities?
Thanks

What caliber and when did you get it? Also, what would you plan to use it for? If it doesn't loook green or tarnished and hasn't gotten wet it would probably be fine for target shooting, but you might not want to hunt a grizzly with it.

We were firing small arms ammo in the 1960's that had been made in the 40's.

If the rounds are in the original box, and the box does not show a lot of wear & tear they should be good to go. Like EX GM mentions, ammo lasts a long time if kept out of the weather. Primer reliability will be a possible issue, if you experience a miss-fire (pulled the trigger, heard the click and nothing happens) keep the weapon pointed down range & wait 20 seconds before opening the action. Sometimes the fulminated mercury inside the primer breaks down and fizzles instead of igniting. Also beware of rifle cartridges that have logged over 50,000 miles in the cab of a pick-up. Cylindrical rifle powder will break down over a period of time bouncing around inside the brass, the powder is designed to control burn from the ends, but the increase amount of powder dust will cause more of a detonation instead of a burn, which will increase the chamber pressure drastically.

Don

thanks for the info, it's mainly ammo for punching holes in paper. Just rearranged everuything and thought about the lot numbers so I thought I'd try finding our how old it might be. Know I bought most of it after I moved to Florida in 1992. It's been stored in a safe in an A/C house.

Should be fine then.