Collectible ammo....?

[Cape_hunter]

Came across my old ammo collection. Had plans back in the day to do a display but have since lost interest.
Anyone else collect this old ammo?
Most is live....some inert....and one well it's just a mock up lol

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[Steve M]

Nothing like that, but I have started saving pieces of brass and enjoy comparing them. I think maybe I will make up some dummy loads for the stuff that I have.

 

[Velzey]

This is only a fraction

 

[Ura-Ki]

My Grand Dad had a collection of one of just about every cartridge he could find! I think he had over 300 rounds. I have no idea how or where he came up with it all, or how he managed to get just one round, but he had them! He made a display board of them all with labels for each and every one! The biggest was a 37 mm anti aircraft round with AP- incendiary! Lots of different 20 mm rounds, and several different types of .50 BMG! I have no idea what ever happened to them all after he passed, I think they all got deactivated and destroyed!

 

[Capn Jack]

Once I decided to collect .22 rim fire cartridges. It's amazing how many variations there were. As a number have been discontinued, like the, .22 auto loader.

 

[Cape_hunter]

This is only a fraction

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That was my plan at one time.
Very nice

 

[AMProducts]

Got some cool stuff in there, and some pretty mundane stuff.

I have a massive cartridge collection, but yea, never seem to get around to displaying it, it all lives in my desk drawer o' reference. The crowning jewel is a 300mm GAU-8 round with what I think is a DU-core, it might be tungsten steel.

 

[Cape_hunter]

Got some cool stuff in there, and some pretty mundane stuff.

I have a massive cartridge collection, but yea, never seem to get around to displaying it, it all lives in my desk drawer o' reference. The crowning jewel is a 300mm GAU-8 round with what I think is a DU-core, it might be tungsten steel.

Yep a lot if the norm.
There are a few I don't even know what they are. There is also a 5mm Pinfire which I have always thought was cool.
Prob just store therm away for another 10 years Lol

 

[Certaindeaf]

Yep a lot if the norm.
There are a few I don't even know what they are. There is also a 5mm Pinfire which I have always thought was cool.
Prob just store therm away for another 10 years Lol

All I got is a couple a weird half paper pinfire 9mm.. I think they're shotshells.
Probably quite a few, by the looks of it, have multiples of whatever cartridge but none of X and some trading/swapping could be done to broaden one's collection. Maybe someone should start a thread for that?

 

[mrblond]

Saw something on GB a week or so ago you collecors might like. it was a shell from a battleship.

 

[Cape_hunter]

Yea the big stuff is cool but you really need a place to display that stuff lol

 

[AMProducts]

Yea the big stuff is cool but you really need a place to display that stuff lol

I was recently at a place that had 8" navy shells in their gift shop, I almost bought one, but was like "seriously, that's only coming home if I make a lamp out of it. but I don't need another lamp". Now if they had some 60mm mortars, I would have bought them in a heartbeat.

 

[oknow]

This is only a fraction

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Sure hope the ground doesn't shake to much where you are.

 

[F2CMaDMaXX]

This is only a fraction

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Did i see this?

I can't remember anymore, your shop is a visual gold mine

 

[Velzey]

Two of those displays hanging on the wall

 

[ditchtiger]

I have some of those blue .308 practice rounds. Great for kids and a carbine bolt action.

 

[Cape_hunter]

Well going to move this to the classifieds section.
Thanks all