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Posted On: 7/26/2021
By: Don Wedley
A: Yes sir, I'm happy to say we do! Please go to this page to learn more:
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Posted On: 7/6/2021
By: Joe carrier
A: No sir, this ammo is new production.
Posted On: 4/7/2021
By: Alvino Ramos
A: Yes sir, this is loaded ammo and fully functional.
Posted On: 9/18/2020
By: Keith
A: Yes sir, that appears to be the case with the ammo we photographed. I know a second toothed cannelure on a 50 BMG bullet means it's an incendiary, but it's my understanding that a second, fainter bullet cannelure is not uncommon for M33 like this ammo.
Posted On: 9/1/2020
By: Robert McClain
A: Hi Robert! Well, we regularly sell surplus Soviet and WWII ammo. Occassionally cases become tarnished, and sometimes rounds can fail to fire. But if it has been kept dry, out of the light, and at stable temperatures, ammo could theoretically last indefinitely. Unfortunately we can't guarantee the conditions that older ammo has been stored in, but since we can safely assume this ammo has always been in America we can also hope the conditions of its storage were a little better than the world average.
I would buy this ammo confident that it still functions correctly. It's not necessarily surplus, but rather overrun that has been sitting in a warehouse for a while. I'd advise you follow your firearm manufacturer's advice to the letter, but again, there's little reason to suspect this mil-spec ammo won't run smoothly in a 50 caliber rifle. I wish I could be of better help to you, but I won't promise you anything I can't back with 100 percent confidence.
Posted On: 9/1/2020
By: Robert McClain
A: Thanks for reaching out Robert! Here is a detail of this round's headstamp: ibb.co/9nknZ4X. It's my understanding of LC's headstamps that this ammo must have been made in 1981. I can't guarantee with absolute certainty that you'll receive the same batch I've inspected, however.
Posted On: 6/11/2020
By: Lon Heim
A: This ammo is made by the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, which is the single largest producer of small arms ammunition for the United States Armed Forces. Lake City often sells their ammo to the private market as well, so they're a common source for 5.56x45 NATO and 50 BMG.
