Identification help?

[ex-LT]

I bought a sealed can of Bulgarian 7.62x54R. The headstamps indicate they were manufactured in 1955. They've all gone bang.

Does ammunition, assuming it's kept reasonably dry and cool, ever go bad?

Not sure, but a few years ago (OK, thirty), my dad and some of my uncles were using some Argentine surplus in their .308s, and I would guess one out of every ten would fail to go 'bang!'. Not a big issue if you were at the range, but mighty irritating when you have a 10-point buck in your scope.

[Seismic Sam]

I still find RA 42 45 ACP cases out at Oakdale, and as yet I haven't seen any duds mixed in with the empty brass, so ammunition is pretty much timeless, and those RA 42 rounds are in a HELL of a lot better shape than me or HammAR. (Or ttousi....)

[DeanC]

Not sure, but a few years ago (OK, thirty), my dad and some of my uncles were using some Argentine surplus in their .308s, and I would guess one out of every ten would fail to go 'bang!'. Not a big issue if you were at the range, but mighty irritating when you have a 10-point buck in your scope.

But you probably wouldn't be using FMJ milsurp for hunting anyhow, right?