Opening A Sealed US Ammo Can For The First Time In 54 Years

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  • čas přidán 12. 07. 2023
  • Now I just need to take this ammo to the range and put it to use!
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  • @WorldWarWisdom
    @WorldWarWisdom  Před 10 měsíci +12118

    A lot of people have been asking how much I paid for this ammo, and I’m happy to share that! I paid $392 plus $21 shipping for this ammo can containing 400 rounds of boxed M2 Ball ammo ($413 in total)

    • @Panchoproductions2069
      @Panchoproductions2069 Před 10 měsíci +1667

      Thats a good price ngl

    • @Coldfront15
      @Coldfront15 Před 10 měsíci +1099

      Thats an insane price.

    • @famasautorifle965
      @famasautorifle965 Před 10 měsíci +281

      Give me link to the place

    • @parkerrountree
      @parkerrountree Před 10 měsíci +690

      @@Coldfront15’s a REALLY good price don’t get me wrong but ammo isn’t really something you go cheap on in the normal world. Your ammunition severely impacts your shot placement (obviously) so that’s my theory to why it’s so cheap. Because it is just that, cheap.
      400 bucks for hours of fun at the range though isn’t bad. Just the hunting/sport/defense(just incase a fireteam is assaulting your ranch from 300yds I guess) kinda sucks

    • @jgg681
      @jgg681 Před 10 měsíci +90

      That’s a good ass price, good for you man

  • @moderndayennui4999
    @moderndayennui4999 Před 10 měsíci +13883

    Every time a sealed US ammo can is opened a bald eagle screeches

    • @FIRSTNAMELASTNAME-zt4kf
      @FIRSTNAMELASTNAME-zt4kf Před 10 měsíci +541

      Fun fact that screech you think a bald eagle makes 99% of the time is actually a red tail hawk screech.

    • @oggrow4207
      @oggrow4207 Před 10 měsíci +63

      @@Viktor-jq2bryou’ll get here soon

    • @oggrow4207
      @oggrow4207 Před 10 měsíci +41

      @@Viktor-jq2br there are ways to get them here with you such as sponsorships while you apply for your citizenship, hopefully it all goes the way you need it to. I couldn’t imaging living without what I have so being able to give some assistance I’m glad to do it

    • @babaloons4887
      @babaloons4887 Před 10 měsíci +77

      ​@@Viktor-jq2brI wish i was born there too but im stuck in south america 😭, kinda sad when you see another person saying that america is shit when they dont know 20% of the things in a third world country.

    • @Khornecussion
      @Khornecussion Před 10 měsíci

      @@Viktor-jq2br Socialist? Yikes. Don't express your distaste too much or you'll wake up to the secret police holding a shoddy handgun to your head.

  • @mikefranklin1253
    @mikefranklin1253 Před 10 měsíci +34287

    99% chance every round will perform like it would the day it was made.

    • @BlackZHawk
      @BlackZHawk Před 10 měsíci +702

      hell yea

    • @dianapennepacker6854
      @dianapennepacker6854 Před 10 měsíci +1491

      Looks like it was kept well. I am curious on the failure rate of such rounds. Remember chemicals also degrade although I'm not sure about a damn thing on it. Curious if they keep the same performance for instance.
      Edit: I know ammo can be stored for a while and the expiration date is just there for liability reasons. I also know chemicals lose potency over time even properly sealed. Everything has an expiration date - I'm curious on the time and failure rates. Just a quick Google search says misfires do increase.
      So you can stop telling me that they'll last for a while. Yes. Details is what I want!

    • @krazykyle393
      @krazykyle393 Před 10 měsíci +573

      One time I found a corroded .22LR bullet in the dirt at a campsite and I put it in a cheap .22 revolver and it shot fine. Unless the brass is broken them old bullets usually fire

    • @smokeydapot
      @smokeydapot Před 10 měsíci +230

      ​@@krazykyle393Rimfire vs. Centerfire matters too

    • @richardmoore609
      @richardmoore609 Před 10 měsíci +101

      I've had corroded Greek surplus rounds that never failed. Never had cycling problems in my m1 at all actually. They're very bulletproof.

  • @tester1991
    @tester1991 Před 7 měsíci +5199

    Dude decided to open the most dusty ass lid on carpet 😭

    • @jimmyneutron9144
      @jimmyneutron9144 Před 7 měsíci +39

      fr😭💀

    • @ARedFeather
      @ARedFeather Před 7 měsíci +18

      Fr

    • @Ringer5
      @Ringer5 Před 7 měsíci +82

      Roomba! 😗🎶 👏👏 come here, boy! I got dustys for you!

    • @Phoenix-rv2kb
      @Phoenix-rv2kb Před 7 měsíci +76

      He just wants that 1969 history to be a part of his house *forever*

    • @DW-ts5ki
      @DW-ts5ki Před 7 měsíci

      Usually opens them in the bed.

  • @Juandisimo3
    @Juandisimo3 Před 5 měsíci +475

    Its actually preferable to see dust or sand on the outside of a factory sealed container. Means it was kept in a dry area and if there’s one thing metal hates over a long time it’s moisture

    • @DylanPopplio
      @DylanPopplio Před měsícem +2

      True, because moisture could rust the metal over time right?

    • @Juandisimo3
      @Juandisimo3 Před měsícem +5

      @@DylanPopplio Correct, sand and dust means there is less moisture in the air hence why humidifiers help deal with asthma and respiratory problems that dust brings. The lack of moisture prevents the metal from oxidizing (rusting) and makes it last MUCH longer

  • @PhantomP63
    @PhantomP63 Před 10 měsíci +6582

    listen for the hiss..
    Nice.
    Let’s get this out on a tray

    • @milkbowl557
      @milkbowl557 Před 10 měsíci +198

      Dude
      I swear to God 😂😂😂
      I know who your talking about

    • @bigd7780
      @bigd7780 Před 10 měsíci +177

      Hell yeah! When Steve 1989 surgically cracks open that MCI from 1969 LOL!👍😂

    • @DBZ483
      @DBZ483 Před 10 měsíci +14

      Lmaoo

    • @unclemikeynkona
      @unclemikeynkona Před 10 měsíci +10

      😂😂😂

    • @GuntherRommel
      @GuntherRommel Před 10 měsíci +34

      I came here to say the same thing, but you were all over it. Nice!

  • @palmerconnelly
    @palmerconnelly Před 10 měsíci +8946

    I had no idea the government had a program like that

    • @domenik8339
      @domenik8339 Před 10 měsíci +841

      Wish he wouldn't have said it so loudly.

    • @garrisonnichols807
      @garrisonnichols807 Před 10 měsíci +432

      It probably won't last much longer

    • @sqike001ton
      @sqike001ton Před 10 měsíci +393

      Yea you can buy surplus weapons as well well carbines garands and 1911s

    • @Brucey69
      @Brucey69 Před 10 měsíci +56

      @@sqike001tonhow are the prices?

    • @coldwarrior3794
      @coldwarrior3794 Před 10 měsíci +253

      @@Brucey69cheapest refurbished rebuild a few times garand will go for $850 ish

  • @CuttySobz
    @CuttySobz Před 3 měsíci +121

    Civilian Marksmanship program= Ammo paid for with our taxes and then sold back to us.

    • @hateterrorists
      @hateterrorists Před 2 měsíci +9

      Should it be free? The way it is the gov at least recoups some cost for ammo that was ordered but not needed.

    • @Enjera_Hlm
      @Enjera_Hlm Před měsícem

      Maybe you don't understand. Our money was used to buy something. Then more money was requested so they'd return what was bought... It was paid for twice by civilians and the government acts as if it's a special provision... ​@@hateterrorists

    • @John.S.Patton
      @John.S.Patton Před měsícem +2

      ​@@hateterroristsyes it should be free

    • @sakurasfish2115
      @sakurasfish2115 Před měsícem +4

      Wrong. It looks like that but when you pay taxes and it goes to military budget, you're paying for *the army, police* etc to use it. Not for some random youtuber or civilian to get them.
      Taxes is for the government to provide a service that the country/government need to provide a good service (at least in theory) not to work for you to have fun. They're not the people gun dealer for personal use, they're the ones to buy the guns for the army. And if civilians want the weapons for their fun or personal protection they have to pay for it or else most weapons would be possessed by civilians not by the army.

  • @0pPotato
    @0pPotato Před 5 měsíci +53

    That air seal gives me a relief feeling. Means the ammo was properly stored and more than likely, free of corrosion and harmful effects that could cause them to dud. Makes me think you may have got a good deal!

    • @ElBearoPequenio
      @ElBearoPequenio Před 3 měsíci +2

      The rounds are sealed so not really super important depending on what they used for sealing

    • @Smithy250
      @Smithy250 Před měsícem

      @@ElBearoPequenioI mean if it was full of moisture there’s a possibility for the rounds to fail or be damaged

  • @AgentNoob7672
    @AgentNoob7672 Před 10 měsíci +2595

    Every Garand deserves a treat now and then

    • @wulfski
      @wulfski Před 9 měsíci +18

      I find it pretty funny that Garand fans absolutely cannot accept how overrated that gun is.

    • @timetraveler1973
      @timetraveler1973 Před 9 měsíci +36

      @@wulfski whats wrong with it? besides it being able to stay on par with german firepower and above japanese and fire faster than both .

    • @origintrackz5235
      @origintrackz5235 Před 9 měsíci +9

      @@wulfski Its an iconic rifle!

    • @setesh1294
      @setesh1294 Před 9 měsíci +17

      ​@@wulfskiyou do realize that the AK took it's gas system from the Garand, right?

    • @jaylinnell5251
      @jaylinnell5251 Před 9 měsíci +17

      @@setesh1294exactly! Mikhail Kalashnikov basically turned the M1 Garand gas system upside down, and built from there, till he got the Avtomat Kalashnikova.

  • @r.i.p2464
    @r.i.p2464 Před 9 měsíci +2505

    That's a time machine right there! The scent of 1969.

  • @user-nx6qr1mt6f
    @user-nx6qr1mt6f Před 2 měsíci +11

    Yep, a $1 per round these days.
    In the early 80’s I paid .17 cents for milsurp 308 and .15 for .556

    • @user-by3cp5ri4b
      @user-by3cp5ri4b Před měsícem +2

      Wow .0017 USD per round is realy cheep.

    • @user-nx6qr1mt6f
      @user-nx6qr1mt6f Před měsícem

      @@user-by3cp5ri4b You know what I meant.
      1.00 is 1 dollar, so .17 is 17 cents

    • @YaBoiBond
      @YaBoiBond Před měsícem

      ​@@user-by3cp5ri4b dirt fkn cheap 😂

  • @The_Red_Off_Road
    @The_Red_Off_Road Před 2 měsíci +3

    Every time a box of ammo is opened, a fledgling bald eagle takes its first flight!
    🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅

  • @DarthKanye
    @DarthKanye Před 10 měsíci +2009

    man I want this as a lunchbox

    • @yeahnahman4217
      @yeahnahman4217 Před 10 měsíci +50

      Lots of camping/hardware shops have them, in Australia anyways. Guys I work with would use them often for tools and stuff like that

    • @masongenke5439
      @masongenke5439 Před 10 měsíci +56

      I work at a summer camp, and we use these as our med kits that we leave out at the cabins. I enjoy that in order to treat a bee sting, I have to go grab a box that claims to have 400 .556 tracer rounds in it.

    • @emc2862
      @emc2862 Před 10 měsíci +19

      I used to use one as a purse. Added a shoulder strap to the handle.

    • @tatemushroom1002
      @tatemushroom1002 Před 10 měsíci +10

      Go to a surplus store

    • @wozaow
      @wozaow Před 10 měsíci +12

      American lunchbox, truly

  • @HeisenbergFam
    @HeisenbergFam Před 10 měsíci +1699

    Great tasty 54 year old food, you should try it out

    • @palmerconnelly
      @palmerconnelly Před 10 měsíci +23

      Infinite food glitch

    • @Pranutia
      @Pranutia Před 10 měsíci +19

      Who are you? I have seen you everywhere. What is your goal? What are you trying to accomplish?

    • @sanukawijeratne9014
      @sanukawijeratne9014 Před 10 měsíci +9

      We meet again

    • @chris1to1pher
      @chris1to1pher Před 10 měsíci +10

      it has a spicy tang, and after a second, it kind of tastes like copper, and its filled with red juice

    • @spawntaneous1903
      @spawntaneous1903 Před 10 měsíci +9

      Steve MRE

  • @RalphStreetLaundry
    @RalphStreetLaundry Před 5 měsíci +29

    *This war reenactment is going to be crazy*

    • @LastRookie
      @LastRookie Před 5 měsíci

      "Their bloodied, white handkerchiefs are no match for our guns!"

  • @jakobendreszl8677
    @jakobendreszl8677 Před 5 měsíci +11

    Fuck it, we ball.

  • @dweebus3698
    @dweebus3698 Před 10 měsíci +1493

    *i n h a l e s* smells like FREEDOM

    • @NoNameNeeded10
      @NoNameNeeded10 Před 10 měsíci +4

      120 likes but no comments? Leme fix dat...

    • @dweebus3698
      @dweebus3698 Před 10 měsíci +6

      @@NoNameNeeded10 thanks homie

    • @ianmurray4081
      @ianmurray4081 Před 10 měsíci +2

      And hippie dust……hey it’s from the late sixties ✌️😶‍🌫️✌️

    • @monobiteme6014
      @monobiteme6014 Před 10 měsíci

      Then grabs a gun, load it and kill emself

    • @celeroon89
      @celeroon89 Před 10 měsíci +6

      "freedom"

  • @willprichard9029
    @willprichard9029 Před 10 měsíci +1559

    Those straps could literally save lives in combat. Imagine fumbling with burned/cold/gloved/broken fingers to try and get a box out under stress

    • @ericplaysbass
      @ericplaysbass Před 10 měsíci +95

      Just flip the can over and dump it. Guaranteed they’ll all fall out.

    • @terrybailey9621
      @terrybailey9621 Před 10 měsíci +127

      These cans were meant for rear line to get the resupply runs ready, the ammo could be put into belts, enblock clips, or stripper clips at that location then dropped into another can to go to the front lines. We still do this method because it works and keeps logistics pretty simple.

    • @heatshield
      @heatshield Před 10 měsíci +5

      @@ericplaysbassyeah but that doesn’t work if you think one or two steps ahead

    • @froschreiniger2639
      @froschreiniger2639 Před 10 měsíci +34

      ​@@ericplaysbassAnd now they are full of dirt messing up the internals of the gun making it jam at the worst time aaaaaand youre dead

    • @Matias-dr3ys
      @Matias-dr3ys Před 10 měsíci +28

      ​@@froschreiniger2639all of you are overthinking this

  • @GuardianLords
    @GuardianLords Před 3 měsíci +5

    Better solution than opening it like a sardine can

  • @Mr2ndAmendment
    @Mr2ndAmendment Před měsícem +1

    For those who need more info:
    The CMP is a Congress-charted program that sells government surplus firearms and ammunition at super cheap prices (compared to the same stuff on the private market). The CMP also teaches and encourages marksmanship and hosts and sanctions matches nationwide.
    This ammunition is generally fantastic to shoot, especially for modern M1 Garand owners. It was stored well over all these years, and functions well and groups pretty decently in most rifles. The only priblem is that most of the super cheap surplus .30-06 has dried up over the years, so when you can get it and for cheap, go ahead and grab it.
    You do have to go through a couple easy steps to be eligible to purchase from the CMP, but it's well worth it. I got my first M1 from them many years ago, and have bought both the Greek surplus and Lake City ammo from them, with great results on all.

  • @lckgilmo43
    @lckgilmo43 Před 8 měsíci +1382

    If ammo is stored right it can last for a century. I've fired WW1 45 acp ammo out of my 1911 before.

    • @matthewrayborn8557
      @matthewrayborn8557 Před 5 měsíci +36

      Where did you even find ammo that old?

    • @marshish83
      @marshish83 Před 4 měsíci +35

      I had a bunch of .303 ammo from WW1 that I ran in my Enfield. No issues.

    • @SomeGuy-gc8zs
      @SomeGuy-gc8zs Před 4 měsíci +80

      ​@@matthewrayborn8557 You'd be amazed at the random things that turn up in the weirdest places. I found a fucking FAL bayonet in a thrift store last year.

    • @JoSwann-it9jf
      @JoSwann-it9jf Před 4 měsíci +9

      Packed in lead lined tins with extra asbestos 😂

    • @wojapi7538
      @wojapi7538 Před 4 měsíci +2

      liar

  • @user-of2cj5cv6r
    @user-of2cj5cv6r Před 10 měsíci +558

    This has to be the most American unboxing video I’ve ever seen

    • @RooEfx
      @RooEfx Před 9 měsíci

      The most United States thing you've ever seen.
      I am a US veteran from the US Navy.
      may as well call us earthlings.. US flag code. not american anything.
      You and millions are super-programmed

    • @drich0150
      @drich0150 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Those have corrosive primers. Better clean your gun after use

  • @hishamhardy007
    @hishamhardy007 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Some of the stuff you guys can have legally is crazzyyyy, we can never get our hands out to the variety of weapons and their accessories you guys have! Big love and respect from Pakistan..

    • @user-bi9ce8zz3d
      @user-bi9ce8zz3d Před 2 měsíci

      It's definitely a blessing but don't y'all have access to firearms? Most individuals I worked with had a cache of AK-47'S and then some. I'm sure there's probably a difference between Afghanistan, and Iraq though. Regardless its a blessing. Stay safe

    • @hishamhardy007
      @hishamhardy007 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@user-bi9ce8zz3d that’s right we have access to some oldies, like proper war weapons but they are not easy to get our hands on because import for automatic firearms is banned in pakistan, so they get smuggled to pakistan, but as per the import law every new weapon imported will be semi automatic.. even the new Aks or Ar15 they also come semi automatic.. but the things you guys get to have your hands on are like you find barrels, recoil springs, fast triggers, surpressors, compensators for any gun. E.g you guys have taran tactical, they make such cool weapons, fully customed very light recoil spring, you could air rack such pistols.. but all we got was stock glocks n sig sauer 😂

    • @hishamhardy007
      @hishamhardy007 Před 2 měsíci

      @@user-bi9ce8zz3d I personally own a Lebedov Plk 15 9mm, and 1975 Izhevsk Akm 😂 the only thing i feel proud to have…

    • @GiantMeteor2024
      @GiantMeteor2024 Před měsícem

      A lot of men died horrible deaths to protect our freedom.

  • @handson4580
    @handson4580 Před 5 měsíci +3

    You know its the good stuff when it hisses when you open it. Ammo stored right can last decades

  • @Glassofass
    @Glassofass Před 10 měsíci +257

    I'd be smelling those bullets like Cuban cigars

  • @ChrundleTGreat
    @ChrundleTGreat Před 4 měsíci +2

    I bet there’s a shitload of that stockpiled since the US Military switched to the 7.62 NATO in 1954.

  • @saynotocensorship
    @saynotocensorship Před 7 měsíci +6

    They don’t make’em like they used to. That’s a really sweet pickup. 👍🇺🇸

  • @shatteredglass3844
    @shatteredglass3844 Před 10 měsíci +250

    the dust confirms it’s the real deal

  • @thecomposer3279
    @thecomposer3279 Před 10 měsíci +465

    54 year old Lake City Quiet Pills.

    • @Publius883
      @Publius883 Před 10 měsíci +9

      This

    • @ioele1000
      @ioele1000 Před 10 měsíci +7

      Touché

    • @bigpapi6688
      @bigpapi6688 Před 10 měsíci +33

      Aye a man of culture I see. Every single time I’ve seen Lake City ammo I think of that story

    • @dogshake
      @dogshake Před 10 měsíci +10

      I get this reference

    • @Usureboutdat
      @Usureboutdat Před 10 měsíci +4

      Nighty night

  • @-Ryan_Gasoline-
    @-Ryan_Gasoline- Před 3 měsíci +1

    Damn... They're as old as my dad..

  • @ollirock_221
    @ollirock_221 Před 2 měsíci +1

    „Hey, Brian Look!“
    „Finally after all these years somebody is using us!“
    „But… Its an M1 Garand.“
    „NOOOOOOO!“

  • @KitOkunaru
    @KitOkunaru Před 10 měsíci +1496

    Dude is really opening a dusty can over his carpet

    • @wulfski
      @wulfski Před 9 měsíci +112

      Shame no one has invented a way to effectively and efficiently clean carpet.

    • @timetraveler1973
      @timetraveler1973 Před 9 měsíci +99

      @@wulfski i rub my butt on mine and run to the bidet on my toilet over and over till its clean. some say im just ahead of my time.

    • @ranua9327
      @ranua9327 Před 9 měsíci +20

      and here we can see a long time marriaged man.

    • @davidbarlow6860
      @davidbarlow6860 Před 9 měsíci +2

      might not be his carpet.

    • @StayProteus
      @StayProteus Před 9 měsíci +6

      I’ll open your dusty can

  • @SillyGnome
    @SillyGnome Před 9 měsíci +2036

    I entirely understand the smell you’re talking about and I’m kind of jealous I wasn’t there to experience it

    • @Ovahlls
      @Ovahlls Před 9 měsíci +23

      Find the oldest book in your local library, and plant your nose in it. problem solved. alternatively you could just go into a surplus store and buy one of these.

    • @zedvar3806
      @zedvar3806 Před 9 měsíci +3

      I use to work ammo detail and I know that smell well.

    • @nathanlobsinger5512
      @nathanlobsinger5512 Před 9 měsíci +1

      I’m guessing it’s one of either gun fire or death to a degree?

    • @MisterRawgers
      @MisterRawgers Před 9 měsíci +7

      I mean man this is weird af 😂 there’s more to life than
      being jealous of the smell of ammunition

    • @j.g9022
      @j.g9022 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Bro trying working in an ammo supply point and you’ll hate that smell. That shit will stick to your clothes and hands.

  • @JRoundAbout
    @JRoundAbout Před 3 měsíci +3

    My father had the same ammo can. I always loved it as a kid. He used it to store all of his plastic fishing lures on the boat 🤣

  • @canolathra6865
    @canolathra6865 Před 7 měsíci +5

    I know some people who work at that ammunition plant. Including some that have been working there long enough they might have packed that can.

  • @theqashow2942
    @theqashow2942 Před 10 měsíci +255

    Imagine what a lifesaver that simple strip of fabric might have been

    • @jxdvidz9914
      @jxdvidz9914 Před 10 měsíci +9

      Probably not seeing as it most likely would’ve been behind the lines for the logistic detail to load into enbloc clips and then get sent to the troops in the front lines

    • @jackramirez730
      @jackramirez730 Před 10 měsíci +4

      ​@@jxdvidz9914don't think you get what the strap is for

    • @shanetuma3845
      @shanetuma3845 Před 10 měsíci +4

      ​@@jxdvidz9914it is still a pain in the ass to get the first box out without the strap.

    • @bigiron4018
      @bigiron4018 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Imagine being in somewhere extremely cold with gloves on.. that could save fingers from frostbite!

    • @leftyo9589
      @leftyo9589 Před 7 měsíci +2

      if you are so pressed that a string will help, you are already hosed, as it would still be needed to put in clips. just tip the can over.

  • @letqin1
    @letqin1 Před 10 měsíci +494

    A true history buff doesn’t clean the dust off, they deposit it in the carpet for future generations to find ❤

    • @DropTopLee
      @DropTopLee Před 9 měsíci +28

      A true historian sniffs the dust to make sure it's authentic

    • @looneypersoney
      @looneypersoney Před 9 měsíci +14

      ​@@DropTopLeehigh on history 😂

    • @DropTopLee
      @DropTopLee Před 9 měsíci +4

      @looneypersoney I love history, science and nature so yeah I guess you could say that 😂

    • @looneypersoney
      @looneypersoney Před 9 měsíci +4

      @@DropTopLee snort history, a shot of science, and smoke nature 🤣

    • @DropTopLee
      @DropTopLee Před 9 měsíci +2

      @@looneypersoney sounds like a good time to me 🤣🤣🤣

  • @LePuntano22
    @LePuntano22 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Ohh the smell of old surplus cardboard, used to collect them when i was a kid.

  • @saynotocensorship
    @saynotocensorship Před 7 měsíci +3

    It’s just as cool that you have an M1 as it is that you got your hands on that can. Dope. 👍🇺🇸

  • @leemarlin9415
    @leemarlin9415 Před 9 měsíci +600

    In 1968 I was in basic training at Fort Polk
    Louisiana. Lieutenant walked into the
    volunteered four of us put us in the back of a pick up truck and drove
    out to a bunker. Where we loaded ammunition. The boxes were labeled 1943.
    Worked Just fine the next day.

    • @davefellhoelter1343
      @davefellhoelter1343 Před 9 měsíci +18

      I Bet MY Life on 30 06 from WWII and 8mm from the 30's Wehrmacht and russian from 30's to 90's. No Problems! EVER?

    • @RebelGiga
      @RebelGiga Před 9 měsíci

      Fort Polk? You poor guy, my condolences 😢

    • @leemarlin9415
      @leemarlin9415 Před 9 měsíci +7

      @@RebelGiga It wasn’t all that bad. In basic training there. So did AIT. Advanced infantry training. After that it was forbidding Georgia where I wound up in dog handler school. Then I got that all expenses paid adventure tour of Vietnam compliments of the United States Army.
      I came out all right fortunately. A couple of scars for souvenirs. But fortunately no mental issues went right back to my old life with some good stories to tell. Along with the satisfaction that I had done what I was supposed to do. Soldiers do not get to pick their fights.

  • @wonka2671
    @wonka2671 Před 10 měsíci +119

    When I was in the marines I used to love when we opened new cans at the range. That and the smell of the range when the firing line opens at the break of dawn.

    • @garywemmer9342
      @garywemmer9342 Před 10 měsíci +2

      So. Very memorable!!!
      Life is GOOD!!!!

    • @jarheadlife
      @jarheadlife Před 10 měsíci +2

      Semper Fi Brother.. nice hiss

    • @GrimSoldat
      @GrimSoldat Před 10 měsíci +1

      Smells like victory! With a side of caffeine and hate 😂 Oorah!

    • @TheUsmc0802
      @TheUsmc0802 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Getting paid to shoot someone else’s ammo, it was alway a good day no matter how many times the armory guys sent me back to clean the rifle more!

  • @satansminions4052
    @satansminions4052 Před 2 měsíci +1

    He was smelling freedom

  • @victoriawoodward4113
    @victoriawoodward4113 Před 5 měsíci +1

    My man got a box of Lake City quiet pills

    • @Nybson
      @Nybson Před 5 měsíci

      Spent a few minutes looking for this comment. Good one.

  • @sargent7263
    @sargent7263 Před 9 měsíci +410

    My mom used to work for lake city for 20+ years, making sure rounds pass inspection on diameter, weight, things like that. She could bring home a thousand rounds of ammo for a crazy cheap cost because they “weren’t up to military standards.” Meaning they were half a gram off weight. Pretty insane the quality of rounds the military uses.

    • @widdly-scuds
      @widdly-scuds Před 9 měsíci +40

      Has to fire feed and eject reliably every time, or as close to every time as your clapped out rifle will allow lol

    • @TheAsheybabe89
      @TheAsheybabe89 Před 9 měsíci +7

      Up until the current trend of mega expensive ball ammo like the newer M855A1, its 7.62 equivalent, and the new fangled hybrid case 6.8, military ammo was verrrry mediocre in general.

    • @iwantanewhead2976
      @iwantanewhead2976 Před 8 měsíci +4

      Can u say something more about your mom? She sound like a nice women, working on a bad environment.

    • @erwin643
      @erwin643 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@iwantanewhead2976"On a bad environment"? Are you on drugs, or something?

    • @EgyComanda
      @EgyComanda Před 8 měsíci

      Have you fired those rounds?

  • @no1bandfan
    @no1bandfan Před 10 měsíci +27

    “Dust or sand or something.”
    *asbestos, probably*

  • @Valkyrae123
    @Valkyrae123 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Man really out here with a fortnite ammo crate

  • @Overfence99
    @Overfence99 Před 3 měsíci +1

    bro got his hands on some lake city quite pills

  • @TOKSICXI
    @TOKSICXI Před 8 měsíci +226

    I’ve never been more happy to see a video this is absolutely awesome. Also when you said “feed em to my M1 Garand” I immediately smiled

    • @angrytedtalks
      @angrytedtalks Před 2 měsíci

      M1 Garand is his mother-in-law, right?

  • @heroinmom153
    @heroinmom153 Před 10 měsíci +37

    It's crazy how old these rounds seem from 1969. I have a 1967 Dodge Dart GT that also has a very distinct "old" smell. Beautiful car, and beautiful rounds.

    • @reptilianash3653
      @reptilianash3653 Před 10 měsíci +4

      They don't make em like they used to

    • @nickv1008
      @nickv1008 Před 10 měsíci +1

      I've been told us old fellas from back in '69 smell kinda " old" too. That's the smell of experience. Got to tell you the early m-16 was a nice gun, far superior to the old glenfield 22 I shot. 👍

  • @forhearts425
    @forhearts425 Před 7 měsíci +1

    An Egg hatched somewhere when you opened that. An American Bald Eagle Egg that is…. ‘MURICAAAAAAA!!!

  • @MASTER56555
    @MASTER56555 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Ammo pack.... Airdrop

  • @ObsidianObelisk17
    @ObsidianObelisk17 Před 10 měsíci +98

    I used to collect gas masks and have some old ammo cans like that. I know that smell. It's like if the word "stale" had a smell.

  • @1murder99
    @1murder99 Před 10 měsíci +109

    Shot lots of that particular vintage. It shoots very well out of M1 Garands.

  • @priimo3100
    @priimo3100 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Ammo cans have that textbook/wall paint smell that just sticks to your nose lol. Now everytime I smell paint I think of .50 cal incendiary rounds

  • @WearToTear
    @WearToTear Před 6 měsíci +1

    These are the bullets I’d save for when shtf ammo designed for the military have a much higher standard for quality control especially something from back then

  • @Oddgiraffe123
    @Oddgiraffe123 Před 8 měsíci +1295

    Crazy that a case of ammunition smells like American school supplies💀

    • @GreenEagleVR
      @GreenEagleVR Před 6 měsíci +83

      Cardboard preservatives my dude

    • @BruhMoment-tx6dx
      @BruhMoment-tx6dx Před 6 měsíci +43

      Damn bro ur so funny 😐

    • @mamajuana3603
      @mamajuana3603 Před 6 měsíci +31

      I legit looked at this comment for 10 minutes tripping about what kind of weirdo you are for making that connection then to comment it in such a way...

    • @thomasphillips4906
      @thomasphillips4906 Před 6 měsíci

      you should get your ass absolutely kicked

    • @mynameskid
      @mynameskid Před 6 měsíci +7

      Haha, my thoughts exactly.🤣

  • @Eric_the_great2112
    @Eric_the_great2112 Před 10 měsíci +254

    I bet it did have an interesting smell!

    • @commonconservative7551
      @commonconservative7551 Před 10 měsíci +6

      remember what a box of real "sized" baseball caps smelled like in 1970?, the coach opened that box up and sealed our future olfactory memories

    • @Eric_the_great2112
      @Eric_the_great2112 Před 10 měsíci +5

      @@commonconservative7551 I'm not old enough to remember the 70's 😅 I do have some old documents (turned 100 this month) and they have a very unique smell to them

    • @michaelwatson7298
      @michaelwatson7298 Před 10 měsíci +2

      It's not a nice smell.

    • @slaughterhouse5585
      @slaughterhouse5585 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Kind of like the smell after lunch at Taco Bell.

    • @commonconservative7551
      @commonconservative7551 Před 9 měsíci

      @@slaughterhouse5585 before or after the leaky gut kicks in ?

  • @corr3ct199
    @corr3ct199 Před 2 dny

    *time to go to a re-enactment with very accurate ammo*

  • @jurajokasa834
    @jurajokasa834 Před měsícem

    99% of Kentucky ballistics scenario when talkin bout 50BMG

  • @matt.h_MTB
    @matt.h_MTB Před 10 měsíci +155

    Makes my day to see a World War Wisdom CZcams notification

  • @StepAttitude
    @StepAttitude Před 9 měsíci +7

    Hard to see it as surplus when it's a dollar around. Used to be that the civilian marksmanship program was about preparing Americans to defend our country.

  • @Fadaar
    @Fadaar Před 2 měsíci

    opening a fresh package of ammo is always so satisfying

  • @slyllamademon2652
    @slyllamademon2652 Před 10 měsíci +22

    Hey let me give you some advice: if you ever open a box of ammo, keep it until every bullet from the box has been used. Because if the ammo is bad and causes a misfire, malfunction, or destroys the firearm, you can isolate the ammo that caused the problem and throw it away. Also you could be entitled to compensation from the ammunition manufacturer.

    • @terrybailey9621
      @terrybailey9621 Před 10 měsíci +13

      Yeah with milsurp ammo if you contact the manufacturer if they even still exist they'll just say "sorry for your luck"

    • @richardmillhousenixon
      @richardmillhousenixon Před 10 měsíci +4

      The second half is only true for non milsurp ammo

    • @berryreading4809
      @berryreading4809 Před 10 měsíci

      Yeah lake city isn't gonna do much to replace or reimburse your surplus 1969 produced 30-06... Although not a bar idea for cases of new production commercial market ammo 😉👍

    • @gunsforevery1
      @gunsforevery1 Před 9 měsíci

      “Sorry this ammo was not intended for civilian use. Please turn yourself in for theft of military property”

  • @steveneastland4128
    @steveneastland4128 Před 10 měsíci +133

    Amazing, being from the UK the fact you got this in the mail is nothing short of it

    • @christiannubz4213
      @christiannubz4213 Před 10 měsíci +4

      You can also get guns in the mail and different types of explosive materials (most have to be shipped before they're mixed) but none the less you can buy a few things in the mail to make a pretty decent explosive

    • @aussiepatriotprepper5206
      @aussiepatriotprepper5206 Před 10 měsíci +12

      only in America can you get ammo and guns through the mail if we tried that shit in Australia we gonna get raided by heavily armed feds 😁😂😆

    • @unknownalien3837
      @unknownalien3837 Před 10 měsíci +5

      @@aussiepatriotprepper5206 and these are the same people who want to pretend like the us doesn't have a gun problem

    • @mparadis8711
      @mparadis8711 Před 10 měsíci

      @@unknownalien3837the US DOESN'T have a gun problem. It is pretend and make-believe, 100%.

    • @camerapasteurize7215
      @camerapasteurize7215 Před 10 měsíci +21

      ​@@unknownalien3837??? The people ordering these things in the mail are some of the most law-abiding people in the US, they have to be to do this stuff. It's the criminals buying guns off the street illegally or purchasing from smugglers bringing in other illegal weaponry that are the problem.

  • @rawdice44ify
    @rawdice44ify Před 2 měsíci

    I have ammo cans with 5.56, and sometimes they making popping sound in my closet, my wife thinks we have a mouse in our closet, I still haven’t told her yet😂😂😂😂

  • @dylanlawson9097
    @dylanlawson9097 Před 5 měsíci +1

    for anyone wondering normally 400 rounds of 30-06 would be about $600-$700

  • @ccityplanner1217
    @ccityplanner1217 Před 9 měsíci +192

    "Civilian marksmanship programme" - we in the UK could only dream of having a government that cared how well we could shoot. We had one 700 years ago.

    • @henryrodgers1752
      @henryrodgers1752 Před 9 měsíci +4

      Hardly a man alive was there to tell of it now.

    • @ccityplanner1217
      @ccityplanner1217 Před 9 měsíci +6

      @@henryrodgers1752 : And gentlemen of England now abed shall think themselves accursed they were not here.

    • @dustinhanna4055
      @dustinhanna4055 Před 7 měsíci

      And that’s why we kicked y’all’s asses all the way from 1775 to 1783 and threw your bullshit tea in the ocean. #Murica

    • @AW-zy1kw
      @AW-zy1kw Před 7 měsíci +3

      Barely anyone knows about it. Just a way to get rid of old WWII garands. You can usually find 30.06 cheaper. BTW I have a few of your Enfields and .303 as well.

    • @ernest9606
      @ernest9606 Před 7 měsíci

      Man it really sucks they took your guns from the best friends of the USA allies

  • @gabem6863
    @gabem6863 Před 9 měsíci +46

    Back in the late 80s, I used to do a lot of high powered rifle competitive shooting. I loved shooting the M-1. I was told we were using WW2 surplus ammo. I never recall ever having had an issue with the reliability of a single bullet.

  • @JJones-gw9vy
    @JJones-gw9vy Před 4 měsíci

    That hiss was so *nice* that it woke up Steve, himself.

  • @badkatrising3918
    @badkatrising3918 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Breaking the seals reminds me of this
    “The leading horse is white
    The second horse is red
    The third one is a black
    The last one is a green.”

    • @MikeDPlxztc
      @MikeDPlxztc Před měsícem +1

      If you want to see something interesting check out how many countries that use those colors in their flags and who they are

  • @joshanderson924
    @joshanderson924 Před 9 měsíci +517

    That string around the first box is super important. You don't want to be fiddling with packaging when you're in a gunfight with enemy troops.

    • @the_steamtrain1642
      @the_steamtrain1642 Před 9 měsíci +3

      I mean... Maybe?

    • @gunsforevery1
      @gunsforevery1 Před 9 měsíci +67

      You wouldn’t be fiddling around with boxed ammunition anywhere near the front line.
      Imagine opening this. Dumping a box. Opening the box, and then trying to load your enbloc clips while getting fired at.
      This type of ammo was opened way behind the front, loaded into clips and belts and then taken to the front ready to use.

    • @joshanderson924
      @joshanderson924 Před 9 měsíci +18

      @@gunsforevery1 You're assuming everything is going as planned. War gets messy...

    • @gunsforevery1
      @gunsforevery1 Před 9 měsíci +9

      @@joshanderson924 again, they wouldn’t bring these up to the front line troops. These would be loaded up miles and miles and miles away from the front line. Crates of clipped ammo was specifically made for this reason.
      You aren’t going to get some combat arms troop opening this box, rounding up some empty clips and magazines trying to load while in combat

    • @gunsforevery1
      @gunsforevery1 Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@joshanderson924 it’s anecdotal but the only time I ever saw boxed, unclipped ammo was stateside. Overseas all ammo we received was in 30 round boxes, on clips, in 4 pocket bandoliers.

  • @JamesScrote
    @JamesScrote Před 10 měsíci +63

    So dope. Wish the CMP had 1911s again

    • @JJAB91
      @JJAB91 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Don't the do those in phases?

    • @cbtillery135
      @cbtillery135 Před 10 měsíci +4

      I need to look more into the CMP when I'm an adult in a couple years. Looks like potentially the cheapest way of getting a Garand these days.

    • @JamesScrote
      @JamesScrote Před 10 měsíci

      @@JJAB91 I just looked and I guess they do

    • @ethans7914
      @ethans7914 Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@cbtillery135me too its a pretty good amount of stuff to do. But the garand would be a good reward if able to get one

    • @cbtillery135
      @cbtillery135 Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@ethans7914 they're saying a rack grade one's only $850, seeing as an average Garand is a $1,000+ venture, this sounds pretty damn good to me.

  • @CTrooper501
    @CTrooper501 Před 2 měsíci +1

    *goes to a milsim event and forgets to put the blanks back into the gun instead of the real rounds* -shoots at a opposing simer' "God damn that guy is good at pretending to be hit, even the red mist too!"

  • @DefaultProphet
    @DefaultProphet Před 7 měsíci

    Homie drawing in asbestos

  • @noelht1
    @noelht1 Před 9 měsíci +52

    That’s the smell of freedom coming out of the cam

    • @user-ju8lt8ip1x
      @user-ju8lt8ip1x Před 6 měsíci

      Dude got scammed, he brought ammo his tax money bought 😂

  • @nucleargaming5904
    @nucleargaming5904 Před 8 měsíci +41

    That smell is known as FREEDOM

  • @angrytedtalks
    @angrytedtalks Před 2 měsíci

    When the government sends you expired bullets...

  • @CatDogDailyPosts
    @CatDogDailyPosts Před 3 měsíci

    This is what to order if the delivery guy doesn’t treat your packages with care and just throws them at your door…

  • @bobbrown5529
    @bobbrown5529 Před 9 měsíci +101

    what a nice package to get in the mail .

    • @ronsamborski6230
      @ronsamborski6230 Před 8 měsíci

      I’d be excited like Christmas morning! 🎅🏼

    • @0LexuZ0
      @0LexuZ0 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Too bad it's not good ol' pipe bombs...

  • @sawedhammer2679
    @sawedhammer2679 Před 10 měsíci +43

    Those are some real lake city quiet pills

    • @Purriah
      @Purriah Před 10 měsíci

      Hell yes I knew someone else thought of that immediately

  • @MOTOR_1isMoving
    @MOTOR_1isMoving Před 2 měsíci

    Uncle Sam sprinkled a little asbestos on that ammo can for ya 😂 🇺🇸

  • @EchoBravo-ur3qr
    @EchoBravo-ur3qr Před 7 měsíci +1

    That was the smell of freedom brother

    • @june9914
      @june9914 Před 6 měsíci

      I think it’s the smell of the cardboard decaying which allegedly smells like dust and vanilla (go check the old yellow books in the library if you want a feel). That or it’s sulphur because the gunpowder has gone bad

    • @EchoBravo-ur3qr
      @EchoBravo-ur3qr Před 6 měsíci

      @@june9914 It was a metaphor...
      But still, they used to create vacuum in these boxes.
      No Oxygen= No Bad Gunpowder

  • @settratheimperishable4093
    @settratheimperishable4093 Před 8 měsíci +38

    That's sealed better than the cork of a good bottle of wine

  • @VDJEcKz
    @VDJEcKz Před 9 měsíci +146

    Beautifully preserved

  • @wesleypepple7525
    @wesleypepple7525 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Popped his first cherry, SEMPER FI youg man

  • @360pic
    @360pic Před 9 měsíci +16

    Amazon can take a lesson on box 📦 size from these guys.

  • @combatprotips
    @combatprotips Před 9 měsíci +226

    That scent you smelled, that was the scent of freedom.

    • @combatprotips
      @combatprotips Před 9 měsíci +4

      @@elyc4459 😉

    • @NOTAGOVTAGENT
      @NOTAGOVTAGENT Před 9 měsíci +10

      yeah ,your taxes paid to make that ammo and then the govt sells it back to you...with tax included haha

    • @combatprotips
      @combatprotips Před 9 měsíci +7

      @@NOTAGOVTAGENT that is a very US Gov thing to do. I expect nothing less. Not that you would... Have a hand in that.🧐

    • @Juice-Maker
      @Juice-Maker Před 9 měsíci +4

      ​@@combatprotipsshit now that i think about it, his name is a little suspicious 🕵

    • @rowbes
      @rowbes Před 9 měsíci +2

      what does freedom have to with guns?

  • @narutofanz4
    @narutofanz4 Před 6 měsíci

    I love ammo unboxing, that textbook smell is one to remember indeed

  • @Muff1nDuck8r
    @Muff1nDuck8r Před 2 měsíci

    "It cost 400,000 dollars to fire this weapon, for twelve seconds."-Heavy The Fatass weapons guy

  • @FisherTPS
    @FisherTPS Před 9 měsíci +143

    can we get more videos like this?

  • @paulw9516
    @paulw9516 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Ah, I thought that I heard your M1 Garand saying that it was hungry 🤔 😕 👂

  • @The_Hanged-Man
    @The_Hanged-Man Před 6 měsíci

    The M1 Garand:
    "Delicious. Finally some good fucking food!"

  • @singeslayer8367
    @singeslayer8367 Před 6 měsíci

    my man forgot to say "nice hiss"

  • @djnone8137
    @djnone8137 Před 8 měsíci +14

    Carrying those for 20 miles on a hump through the hills of California with 80 lbs of gear in your ruk in a fire team still gives the palms of my hands nightsweats and PTSD flashbacks.
    Just keep in mind military munition runs a little hot compared to civilian rounds. Military likes their velocity.

    • @gunsforevery1
      @gunsforevery1 Před 4 měsíci

      It’s not so much about velocity. It’s about having a round that will function even in the most adverse conditions. In extreme heat and extreme cold it needs to have the same performance and be able operate the firearms in those conditions.

    • @wharris7594
      @wharris7594 Před 3 měsíci

      KOREAN WAR COLD TEMPS

  • @Keepnthem
    @Keepnthem Před 8 měsíci +10

    I ordered my Garand and fed ex delivered it 9 days later, I ordered my can of ammo on Monday, and fed ex delivered it on Thursday. What a fantastic experience it was. The absolute best people to do business with.

    • @stormtrooper3660
      @stormtrooper3660 Před měsícem

      Where do you buy ww2 weapons (especially an M1 garand)

  • @thebadlander3608
    @thebadlander3608 Před 7 měsíci

    NAHHH “open a school textbook”

  • @EdieBabeMonster
    @EdieBabeMonster Před 6 měsíci

    You said “head stamp”😂😂😂

  • @3ountyhunter
    @3ountyhunter Před 9 měsíci +6

    I miss when the CMP could beat market pricing.

  • @oscarwilfredodiazcruz
    @oscarwilfredodiazcruz Před 9 měsíci +17

    How lucky you are to have such an opportunity to open and use that kind of ammunition!