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Posted: 8/7/2010 6:55:12 AM EDT
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Okay, fast run down. A friend from work inherited about 1000k rounds of Winchester Western Super X 30 06 180 grn soft points, about 300 rounds of 45 ACP and almost 900 rounds of 5.56 from 79. He doesn't have a gun to shoot any of this and wants to sell it to buy a personal pontoon for fly fishing. He asked me to help him and in exchange gave me the 900 rounds of 5.56.
I figured I would throw it on the EE and some other places, but I really have no idea what a good asking price is. All of the 30 06 is in excellent condition, from the same lot and in boxes. The 45's are from a "custom reloading company" called Everts Reloading Co and then there is a random box of H & H Cartridge Corp. There isn't a real urgency to sell, so I would like to try to do my friend a solid and get him a good price. Any ammo connoisseurs in the house that could educate me a bit please? If the 5.56 is from 79, I would think the rest is probably from about that time too. I have included some pictures to help identify the cartridges. Thanks for the help. 
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IMHO, the demamd for that particular style of .30-06 is low. No one with an M-1 will want it and hunters will not want to risk a shot on 20+ year old ammo with unknown storage history, etc... I'd ask $10-$15 per box at most and be glad to get $10. Good mil-surp is priced at around $.50 per round give or take, so figure that is what someone will pay for plinking/blasting ammo. I can reload this same cartridge/bullet combo for about $.35 ea.
The .45 lead reloads also are not real valuable. $10 per box is probably the most you can expect. I handload .45 lead for $5.00 a box and can get new jacketed FMJ for $17 or less. A lot of folks avoid factory reloads, especially older ones. I've never heard of this company, and I used to live in Houston in the 70's and 80's. Good luck contacting the company if you have problems with the ammo. The SuperVel .45 have some collector value, so I'd look towards the cartridge collector forums for more info on value. Google the International Cartridge Collector Association to start. 1DD |
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IMHO, the demamd for that particular style of .30-06 is low. No one with an M-1 will want it and hunters will not want to risk a shot on 20+ year old ammo with unknown storage history, etc... I'd ask $10-$15 per box at most and be glad to get $10. Good mil-surp is priced at around $.50 per round give or take, so figure that is what someone will pay for plinking/blasting ammo. I can reload this same cartridge/bullet combo for about $.35 ea. The .45 lead reloads also are not real valuable. $10 per box is probably the most you can expect. I handload .45 lead for $5.00 a box and can get new jacketed FMJ for $17 or less. A lot of folks avoid factory reloads, especially older ones. I've never heard of this company, and I used to live in Houston in the 70's and 80's. Good luck contacting the company if you have problems with the ammo. The SuperVel .45 have some collector value, so I'd look towards the cartridge collector forums for more info on value. Google the International Cartridge Collector Association to start. 1DD thank you very much, I was going to start at 10 a box on the 30 06 and see where it goes. Think I am going to just trade the 45 to a friend and will definitely look into the value on that other ammo. Thanks very much for the reply. |
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