Ca n of .30-06 GI ammo

[RCK]

A neighbor wants to sell a Spam can of GI .30 cal. AP M2, 192 rounds. Marked TW mfg. He is asking $250 for it. Is this in the ball park for what these cans are selling for now?

[dave]

Over 2.00 dollars a round? Certainly it is not worth that much!!? And it may be corrosive too, not necessarily bad but I would not use it in a semi auto. And many ranges out law AP use. I have over a hundred rounds I'd sell for that!

[IditarodJoe]

Arithmetic wasn't your favorite subject, was it dave. $250 for 192 rounds comes out to about $1.30/round which sounds reasonable to me. IIRC, TW switched to non-corrosive in 1954.

[RCK]

Thanks IditarodJoe for the math correction. I will try to get his best offer, maybe offer him $225 and see what happens.

[IditarodJoe]

RCK - I checked my records and Twin Cities Arsenal (TW) used non-corrosive primers in their AP ammo beginning with lot number 19776 (Feb 1952). HTH

[joem]

I've shot the black tip stuff in high power competition and it was pretty accurate. It was corrosive and a PIA to clean my M1. It will punch a hole in 1/2" a 500 steel plate @150 yards.

[jeremy69]

If it's 192 rounds it's on enblocs and in bandoliers. That is a good $30-40 in four bandos and 24 clips.

[Dan Shapiro]

CMP is selling Greek HXP ball, 192 rds/on clips/bandoleers for $115.00

https://estore.thecmp.org/store/cata...ogList&cat=AMC

[dave]

Arithmetic wasn't your favorite subject, was it dave. $250 for 192 rounds comes out to about $1.30/round which sounds reasonable to me. IIRC, TW switched to non-corrosive in 1954.

Of course you are correct Joe! No, it was not my favorite subject but I always passed with decent grades!
Gime a break tho, at 82 head don't work like it used to! hehe!

[IditarodJoe]

Hehe! Consider the break given, dave. Once my brain also worked in eight-track stereo . . . now most days I'm down to single track mono (and with a lot of scratching and popping at that).