Ammo May 2026

Since we are posting our forgotten ammo….(story in comments)

Ammunition has evolved from primitive projectiles like rocks and spears to the highly engineered cartridges used today. Since we are posting our forgotten ammo…

: The mid-19th century brought rifling, which improved accuracy. By the late 1800s, copper-jacketed bullets arrived, and the basic design of the modern cartridge was largely set. Unique Ammunition Stories copper-jacketed bullets arrived

: In 1957, a child in Germany fished a Degtyarev machine gun out of the Oder River. He successfully removed the ammo, melted the lead to sell as scrap, and used the money to buy a bicycle. Since we are posting our forgotten ammo…