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Old 30th May 2023, 17:37
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Originally Posted by tdracer
Why would they be going after the ammo? Aside from being 80 years old and potentially unstable (and hence quite dangerous), why would they want ammo that's spent the last 8 decades underwater?
I don't get it. Steel - OK (for the reasons already posted). But why ammo - potentially very dangerous ammo?
A fair amount of brass in the cases I suppose. Is that as valuable as steel?
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