Opening 40+ year old military m1 Garand ammunition

Short video of my estate sale find of a sealed military ammo can I decide to open! Look how this ammo held up over the years!

[@chauntikleer]

Band oilers are what brass players use to lubricate their valves. Band-oh-LEERS are canvas belts with pouches for ammunition.

[@ElkoCowboy888]

That's a can of Greek ammo sold thru the CMP for the M1 Garand rifle.Those cans are going for 400 recently on Gunbroker

[@SidneyBroadshead]

This is an M20 ammo can. They came two to an M22 ammo crate. The US gave out old ammo packing equipment to NATO allies after WW2 during the Cold War. Caliber .30 is the military term for the .30-'06 Springfield cartridge. They came in either cartons (240 rounds / 12 x 20-round cartons), bandoleers (192 rounds / 4 x 48-round M1 Bandoleers / 6 x 8-round en-bloc clips each / 1 x 8-round en bloc clip per cardboard spacer), or belts (240 rounds / 2 x 120-round cartons / 120-round linked belt per carton). They stopped packing new ammo in 5-round clips in bandoleers after WW2 (240 rounds / 4 x 60-round M1 Bandoleers / 12 x 5-round clips each / 2 x 5-round clips per cardboard spacer).

[@cgbhc6667]

“ Ban DOYLE ers” Hahahahaha Horrible pronunciation sir

[@kennethrisner8648]

and you do and say everything perfect?

[@RockHudrock]

@@kennethrisner8648 Nobody's perfect . . . but "ban-DOYLE-ers" was FUNNY!, you gotta admit!

[@kennethrisner8648]

@@RockHudrock ok ok ya got me, yes it was lol

[@danodamano2581]

Look how its spelled on the can.

[@cgbhc6667]

Dano damano Ban•Duh•leer is the proper pronunciation. Unless you are intentionally fucking that up, then cool

[@dentonthomas5622]

10 bucks ain't bad. A can like that cost around 400$ now.

[@waxwarriorde4648]

That’s great 400 is more than 2 dollars a round

[@SidneyBroadshead]

02:14 The ammo is new in new cardboard sleeves (Lot HXP 4033 [1971]), but the bandoleers are reused US surplus ( 02:04 ). Interesting. *HXP* (Hellenic Explosives and Powder) is the _Manufacturer Identification Code_ for Pyrkal, the Greek national explosives factory [1908-2004]. *EW* (Eau Claire Ordnance Plant; Eau Claire, Wisconsin [AUG 1942 - DEC 1943]]) * 02:48 Lot 28140 *TW* (Twin Cities Ordnance Plant; Minneapolis, Minnesota [1942-1945; 1950-1957; 1965-1976; 2002-2005]) * 03:00 Lot 41796 (48-round M1 Bandoleer / 6 x 8-round clip). CAL .30 BALL / 8RD CLIPS. * 02:52 Lot 4788 or 4788# (60-round M1 bandoleer/12 x 5-round clips). CAL .30 BALL / 5RD CLIPS. I can't make out the third bandoleer text ( 02:55 ) because of the black ink overstamp. I think it was originally packed in 1954 (I can just make out the digits "54" on the second pouch).

[@ajax1137]

This was like watching a kid tear open a sealed, mint condition, collectible GI Joe figure worth $500. I just kept screaming "Don't open it!"

[@RockHudrock]

Thanks, man, great video!

[@xipingpooh5783]

What a great find and basically a deal of a lifetime

[@gaberobinson8210]

Yeah I was about to say he’s one lucky bastard to have scored that much for that little price

[@kennethrisner8648]

cool find brother. save at least one of the bandoliers just for collection sake

[@PUM_Productions]

there are still 10,000's of these cans. On a good day you can pick these up for about $215-250 which is about 0.95 a round (also including the price of the enbloc clips). Him getting $10 was a super steal.

[@zouhairsuleiman1453]

That’s awesome

[@captainjoesanglingadventur4894]

Hence the Spam Can man

[@ghostmourn]

Oh nice. I have some Korean M1 carbine ammo in similar band oilers :) Didnt get a sweet tuna can though

[@untermench3502]

while back, I bought a can of that Korean surplus 30-06 in eight round clips. I gave most of it away because it was extremely corrosive and the brass was so hard, I couldn't easily run it through the resizing die without a lot of effort. I wonder if the carbine ammo is non-corrosive. US manufactured 30 Carbine was non-corrosive from the start. I had a can from 1940 that was non-corrosive.

[@ghostmourn]

@@untermench3502 Oh that sucks! Yeah I think your right about the carbine ammo - I haven't noticed any corrosion at all, I know that can be humidity dependent but Im quite sure its not. Also its my GI carbines favorite ammo by far it chews through it with no issues, unlike some modern stuff I have run

[@jimb1566]

How are the enblocs marked? There are codes on the back of the clips dead center of the circle, usuallt letters and numbers. Us Enbloc collectors can identify what you have. Thanks in advance!

[@skippah6901]

they aren't marked, they were viewed as disposable

[@paulll47]

Nice finding, I heard those bandoliers are a lot more comfortable to wear than they look like, is that true?

[@danodamano2581]

I call em bandoleros!

[@tripletg8865]

Aye do u have any 30 cal carbin avialable? I would like some

[@JablesMullet]

What did the air smell like in 1971?

[@santiago4120]

“Bandoilers”?!?!

[@kevinblair5708]

Yes, the 71 means it was manufactured in 1971 check the rear of the cartridge. It should also have the same number with a letter designation for the lot 71 ammo is good shoot

[@Bayan1905]

They're pronounced BAND-OH-LEERS. Not, Banned oilers.

[@cctproductions6976]

Band oilers

[@cncfxstb]

Band Oilers…. Lol its pronounced “Band-O-Leer”

[@gmanm1907]

10 dollars that makes me jelly

[@randysimmons9838]

10.00?...damn

[@Dargox59]

Why open?

[@rugerp95mx]

$10 WHOWWW

[@charliewebb9173]

What the hell is a band ,oiler? Are you reading from cue cards.

[@Sneakyboson]

Ban Doyler?

[@newlevelgraphicsdavidframe2870]

ban -doy-leers? lol Ban-doe- leers

[@LaptevAlexei]

И зачем так заморачиваться с мешочками?

[@johnking1463]

Lot number indicates ammunition was made in the 1940s. As does the 'Spam Can' wonderful find.

[@Captain__Harlock]

I just got one of those for 260 bucks on gunbroker. Course with shipping in taxes came to 300 but still not bad.