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I would gladly take those of your hands just kidding. Those loads will bring premium $'s if you wanted to sell them. In my opinion they are much better for elk than the 200 grain loads. I've had trouble with old ammo. Pre WW2 shotgun ammo splitting at the base. 1988 isn't old.
I prefer classic. Semper Fi I used to run with the hare. Now I'm envious of the tortoise and I do my own stunts but rarely intentionally
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I have a stash of old Remington .350 Rem Mag ammo that I'm starting to wonder about. Purchased in 1988, 250 grain factory load, green and yellow box. Pretty sure it was made before 1985, don't know when they discontinued the 250 gr load, but its not the older green and white boxes. I did shoot a few rounds 3 or 4 years ago and they were fine. Its been stored indoors, but may have been in an unconditioned garage for a few years. Would you trust it for hunting at this stage? I'm still shooting some 7X57mm that I bought in 1958 that was produced in the late 1890's. IIRC, I paid $15 dollars for 1,000 rounds (175 gr. RN FMJ). I use it in a Remington M1905 Rolling Block that I bought at age 15 (mail-order from Golden State Arms) for $9.95. It's a shame that such firearms can't be readily found now at such prices! Anyway the ammo still fires with only a very rare dud.
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I found old ammo reliable about 5 years ago when I decided to hunt Whitetail with some old 250-3000 ammo that my Father left me. The bullets were re-seated .025 deeper to make sure they had not bonded with the case. 87 grain ammo worked.
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Mike, you do know that rule 1 with an old muzzle loader is to make damn sure it isn,t loaded. 200 year old dry powder will burn! Muddy Sure - but there's a difference between "burn" and perform somewhere near original spec and be reliable on big game. Well, will probably put it up for sale sometime anyway. Unless something changes, really don't have a need for a .350 RemMag, much less 250 gr loads. Held onto it this long (Rem 700 Classic bought in 1985) because its just about the most consistently accurate rifles I've ever used. Heat and moisture will degrade stored ammo. Moisture issues, at some point you'll detect visible clues on the bullet and case. Heat issues, may chemically break down the load, having no visible clues. Storage in a vehicle during the summer can easily reach temps high enough and long enough to degrade ammo. Absent excessive heat and moisture, I'd expect modern loads to easily store a decade or so in great shape. In ideal conditions, decades. But I'd also expect that modern loads, today, are markedly improved over loadings from a half century ago, from the get go. So in that context, your ammo from a half century ago would likely not be as tolerant to the extremes as a current equivalent.
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