Found some FA 42 .45 ball...

[BHillman]

is it corrosive? Does it have collector's value? The box has been opened in the past, but all 20 rounds are there.
Thanks,
Bruce

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[JBinIll]

Collectible but the opened box reduces the value considerably.When determing value on collectible boxed ammunition the box is the important part in making the value call.That's what you're really selling in most cases.

[Duane Hansen]

And Yes, it Is Corrosive......

[Dave Waits]

how much you want? I've got about 300 rounds left from a Danish Spamcan of it, all marked FA 42 and RA 44. some of it is still in the 48 round boxes it was shipped to Denmark in.

[John Sukey]

Speaking of surplus ammo, I have a packet of
Cartridges SA
Ball
Martini Henry rifle
Rolled Case
Mk III 1891
RL
I am not about to open it.:icon_wink:

[Yarster]

I'm looking to purchase two rounds of FA 42 headstamped .45 ammo if any of you would be willing to sell those to me for, say $10.00. If interested, please e-mail me at yfine@aol.com. These are for a display with a Liberator pistol, which came with those rounds. I would be even more interested if they were rendered inert.

Thank you.

[Dan in NY]

Just FYI, this stuff is viciously corrosive..I shot some out of one of my 45's and after (what I thought was a ) very thorough cleaning, the bore still had red rust in it a few days later....It did shoot well, and it all went bang, but my advice would be to soak the barrel for a few hours in soapy hot water...don't just run water through it...

Dan

[Griff Murphey]

One of my friends described that as a boy in the 60's-70's, over the summer at his grandpa's country place, he shot away an "unending" supply of WW2 ball through his grand-dad's bringback Remington Rand 1911 learning to master it. At the time he did not know about "cleaning for corrosive" and when he came back the next summer to shoot the treasured Remington, the bore was ruined.