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<blockquote data-quote="Robert Le Mal" data-source="post: 117447" data-attributes="member: 2546"><p>Nice stuff Nightjar, at the risk of telling you how to suck eggs, (unless you've already emptied them) the cartridges could still work.</p><p>It takes a fair hit to drive the pin in but I have fired 5 mm and 11 mm pinfire ammunition that was over 100 years old and of 12 rounds only one failed to fire (got it on the second go). They're probably loaded with black powder so the force of the propellant may have diminished some what but still worth handling with care.</p><p></p><p>End of boring safety talk.</p><p></p><p>As a matter of interest did you find these on a farm or diggings?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robert Le Mal, post: 117447, member: 2546"] Nice stuff Nightjar, at the risk of telling you how to suck eggs, (unless you've already emptied them) the cartridges could still work. It takes a fair hit to drive the pin in but I have fired 5 mm and 11 mm pinfire ammunition that was over 100 years old and of 12 rounds only one failed to fire (got it on the second go). They're probably loaded with black powder so the force of the propellant may have diminished some what but still worth handling with care. End of boring safety talk. As a matter of interest did you find these on a farm or diggings? [/QUOTE]
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