02-24-2018, 12:20 AM
VASCAR2 Wrote:Anything electrical can fail and the military and LE are reluctant to stray away from what works and is cheap. Look at a WW I bolt action rifle like SMLE, 03 Springfield or Mauser, still very formidable weapon with good ammunition. Will an electrically primed ammunition and rifle be just as effective in 100 years? If 30 06 ammunition was stored properly since manufacture in 1939 I bet it would still be safe to shoot today.I bet you're right.

Here's a test of 1942 manufacture .30 M2 AP.
[video=youtube;hzYH8ap1TDo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzYH8ap1TDo[/video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzYH8ap1TDo
