Kynoch "Listings For Sale"

[Daniel Cary]

There's a sponsor here who now can distribute Kynoch. That aside ..
Now, love it or hate it (High Cost, Better options, etc) .. When there's listings of Kynoch on (GunsInternational For Example). Without determining how old these 5 packs are, when is it deemed unsafe or too old to use?

ie, There's .577 "missing end flaps, or 4 out of 5/missing one" cellophaned & up for sale.
Thank you to anyone.

".577 Nitro Express 3"" Case Cartridges (AN109)"

".577 Nitro Express 3"" Case Cartridges (AN109)" for sale online.

www.gunsinternational.com

".500 Jeffery Nitro- Express 535gr Soft Nosed (AM947)"

".500 Jeffery Nitro- Express 535gr Soft Nosed (AM947)" for sale online.

www.gunsinternational.com

 

[Pondoro]

The .577 ammo is about 60 + years old...could be used for practise...might have some hangfires though..do NOT attempt hunting with it..!

The .500 Jeffery is recently made by Kynamco....I have personally shot it in my own rifle and every shot produced a heavy bolt to open...sign of overpressure....very skeptical..will not use again... Norma .500 factory work well in my rifle..

 

[Daniel Cary]

The .577 ammo is about 60 + years old...could be used for practise...might have some hangfires though..do NOT attempt hunting with it..!

The .500 Jeffery is recently made by Kynamco....I have personally shot it in my own rifle and every shot produced a heavy bolt to open...sign of overpressure....very skeptical..will not use again... Norma .500 factory work well in my rifle..

Thank you, that solves that!
That's not the 1st I've heard people having the same problem with Kynoch's Jeffery.

 

[Major Bonkers]

You need to be very careful that you are not buying reloads if you are buying at auction or second-hand, and there is no way to tell. I bought some Wolfgang Rohmer .470 rounds from Holts that leaked powder from the bullet (not the primer); the bottom of the packets were covered in powder.

As for Kynoch, my attitude is that ammunition in standard calibres is fine, anything outside that is dubious:

https://www.africahunting.com/threads/is-kynoch-still-in-business.74028/#post-1034436

 

[SaintPanzer]

My experience: I bought some "old" Kynoch ammo in 9,5X57 MS. It said "non-corroding primers" on it, so approximate date was mid 1950s.

5 out of 9 split cases near the base. I saw the split case on the 9th round (really didn't expect it, just happened to notice it.

Pulled the 10th round, thinking I'd dump powder and primer and make a dummy round. Joke was on me:

There was no powder, it was cordite. Fun to burn though.

The primer was a Berdan primer. I found this out after soaking it for a few days, thinking I would punch it. Ended up striking it with the firing pin, the soaking did work. Still haven't got the primer out, the hydraulic method did not work.

Will still make a nice dummy round, someday...

 

[Major Bonkers]

'ere you go squire!

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