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Greetings,

I have a case of Eley Tenex, roundnose in red plastic boxes(50/box) with serial/batch number "EEL93B 001-004." Can someone tell me how old this ammo is and how it shoots in 1813 Anschulz, please?

I think NEW Tenex is NOT roundnose ammo.

Thanks,

Blackie

UPDATE: I opened a fresh 50 rd plastic box (sealed in plastic wrap) and noticed some oxidation on the lead bullet. Will this affect the accuracy?[/b]

There is no way to know how it will shoot in your rifle short of shooting it in your rifle.

It may work great in someone else's 1813 and positively suck in yours.

If it's round nose TENEX, not TENEX Semi-Auto, it's circa 2002 or earlier, based on when TENEX EPS was introduced.

Will it shoot in your gun? Until you test it, no one knows. Every batch is different, every barrel is different.

I have Eley 10X in CARDBOARD boxes going back to the 1970s when I shot smallbore rife. It still shoots fine in my 208S.

It won't shoot well at all. You should sell it. I'll take it off your hands for $1/box.

If your 1813 is anything like mine, that ol' Tenex will shoot more than adequately through it. The only ammo I've ever used that have produced tighter groups than the old Tenex through my gun were hand select lots of EPS, an older lot of Fiocchi, and some Federal 1000B that Lones Wigger gave me one year at Camp Perry.

And if you don't want it, I'll offer $1.50 a box to outbid Mike M. ;-)

Nonsense! I'll go to an entire $1.75/box. Seven whole quarters. You can't beat that deal with a stick!

WOW,

This stuff must be crap! I think I'll sell the lead to the Chinese, maybe get a tax writeoff as well.

Blackie

I am afraid that MikeM is just "messing" with you. I once saw a case of old Eley Tenex in cardboard boxes (before plastic boxes) sell for over $2,000 for a case (on one of the gun auction websites). If this ammo has been stored well and the lubricant has not hardened then it should be worth at least $1000 a case, and maybe more.

The lot number that you got off the box is not the "real" number. These numbers were "made-up" by Eley for sale to the US Gov't because the gov't contract called for a larger lot size than Eley made. The "real" lot number should be written by hand in black marker on the outside of the cardboard case and should likely be two letters and three numbers. The letters can be used to determine the year of manufacture. The case that you have probably "somehow" came from some ammo that was owned either by a college ROTC team or by the CMP (either way I don't think that it was ever intended for public sale).