Today, ammunition is a high-tech industry focused on precision and stability.
: One family story involves a .50 caliber round found near a school during WWII, which had been dropped by a damaged plane trying to shed weight. Modern Industry and Technical Insights
: In 1957, a child in Germany fished a Degtyarev machine gun out of the Oder River. He successfully removed the ammo, melted the lead to sell as scrap, and used the money to buy a bicycle. Today, ammunition is a high-tech industry focused on
: By the 15th and 16th centuries, gunsmiths began molding molten lead into spheres. Lead became the standard because it was affordable and easy to shape.
: A child of a Marine pilot in Hawaii was allowed to keep spent and live rounds from an M-60 machine gun range in 1972; these were rediscovered in an old trunk 50 years later. He successfully removed the ammo, melted the lead
: Gunpowder weapons were first invented in China around the 10th century. Early "bullets" were often just stones or metal scraps shoved into tubes.
Since we are posting our forgotten ammo….(story in comments) : A child of a Marine pilot in
The word "ammo" carries a long and varied history, spanning from the invention of gunpowder to modern-day manufacturing and even personal family legacies. The Evolution of Ammunition