Disposing of unusable ammo

['79 Magnum GT]

A USN boat lost some ammo in the James River (Virginia)
Over 20 or 30 years later, a fisherman snagged some of the 50 cal ammo in a fishing net,,

He gave a friend a couple rounds,,

That guy wanted to make sure the ammo was safe for his son to display in his room
The guy put a round in a shop vise, and hit the primer with a hammer and center punch.

The round exploded,, like it was factory fresh,,
He ended up with a small piece of brass imbedded in his face, 1/4" from his eye.

The other rounds were placed in a burn barrel,, pop-pop,,,

You could always do what Bruce Willis did in the movie "RED",,
except, outdoors, at a distance,,

My father did the same thing when he came home from the Philippines after World War ll. He said that the primer went up through his two middle fingers. It didn't do much damage and I could never see any thing wrong. I assume the bullet was already removed before that because I still have it today. I never asked him to tell me the entire story. Damn.

Rick

 

[HARLEY0]

I have a box of 41 magnum that came with a handgun purchase. They are loaded way to hot based of the info the reloaded wrote on the box. I don’t want to throw them in the trash and the local police are not interested without me signing away my first-born. Any ideas?

If you reload - Pull them apart and reload them! If not give them to someone else who does reload and tell them that they are for components only!

 

[ol777gunnerz]

If you usr a Kinetic puller & the bullets are seated so tight they do not want to come out, stick the bullet in an ice cube for 15-20 seconds & they will come out much easier, toss the powder.

 

[REParker]

The guy put a round in a shop vise, and hit the primer with a hammer and center punch.

Another Darwin Awards Candidate!

 

[greenwellg]

I used to be able to take a bathroom scale and squeeze it to 220 pounds, when I weighed 150 at age 30 with a 29 inch waist and 6 feet tall. Ever play Foosball? A friend of mine and I used to keep a table for hours with the opponents paying the quarter. On a glass top "German" table I hit the ball so hard it went in the goal came out the other end and went back in the same goal for the second time. It wasn't really a "hit" more of a sling without impact. That was 50 years ago when I owned the 59 Corvette in the picture thread here (random photos). The real secret to Foosball was to not let your man go up high enough for the ball to come back below him. No more than 45 degrees in either direction. Even if they blocked your shot many times it would go back UNDER their man and go in the goal anyway.

 

[glenwolde]

A USN boat lost some ammo in the James River (Virginia)
Over 20 or 30 years later, a fisherman snagged some of the 50 cal ammo in a fishing net,,

He gave a friend a couple rounds,,

That guy wanted to make sure the ammo was safe for his son to display in his room
The guy put a round in a shop vise, and hit the primer with a hammer and center punch.

The round exploded,, like it was factory fresh,,
He ended up with a small piece of brass imbedded in his face, 1/4" from his eye.

The other rounds were placed in a burn barrel,, pop-pop,,,

You could always do what Bruce Willis did in the movie "RED",,
except, outdoors, at a distance,,

Well that was a silly way to test it!

 

[wxl]

California is stupid.

Most police will pick up ammo willingly no questions asked. Preferable to ammo going to wrong hands.

One time I was being transferred to Jamaica and later Australia on job. Family were last night in motel, household going to storage. Called police, came to motel, transferred trunk full several cans of military 5.56 , 7.62 (308 & 30-06), 45acp, 50cal military. They thanked me and left.

I was a platoon leader in National Guard, responsible for picking up requisitions for ammo for battalion annual qualifications. Not allowed to store excess or unused ammo at armory due regulations. Usually handed metal boxes to NCOs but lots wound up going home.

Shame as I sure would have used alot 10 years later when I transferred back stateside.

 

[Hal H.]

Thanks guys. Yes, I tried to pull the bullets with a puller and even pliers. They won’t budge. I think that I’ll end up finding a dumpster behind a building somewhere and accidentally drop them in.

 

[Hal H.]

I will also ask the shooting range first…

 

[billybob44]

With the cost of reloading components. I myself would find someone that has a 41, and reloads, as they would more than likely be happy to have the brass and bullets to pull and reuse. And, understand not shooting unknown reloads. I have given unknown reloads away to friends, with intention of pulling, and not shooting.

^^^This..
I would also have new owner sign (In front of a Notary) a libel waiver before they changed hands...Just me...Bill.

 

[Sal1950]

go out and spend $16 on a bullet puller/hammer. You can use it for multiple calibers for future stuff.
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Just out of curiosity, what is the recipe that you are so afraid of? You said it was listed.

Reminds me of a few years back, I was shooting at my local indoor range when one employee came by to empty the garbage, He had a heck of a time lifting the bag out of the can it was soo heavy so I helped him. Looking inside we found a bag of a few hundred reloaded 9mm rounds of unknown origin. He let me have them and over a couple days free time I used my FA puller to pull all the bullets. I ended up with all those RNMJ bullets and primed cases ready to reload. Just pulled the decapper pin out of the resizing die and put my Dillon 450 to work reloading all those cases with my fav powder, nice money saver.

 

[noonster]

I like my collet bullet puller better than the inertia one. Local range : indoor or outdoor oughta be a good dumpoff place.

 

[Fishinfool]

Years ago, I had a case of LEO commercial .9mm reloads. Poor QC, ammo from this lot # had already blown case heads in several pistols belonging to guys who used this stuff. I lived in CT at the time, and decided to just take the case of ammo out deep water salt water fishing next time I went. It didn't float.....

Larry

 

[65-2x2]

If I had them, and didn't want them, I would just throw them in the trash.

 

['79 Magnum GT]

I think we can tell who are the reloaders here and those that aren't. If the reloaders (me) see or are given ammo we can't use or don't want to shoot it for what ever reason we will grab it for the components. If a non reloader has the same opportunity and won't shoot it they will toss it. It won't fire in their particular weapon so it's no use to them. Nothing wrong with that. I once worked with a guy that would fire off hundreds of different rounds on a weekend and he saw no sense in reloading. I wonder what he did with all his brass? I never got around to ask.

Rick

 

[Sal1950]

If I had them, and didn't want them, I would just throw them in the trash.

I worry of that, you never know where they may end up and accidentally injure someone.