How to dispose of old odd ammo?

[Hawaiian]

Doing some housekeeping. I came across some ammo I don't want. A few baggies with some rounds I don't know where they came from. Also a few boxes of really old ammo I don't want to shoot in my guns. I think it came from Grandpa's shed years ago. Stored in a damp shed for who knows how long.
Where do I take it to safely dispose of it? I am in Tigard. Any recommendations? Thanks.

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[Andy54Hawken]

Pull 'em apart...sprinkle the powder in yard....
Maybe sell or gift the bullets and shell casings to a reloader friend.
Andy

 

[Certaindeaf]

Household waste/garbage.
A range "dud" bin.
Someone here might want it.

 

[metalhead68]

Household waste/garbage.
A range "dud" bin.
Someone here might want it.

I do not recommend a household waste or garbage; I have more than once discarded bad loads or casings that are primed and cannot be loaded and my wife or myself have thrown said waste container into the burn pile behind the house. It makes for a very exciting burn pile

 

[Certaindeaf]

I do not recommend a household waste or garbage; I have more than once discarded bad loads or casings that are primed and cannot be loaded and my wife or myself have thrown said waste container into the burn pile behind the house. It makes for a very exciting burn pile

You're right. A hobo might mistake it for some chicken cordon bleu and bust his chompers too.

 

[oremike]

@CLT65

 

[Stomper]

Throw 'em in the furnace, that's what I say!

 

[Stomper]

Not really.

 

[Nosferatu]

Take 'em to the airport and sprinkle them in random peoples' luggage.

 

[metalhead68]

Nosferatu, I believe that was a book by Joe Hill who is an alias for Steven King's son. Good book

 

[GrayGoose]

Scatter them on MLK Blvd in lovely Portland.

 

[CLT65]

There's always someone who will take them, pull them apart for components, recycle any brass that can't be used. I'd be glad to take them, but don't have plans to be over your way any time real soon.

 

[3MTA3]

Wait until the next panic then sell them for 5 bux a pop

 

[quneur]

Local gun store or range.

 

[CS1776]

Same problem here, I have some odd calibers that I don't have the appropriate guns for anymore. They are just sitting around... This is motivating me to look into the proper way of taking them apart though.

 

[Knobgoblin]

Take 'em to the airport and sprinkle them in random peoples' luggage.

My homeboy almost ended up as a long-term guest of the republic of Philippines over a single ,stowaway 9mm ball round in his carry on.

 

[Nosferatu]

My homeboy almost ended up as a long-term guest of the republic of Philippines over a single ,stowaway 9mm ball round in his carry on.

Homeboy should have had a 10mm, he would have felt it in there!

 

[Hawaiian]

Take 'em to the airport and sprinkle them in random peoples' luggage

LOL. 20 years ago when we moved to Oregon from Hawaii, my neighbors sent up their 12 yr old son, to visit with my 12 yr old son for a few weeks. When we sent him home my wife took him to the airport to check him in. The scanner picked up 'explosives'. They were pulled aside and items in the bag were scanned. A pair of dirty sneakers, sealed in a zip locked bag took the positive hit. The TSA guy asked my wife where he had been to cause this. She replied that her husband had taken the boys shooting. He asked where? She told him outside of Estacada. He nodded in acknowledgment and passed him through. His parents failed to find humor in this an thought that their 12 yr old son was now on some terror watch list.

That said, I am still looking for a 'safe' place to dispose of the ammo without pulling it apart? Thanks.

 

[Nosferatu]

That said, I am still looking for a 'safe' place to dispose of the ammo without pulling it apart? Thanks.

What's your opposition to pulling them?

 

[Hawaiian]

What's your opposition to pulling them?

Busy, Lazy, whatever. Just looking for a legal place to dispose of it. Thanks.