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A friend just inherited a car, but it is a 5-speed and she cannot drive it.
What is the best way for her to dispose of it?
What is the best way for her to dispose of it?
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A friend just inherited a car, but it is a 5-speed and she cannot drive it.
What is the best way for her to dispose of it?
Well, the 'popular' stuff is going to wind up somewhere other than the incinerator.Anything good probably ends up at the PD for use on the range.
Project Eldest SonWell, the 'popular' stuff is going to wind up somewhere other than the incinerator.
And, let's say some of the ammo 'disposed' of are reloads, and maybe they are not exactly loaded 'properly', and maybe they are 'disposed' of in a new box, and well then make it into a gun somewhere...
Can you say razor blade in an apple?
Not 'Feds' county
"People" is not the government.Feds are collecting "unwanted ammo" from people and YOU are paying up for 5 dollars a pound to drop it off! What a deal!
This actually makes me mad. This 100% takes advantage of people who probably inherited ammo from someone else or otherwise doesn't know what they have, let alone the ammo situation nationwide. Why can't I pull up and take it? There's so many good places that ammo could be going other than the "incinerator".
I think it is actually not a bad idea.
I hate to see it burned, but what would you suggest doing with it if you are not an experienced shooter and ammo reloader.
No, it's actually worth good money if they sell it. Not worthless at all, just like anything that is sellable. Speaking about new, factory ammo of course.From a certain point of view, ammo is worthless to someone without a gun.
These people most likely do not know a primer from the bullet, let alone have the time, tools or ability to safely break down the ammo.Pulling the projectile, spreading the powder on a lawn/garden, soaking the case in oil (to deactivate the primer) and then recycling the metals is safer than burning the whole ammo - IMO.
What method are you using to pull the bullets?A couple years ago there was a guy on here, as I recall, who had 1,000 rounds of .40 S&W that he had reloaded, using quality components and good quality jacketed bullets, who was asking about how to dispose of them because he thought he had inadvertently double charged a few of them.
As I recall he ended up taking them to the local police or fire department. He absolutely refused to sell or give them to anyone for components, even had some offering a signed statement that they would not fire them. He was concerned that someone would dishonestly re-sell or shoot them and he just wanted them gone.
To each their own. I recently bought 1k 9mm reloads. I'm in the process of pulling them down to re-reload them to my specs. I only bought them because they were cheap enough to be worth it in this new drought of components. As I'm pulling them 50 or 100 at a sitting, I'm wondering about the wisdom of my decision. Salvaging ammo for components like this is really only for those with plenty of spare time and patience.
Oh man ain't this the truth!Salvaging ammo for components like this is really only for those with plenty of spare time and patience.
I'm using a kinetic puller. The bullet style doesn't work with a collet puller. They come out pretty easily with a blow or two, and the bullets are undamaged. I reuse the primed brass too.What method are you using to pull the bullets?
Kind of like getting a rescue pet. This is like rescue ammo. I'll give it a good home. Hahahha yea no kidding, I can take guns and precious metals off your hands too. I know how burdensome too many guns and too much gold can be. I mean, it's so heavy. Take a load off.
I think it is actually not a bad idea.
I hate to see it burned, but what would you suggest doing with it if you are not an experienced shooter and ammo reloader. ...
I think incinerate implies burn to ashes as in cremate, whereas ammo and explosive disposal generally means heating in a fire to the point where any combustibles (gun powder, primers, etc) ignite then collect the remaining metals. And yeah there are some products of combustion, but essentially the same ones as are generated by ignition in a firearm. Better still are the folks who step up and manually disassemble the ammo, recover the brass, lead, and other metals; and then likely burn the pulled gunpowder and primers. A labor intensive effort. Would you reuse gun powder or primers that had an unknown origin?It's a terrible idea -- they are going to incinerate it. So lead vapor will spew out and pollute the environment with a dangerous metal. They could collect it and then resell it to residents. They could sell it to companies that take it apart and sell components. They could give it away. Instead, they want to do the least responsible thing possible with it.