This pisses me off! People actually do this!

[CRBMoA]

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?

 

[arakboss]

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?

Firefighters destroy $90,000 Mustang Shelby GT500 ... here's why

The Dearborn Fire Department used a Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 for vehicle extraction training. The pre-production vehicle was heading for the scrap heap and donated to be put to good use.

www.foxnews.com

 

[RVTECH]

Anything good probably ends up at the PD for use on the range.

Well, 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?

 

[DirectDrive]

Well, 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?

Project Eldest Son
Viet Nam
1967

Just sayin'

 

[CountryGent]

Not 'Feds' county

Indeed. And it looks like one county in Wisconsin.

 

[Certaindeaf]

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".

"People" is not the government.

 

[The Heretic]

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.

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.

 

[2thdrglock]

From a certain point of view, ammo is worthless to someone without a gun.

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.

 

[RVTECH]

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.

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.

Burning it under the right circumstances would not necessarily be unsafe but I believe very little would make it to the incinerator. I predict they will have local LEOs, possibly other 'knowledgeable' people there for identification and then this in the 'back room' ,

'Well guys let's split up all the 9mm' ' Hey Joe, You have a .357 right? Take all this .357' 'Hey anybody with a (insert caliber) ? grab this if you can use it'', 'Hey this looks valuable. It's an old box of something called .45 Colt with a date of 1873 on it and its full!'

Its 'shark behavior' - throw out the chum and it gets gobbled up.

 

[CLT65]

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.

 

[arakboss]

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.

What method are you using to pull the bullets?

 

[Hueco]

"People" is not the government.

Sounds like the government to me.

 

[RVTECH]

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!

In my life of reloading I have probably salvaged less than a couple hundred rounds, and then those were just some that had been given to me over the years and I could either use the brass or bullets.

Heck the last ammo I 'salvaged' was a bunch of old .30 Luger for the bullets only.

The powder dumped on the gravel and lit up for a brief display and the brass went into the shop stove for entertaining popping sounds!

 

[CLT65]

What method are you using to pull the bullets?

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.

I've picked up many hundreds of loose rounds off the ground at the range over the years. I pull them apart when I get home since it's only a few at a time and it doesn't take long. Lead bullets go in the melting pot, and undamaged jacketed bullets get saved. The primed brass gets used if it looks good, for moderate plinking loads. I haven't loaded any in a while and have 6 or 700 saved up ready to go. With primers being unobtainium now, I'm feeling like a little less of a bottom-feeding scrounger now.

 

[sheree]

ha 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.

Kind of like getting a rescue pet. This is like rescue ammo. I'll give it a good home. Hahah

 

[nehalemguy]

Well I have to admit, people not knowing what to do with unwanted ammo is how I ended up with alot of cool old ammo boxes.

When I worked at a LGS in the late 80s and early 90s we would get the widows of WW2 vets bringing in boxes of misc ammo and accessories.

Most of it was not worth much or too old to trust. Usually by the time these boxes made it to our floor relatives had already cherry picked what they wanted.







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[awshoot]

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. ...

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.

 

[308Tom]

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.

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?

 

[DirectDrive]

If they are going to destroy they would take ALL ammo.
Instead they specify FACTORY ammo only.
What's that tell you ?