What do you do with live rounds you find at the range?

[9mm guy]

I think I know the answer to this, but what do you shooting veterans do when you find live rounds on the ground? I'm talking about what looks like a factory bought live round without any damage or markings on it.

Do you treat it like a landmine and just discard it carefully? Or do you take it home and dissemble it to use the brass & bullet? Or even the primer or powder? Or do you ever fire them thinking that it's a free round? Could these be perfectly fine rounds that someone just dropped? Or must these be defective and we shouldn't take a chance? I'm guessing there's some horror stories as well. Thanks in advance for your answers.

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[The Heretic]

Probably fine, but not knowing the provenance of the round, I would disassemble it.

 

[Roundball58]

Not worth taking a chance. Goes in the dud bucket.

 

[Camelfilter]

Not worth taking a chance. Goes in the dud bucket.

This.

 

[Josh89]

Just depends.i have a buddy who anytime anything jams he just clears the round a keeps going. I've picked up a full mag or two. Figure the worst is maybe some water got in and I'll get a dud or squib.other than that disassemble and use for components.

 

[nammac]

There was a time when I would deconstruct for the case. Now a days, I feel it's not really worth the effort, as has been said, it should reside in the dud bucket. I value my safety and my firearms more than a found errant round. YMMV

 

[SHPD_Retired]

I take them home and disassemble them. Reloading is a hobby, and now that I finally retired, I have the time to do this. Right now I am in the process of disassembling a bunch of 30-06 and 243 ammo that got the other day. Then I will try to sell the components.

 

[CRBMoA]

These days, I would fear a deliberately tossed round by a mole with some kind of ridiculous load to blow off someone's hand.

But, I live in OR.

 

[thorborg]

I've gotten good with my pullet puller, If I load it, I'd throw nothing useable away (cept powder and primer)

 

[Andy54Hawken]

I like to set the found round , on the berm and have the primer end facing me...
Then I take a shot at it with my muzzleloader or .22 rifle , trying to hit the primer...makes for a nice "trick" shot.
Andy

 

[Ops]

toss em in the fire, doesn't everyone?

 

[MannyGlocks]

The moment of living dangerously...

 

[Dirt Sample]

Wow, if the primer is not struck, I figured someone dropped it, and I been shooting them, you guys opened my eyes and made me think, and now Im not going to do that no more.

 

[spookshack]

I've been known to live on the wild side and fire them.

 

[User 1234]

I save them until I'm in the TSA line at the airport and drop it in a nearby traveler's bag.




(Yes I'm kidding)

 

[Used To Hunt]

toss em in the fire, doesn't everyone?

I actually know a guy that is missing an eye from someone doing just that. Pretty sad since he was just hanging out with his friends. Why is it the wrong person always gets hurt?

 

[zenbreath]

SOG Project Eldest Son......

 

[Wombat of Doom]

Now if it was a 50 beowulf, 45-70 or 454 casull or something with brass worth something in a caliber I use, I'd take it apart for the brass. Dud bucket for anything else.

 

[zenbreath]

My bullet puller always messes up the brass.

 

[xdmfan]

Yeah we used to think it was funny to drop a .22 round in the fire every now and then back in the highschool and shortly after days... That's not the fun I have anymore now that I'm 40. Man, growing up sucks.