Ammunition disposal

[garyf]

What is the proper and safe way to dispose of live ammunition? I found an unfired bullet at about 4 inches deep. I don't know much about guns and bullets and I didn't want to keep it. I also didn't want to just throw it in the trash. Since a police officer happened to be passing by, I gave it to her and she said she'd get rid of it.

What's the safe thing to do?

 

[eagle77]

Turn it over to the local bomb squad. They will dispose of it safely.

 

[Ant]

hahahaha..... Throw it in the trash. If you have a problem with that, put it back in the hole it was dug from.

 

[al-nm]

always just turned mine over to local police dept they dispose of stuff like that all the time.

 

[truckinbutch]

Pitch ammo in the trash to avoid hassle.Hand grenade...call the bomb squad.

 

[eagle77]

Our local bomb techs store it until there is enough to dispose of. Hand grenades they dispose of right away.

 

[flyinguy]

i've got a collection of dug bullets. i keep them just like coins. they are quite safe. unless.... you bang the primer with your digger real hard. i always have several hundred in my home at any given time. i am a gun enthusiest and do alot of target shooting. if a cartridge is in wet soil for a long time, sometimes the powder will get wet but they are quite durable. if i was to get rid of them, i think my brother-in-law/state trooper would take them for me. they have their ways!

 

[EDDE]

take it to the police station

 

[shaun7]

i once dug an unexploaded bomb and didn`t know what to do as it was on a public footpath ( i couldnt just leave it there) so i decided to carry it back to the landowners house, of course i carried it at arms length so if it went off it wouldnt get me in the face . you can imagine her suprise and she seemed to want me to take it away as fast as i could( not in so many words though).

i put it in a field and phoned the police who asked for a discription
i told the lady it is about ten inches long and has fins at the back, but she still asked the colour( rusty i said).
the police turned up to look and ask me what i get out of this hobby and once they established i was telling the truth, they called the bomb squad. they took it and put it in thier museam as it was ww1 and quite rare apparently.

 

[flyinguy]

i once dug an unexploaded bomb and didn`t know what to do as it was on a public footpath ( i couldnt just leave it there) so i decided to carry it back to the landowners house, of course i carried it at arms length so if it went off it wouldnt get me in the face . you can imagine her suprise and she seemed to want me to take it away as fast as i could( not in so many words though).

i put it in a field and phoned the police who asked for a discription
i told the lady it is about ten inches long and has fins at the back, but she still asked the colour( rusty i said).
the police turned up to look and ask me what i get out of this hobby and once they established i was telling the truth, they called the bomb squad. they took it and put it in thier museam as it was ww1 and quite rare apparently.

DAMN! i only found a blasting cap and bullets.

 

[bbqbull]

I suggest putting a drop of oil on the primer. This will over time deactivate the primer or give it to someone who reloads ammo at home.
They can put it in a bullet puller and remove the powder, making it safe.
Dont, under any circumstances try to move the bullet from the cartridge w/plyers as it could fire.
Take it to your local police dept.

 

[teverly]

Drop it in oil.The guys at the shooting club i belong to do this with the unfired round we find on the range.
Do not try and disassemble it by any means.........

 

[flyinguy]

i was a bad boy. i would borrow (steal) my dad's bullets and pull the lead out. i will be 54 on tues. miracles do happen! i would clamp them in a vise and pull the lead. shot shells, i would saw the end off and get the gun powder. fun to burn and make little bombs. kids, don't try this at home! leave it to the totally insane!

 

[garyf]

Thanks for all the advice. It looks like I did the right thing. Shoot! Now I'm all fired up to find more.

 

[duggap]

I just throw live ammo in the junk box with the rest of all the junk I find. Never worried too much about them. I have found one Parrot and two Hotchkiss shells that had to be disarmed. After the fellow in Virginia had his misfortune and a fellow in Dalton, Georgia did the same thing year before last (didn't kill himself though) I don't know anyone left who will disarm a civil war artillary shell.