Old ammo....

[conservative]

Got a fairly large amount of old brass from a friend of my son...sorted through it today to cull out what I can reload...found 10 or 12 OLD unfired rounds....some were corroded...

My question is, what is the safest way to dispose of the stuff since I don't have any guns that will handle it?

Thanks in advance....

 

[wassup61]

pull the bullets, dump the powder in the yard (fertilizer) and add a few drops of Kroil or pb blaster in the case.

 

[conservative]

Okkkkkk.....never pulled a bullet....any suggestions? Two pairs of pliers and a prayer

I've heard of kinetic bullet pullers but I'm real leery of banging the bullets around since the primers are still 'live' and I have no idea the age or condition of the powder...

And does the pb blaster or Kroil deactivate the primers?

 

[XtremeVel]

Okkkkkk.....never pulled a bullet....any suggestions? Two pairs of pliers and a prayer

I've heard of kinetic bullet pullers but I'm real leery of banging the bullets around since the primers are still 'live' and I have no idea the age or condition of the powder...

And does the pb blaster or Kroil deactivate the primers?

I wouldn't count on anything deactivating the primer... Also, if all you got are a small number and you never plan on reloading yourself, I wouldn't buy a puller.

Throw them in your range bag and next time you run into someone that reloads at the range, ask them if they could take them apart for you.

 

[conservative]

I wouldn't count on anything deactivating the primer... Also, if all you got are a small number and you never plan on reloading yourself, I wouldn't buy a puller.

Throw them in your range bag and next time you run into someone that reloads at the range, ask them if they could take them apart for you.

Hmmm, heading to the gun show this weekend, maybe I'll tote them along and see what happens....

 

[wassup61]

Depending on caliber, you can pull the bullets with a pair of vice grips.

Kroil and wd40 on the INSIDE of the primer cup will kill the primer..The Box O' Truth #39 - Oil Vs. Primers The Box O' Truth

 

[conservative]

Depending on caliber, you can pull the bullets with a pair of vice grips.

Kroil and wd40 on the INSIDE of the primer cup will kill the primer..The Box O' Truth #39 - Oil Vs. Primers The Box O' Truth

Ok..thanks for the info....

 

[indyjohn]

Kroil and wd40 on the INSIDE of the primer cup will kill the primer..The Box O' Truth #39 - Oil Vs. Primers The Box O' Truth

This is inaccurate information.

 

[wassup61]

This is inaccurate information.

How so?

 

[sht4brnz]

If you reload, you should own a puller of some sort

 

[oldpink]

If you have a friend with a kinetic bullet puller, borrow it.
Don't panic into thinking they could detonate, unless they're rimfire rounds, which I'm assuming they're not.
Alternatively, wrap a towel around the cases, then clamp Visegrips over the towel just tightly enough to engage the rim, then take a second pair of Visegrips to nudge the bullet out.
Dump the powder for each disassembled round into a neat little pile outside and out of the wind, then toss a burning piece of paper on the pile and watch the little show.
I have no idea why anyone would go through the aggravation of trying to use oils or solvents to neutralize the primers when it could be done so much more easily and definitely by simply loading each of the cases into a gun of the same caliber, then popping the primer for each by dropping the firing pin on it.

 

[conservative]

If you have a friend with a kinetic bullet puller, borrow it.
Don't panic into thinking they could detonate, unless they're rimfire rounds, which I'm assuming they're not.
Alternatively, wrap a towel around the cases, then clamp Visegrips over the towel just tightly enough to engage the rim, then take a second pair of Visegrips to nudge the bullet out.
Dump the powder for each disassembled round into a neat little pile outside and out of the wind, then toss a burning piece of paper on the pile and watch the little show.
I have no idea why anyone would go through the aggravation of trying to use oils or solvents to neutralize the primers when it could be done so much more easily and definitely by simply loading each of the cases into a gun of the same caliber, then popping the primer for each by dropping the firing pin on it.

As I said in my original post, I don't have guns that match the rounds...Even at that, two of them have TWO firing pin marks on the primer....seems like I heard somewhere to put them in the ground point down....

 

[Thor]

If you're not going to reload them there's no need to worry about protecting the case, just grab it with some pliers and pull the bullet out. The primer is not going to spontaneously ignite. If you're worried about the primers after the powder is out toss them in a fire away from the house...you might be over thinking this. Bullets outside of a weapon don't really go anywhere when burned even with all the powder in them and the bullet in place, they aren't built to do that. The case weighs less than the projectile and a primer is not going to turn the case into a rocket.

Now, you certainly don't want to be holding it when it goes poof...

 

[Sniper 79]

I have stuck plenty in the ground point down. Otherwise pull and pitch.

 

[Leo]

Depending on caliber, you can pull the bullets with a pair of vice grips.

Kroil and wd40 on the INSIDE of the primer cup will kill the primer..The Box O' Truth #39 - Oil Vs. Primers The Box O' Truth

That is what I had always heard, but IT DOES NOT WORK. I was given a water soaked box of ammo from a wrecked car, The shotgun shells were paper and they had swelled up, the pistol cartridges were green with corrosion. I cut the paper off the shot shell brass to get the lead. I soaked the inside of the primers with wd-40 and let them set a couple days, as I did with the pistol brass. Before I put them in the trash, I put one the the brass in an old shotgun (pointed in a safe direction) and pulled the trigger, BANG! as a matter of fact, every single one went bang, same with the pistol brass. The newer priming compound must seal out the oil better.

 

[dtkw]

Just use whatever bullet puller you have, the hammer type is fine, the primer would not be a concern since it would be outside of the puller. Nothing would hit it and make it goes bang. I have pulled many bullets using the green hammer type puller.

 

[Leo]

Just use whatever bullet puller you have, the hammer type is fine, the primer would not be a concern since it would be outside of the puller. Nothing would hit it and make it goes bang. I have pulled many bullets using the green hammer type puller.

+1, green, blue, orange they all work fine.

 

[woodsie57]

Jeeze guys- just walk into the kitchen,put em in the trash can. They're not hand grenades, for gods sake.

 

[tk71]

at the range I go to they have a live round bucket to throw them in