Want to dispose of quantity of rifle ammo
A while back I came into a quantity of loose ammo of unknown origin. None of it came in a box and I don't know if any of it is reloaded, hence too dangerous to shoot. I would like to dispose of it, but hate to just destroy it. I tried the plastic mallet type bullet puller and it broke rather soon. I could take the bullets out with a plier, but that may ruin the brass. Is there any other tools out there to pull bullets other then the platic mallets? I have about 300 rounds of various ammo to take apart. Any ideas?
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do you know any UXO inspectors in russia?[:D] i hear the locals there have ways of doing it rather unprofessioanlly! whats there to save? once the bullet is pulled, its scratched anyway. dump them in kero, let em sit for a few months, and bury em.
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RCBS makes a bullet puller that fits in a press and uses a collet type puller. I think Hornady and a few others do too.........[8D] 0 -
temblor, you can add Foster to that list.
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Yeah, was just looking at a RCBS die puller at Cabela's today. Keep in mind,(at least the one I saw) doesn't come with a colet and apparently there isn't a universal collet. You'll have to get one for each caliber. 0 -
Vess...there-in lies the rub! It would doubtless be too expensive to acquire all the collets you need to make the process economically feasible for the components you would recover! I would render it all inert and trash it!
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Hello, Try seating the bullets a little deeper to break the seal or crimp. Then use the kinetic puller. I have pulled thousands of rounds this way.
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I wouldn't pitch them. I would recover components with an impact puller after loosening them as suggested by oldammo. I would pitch powder, but save bullets, primers, and cases.
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My GAWD, man, what did you *DO* to break that hammer??????
I've been breaking down military ammo with the cm sealant for decades and have had to really smack some of it on concrete. I've never had a problem with the hammer except for the stupid little spring which holds the collet together (the O-ring in the Midway hammer works a lot better).
I have the RCBS collet tool, with a complete set of collets, purchased before the inertia hammers came out. It works, but it takes more time and is a PITA. Any bullets gripped tightly enough to be removed are distorted beyond any possible use. It's sole advantage is that one can salvage the powder easily and the only reason to do that would be to replace one bullet type with another of the same weight (I used to make up SP loads in 7.35 Carcano).
Bump the bullets and use a hammer. Fastest, easiest way to do it. Contact RCBS about the broken tool. Sounds to me as though it was defective . . . those things will take as hard a swing as I can manage into concrete without a hiccup.
Another thought - if the bullets are so hard to remove, what makes you so sure they could be reloads? If it is military ammo with FMJ bullets, it's virtually certain they are original.
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Thanks for all of your responses! I broke the hammer pounding on concrete and I had to work at it. Some of this ammo is old and corroded and not salvageable and I was disposing of the worst when the hammer broke. I suspect almost if not all of this ammo is factory but I can't/won't take the chance. It just seems a shame to destroy 60 rounds of Weatherby 300 mag. I will tap the bullets down and remove them and the powder when I get a new hammer. Then I can at least get rid of the primed brass at the gun show.
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For the severely corroded stuff you could also go to the hardware store and buy a $10.00 tubing cutter. Cut the cases in half to break them down. Then you'll have a tubing cutter for other projects.
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