How to dispose of ammo in PRK? (over crimped reloads)

[Pendragon]

I made about 30 rounds when I first started reloading. They are WAY over crimped and I dont want to shoot them (nor do I have time) and a kinetic puller will not work.

Any ideas to dispose of them? Any way to make them inert? I know oil will kill primers, but how to get it in there?

Packing up and trying to get rid of the last/weird stuff...

ps, these are .45 ACP, LRNs with live primer and powder...

posted in L&P because I dont want to illegally toss them (lead/flamable, etc)

 

[45R]

1. Give them to the RO at the local range. They can probably dispose of it properly.
2. I have heard that dropping them in water for a week or 2 or WD40 works on the primers.

Hope that helps

45R

 

[C.R.Sam]

How bout crimp em through the middle with a pair of diagonals to keep anyone from tryin to shoot em, and then giving them to the RO at the nearest range.

Sam

 

[Gewehr98]

When you say "over crimped"...

How badly over crimped? As in, too over crimped to try to disassemble with a collet bullet puller? Lead round nose bullets in a .45 ACP can handle a lot of crimp. Was it a heavy powder load, or light powder load? Which gun? Did you get overpressure signs when you tried to shoot them?

Often, if the crimp is too much, something else will give first. Bottleneck rounds start to buckle in the case shoulder area. You may not be in too much trouble yet. The .45 ACP isn't a terribly high-pressure round. The crimp may very well just iron itself out when the round is fired. And the cast bullets are quite forgiving in that respect.

 

[Standing Wolf]

I over-crimped some .357 magnum rounds several decades ago. The cases bulged so much, it was hard to insert them in the chambers. Not knowing any better, I shot them, anyway. They were hot rod loads—newbies always seem to feel morally obliged to push beyond the limits—but the only ill effect was that they were difficult to extract.

Today, instead of shooting them, I'd use my R.C.B.S. bullet puller. I've needed it exactly twice in all these years, both times for friends' loads. One was a possible powderless load that proved to have a light charge, and the other was a possible double-charged load that proved not to be such. Both took a few good whacks to unseat the bullets.

 

[C.R.Sam]

Overcrimped rimmed one thing....and normally safe to shoot.

Overcrimped rimless (.45 ACP) nuther thing. Headspaces on mouth of case and overcrimped throws headspacing out the window. Not safe.

Sam

 

[10-Ring]

I took some of my rejects to the range & gave them to one of the employees to dispose of properly.

 

[Pendragon]

1. I will try and take them to the range/RO.

2. I was not going to fire them at all.

3. I am still a reloading noob, but I stay in the low to middle power range because its easy to kill paper with only 700fps and I love my Valtro.

4. Thanks everyone.

 

[jimpeel]

When I get bad/old/dangerous ammo I simply take it to the local PD and say to the person at the desk "I'd like to put these in for destruction." They take them and put them in the destruction bin. The disposal unit takes the stuff to a site and cooks it off or buries it.

 

[4v50 Gary]

I'd try the bullet puller first. Failing that, you can always do as Jimpeel says, drop them off at the PD and let them deal with it. That's what we did as kids when we found bullets.

 

[KC]

I've taken batches of old stuf of my grandfathers to the local sherrif's station. They can get pushy and may demand your contact information and fingerprints (no idea why they wanted my prints), in which case simply call the stuff found property and make a hurried exit.