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Disposing old ammo
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 4:02 pm
by malcolm
Guys, I don't know if this has been covered ----- but how do you guys dispose of old unwanted rimfire and centerfire ammo ? I have just cleaned out a mate's ( he is no longer licensed ) cupboard and he has buckets of old stuff.
Cheers Malcolm
Re: Disposing old ammo
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 4:38 pm
by 220
If there are as you say buckets of it and it's to degraded to shoot the easiest thing to do would be drop it off at the local police station and let them deal with it. The whole idea behind the present amnesty is to allow people to do just that.
Re: Disposing old ammo
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:06 pm
by ogre6br
like what sort of stuff
Rimfire in original boxes is hard to let go off
Same with CF- but to a little bit less extent
if they are reloads on the CF stuff a lot- most people wont shoot other peoples reloads
the RF stuff could prolly go to the local range as kids learning ammo
dont just surrender it to the coppers - give the sport some value out of it
P
Re: Disposing old ammo
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:04 pm
by paz
malcolm wrote:....... how do you guys dispose of old unwanted rimfire and centerfire ammo ? .....
I'll be down sydney way in two weeks mate, will take it off your hands for you

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Paz
Re: Disposing old ammo
Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 8:08 am
by malcolm
OK, maybe --just maybe--- I exaggerated a little--- not so much as buckets loads, but small handfulls.
This stuff mainly comprises of old pistol ammo and rimfire. Believe me -- no-one would put this stuff through their rifles.
Great ideas--- thanks guys. Malcolm
Re: Disposing old ammo
Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 12:05 pm
by HiWall
If there is nothing there that is collectible or worth keeping do the same as all the Governments of the World did after conflict - give the unwanted a buoyancy test in the ocean deep.

Re: Disposing old ammo
Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 5:18 pm
by Curtley78
HiWall wrote:If there is nothing there that is collectible or worth keeping do the same as all the Governments of the World did after conflict - give the unwanted a buoyancy test in the ocean deep.

Apparently there were bucket loads dumped off Malabar.
Re: Disposing old ammo
Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 1:50 am
by GriMo
im pretty sure St Marys has a bin you can put live/misfired rounds into. Not sure of other ranges but its just as you ener the range proper. just off the firing line