From: loose_electrons@.hotmail.invalid 
  
  wrote in message 
 news:YQo_e.314380$on1.56775@clgrps13... 
 >I found a box of bullets in my garage that a previous tenant has left 
 > behind.  The box is 5x3x2", and weighs about 1 lb.   The bullets are 
 > 3" long, and have "1943    d\\ Z" marked around the primer.   They look 
 > like 
 > roughly .22 calibre rounds. 
 > 
 > Are these antiques worth anything?    I want to get rid of them, but will 
 > sell if they're worth anything. 
 > 
 > If they aren't worth anything, can I drop them off at a local military 
 > base 
 > as "Amnesty ammunition"? 
  
 I'm not an ammunition expert by any means, but as far as I know, .22 calibre 
 rounds are rimfire, not centrefire.  If they're 3" long, they're probably 
 not .22 calibre - even .22 long rifle rounds are only an inch long at best, 
 with 50 or 100 rounds per box.  My guess is something larger in a rifle 
 round. 
  
 I'm also not entirely certain that 1943 would be the date of 
 manufacture...but... 
  
 If there's any element of doubt of the safety of the ammunition (and 60+ 
 year old ammunition probably isn't safe, if that's what it is), then your 
 local experts would be your local police or RCMP.  Give them a call, explain 
 that you have found a box of rifle ammunition and are unsure as to its 
 origin, age, etc, and would like it disposed of.  They should be able to 
 look at it and tell if they can take care of it, or if they need to call in 
 an EOD team to handle it properly. 
  
 Merely dropping it off at the base or at a police station unannounced could 
 prove to be a hazard to both you and to the people that have to handle it at 
 the receiving end.  Call the police and ask them how to dispose of it - 
 that's the safest bet. 
  
 --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 
  * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)