From: gord@islandtelecom.com 
  
 "Dave"  wrote: 
  
 > 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. 
 > 
 They're very likely .303 FMJ rifle rounds (most certainly -not- 
 .22 cartridges). I've likely fired fifty thousand of those 
 things, we used to use them in Lancaster Bombers as machine gun 
 rounds...I used to own a rifle which fired them before the gov't 
 got all antsy and girly about stuff like that...they're pretty 
 common... 
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