From: loose_electrons@.hotmail.invalid 
  
  wrote in message news:OaF_e.314874$on1.271297@clgrps13... 
 > Gord Beaman  wrote: 
 > 
 >> 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... 
 > 
 > Comparing them to some pics on the net, that's about right.  They're a tad 
 > larger than the 5.56 I remember.   The packaging is also very similar. 
 > 
 > Although I am a civilian, do you think I can drop by a base in my hood and 
 > drop them off as amnesty ammo? 
  
 Now why would you ask that after I mentioned that it's entirely possible 
 that the ammo, if it actually was manufactured in 1943, is possibly 
 unstable, and would pose a risk to personnel that would have to handle the 
 amnesty box - and not to mention you, while you're transporting it? 
  
 Pick up the phone, call your local police or RCMP, and ask their advice. 
 They'll be quite happy to pay a visit and look at it, and decide the best 
 course of action for disposal.  They're not going to give you twenty 
 questions about it, since if you had other motives, you wouldn't be calling 
 them and asking about disposal instructions. 
  
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