From: loose_electrons@hotmail.invalid 
  
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 > Dave  wrote: 
 >>  wrote in message news:gTK_e.314949$on1.23527@clgrps13... 
 >> > Gord Beaman  wrote: 
 >> > 
 >> >> I agree with Dave about the best way to dispose of them, although 
 >> >> I'd take issue about the danger... 
 >> > 
 >> > I agree.  I think his concerns about "Endangering personnel with 
 >> > unstable 
 >> > ammo" are a bit unwarranted.   I don't beleive that bullets get 
 >> > progressively 
 >> > "unstable" over time.    Risks should be the same as any ammo, as you 
 >> > say. 
 > 
 >> Okay, tell that to the Halifax EOD teams that are called out several 
 >> times a 
 >> year to deal with scattered ammunition that gets dug up from the Bedford 
 >> Magazine explosion in 1945. 
 > 
 > Apples and oranges. 
  
 Not according to the Ammo Tech that tells me he gets called out with the EOD 
 teams at the same time. 
  
 > 
 >> If you're not an expert, and you don't know how 
 >> the ammo has been stored over its entire lifetime, then you don't know 
 >> what 
 >> you're dealing with.  It may likely be nothing, but do you really want to 
 >> take that chance? 
 > 
 > Bullets don't become unstable. 
  
 Bullets don't.  Propellant does. 
  
 Ask your local Ammo Tech how stable 60-year old powder is - after it's been 
 exposed to the elements. 
  
 > 
 >> They aren't going to ask 20 questions.  You just finished saying that you 
 >> found it in a garage, left by a previous owner. 
 > 
 > I called the cops.  They asked 20 questions.  They asked for ID.  It was a 
 > pain in the ass. 
  
 Maybe you shouldn't have been stoned when you made the call.  I can't 
 account for your stupidity. 
  
 > 
 > 
 > You're stupid. 
  
 The experts disagree.  However, they're unanimous in their opinion that 
 you're an asshat. 
  
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