a bit off topic...

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets that do
not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but sometimes they
don't fire. So I have this cartridge with bullet intact with 2 or 3 dents
in the rim that I hate to just toss out in the pasture.

Kevin wrote:
a bit off topic...

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets
that do not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but
sometimes they don't fire. So I have this cartridge with bullet
intact with 2 or 3 dents in the rim that I hate to just toss out in
the pasture.

Trash can.

"Kevin" wrote in message
l.net...
a bit off topic...

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets that do not
fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but sometimes they don't
fire. So I have this cartridge with bullet intact with 2 or 3 dents in the
rim that I hate to just toss out in the pasture.

I'd call my local police or gun shop. Either might offer to take them off your
hand for disposal. Or perhaps call your local hazardous waste facility.

On Nov 24, 2:09*pm, "Kevin" wrote:
a bit off topic...

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets that do
not fire? *I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but sometimes they
don't fire. *So I have this cartridge with bullet intact with 2 or 3 dents
in the rim that I hate to just toss out in the pasture.

Dispose of it safely, put it in your fireplace. Have fun with it, hit
it with a hammer. Stick it in the turkey before you cook it.

I pull the bullet off the cartridge (with pliers), toss the powder on
the front lawn and fill the casing with oil. The powder will fertilize
the lawn and the oil will deactivate the primer. I guess the powder
could ignite when you do this, but it has never happened to me. YMMV

EJ in NJ

Kevin wrote:
a bit off topic...

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets that do
not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but sometimes they
don't fire. So I have this cartridge with bullet intact with 2 or 3 dents
in the rim that I hate to just toss out in the pasture.

Works for me. They aren't all that dangerous, unless you dispose of them in
a fire.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..


"HeyBub" wrote in message
m...
Kevin wrote:
a bit off topic...

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets
that do not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but
sometimes they don't fire. So I have this cartridge with bullet
intact with 2 or 3 dents in the rim that I hate to just toss out in
the pasture.

Trash can.

On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:09:16 -0600, "Kevin"
wrote:

a bit off topic...

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets that do
not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but sometimes they
don't fire. So I have this cartridge with bullet intact with 2 or 3 dents
in the rim that I hate to just toss out in the pasture.


Pliers! Pull the tip off and pour out the powder.

Sell the brass.

so throw them in the dam trash.

s

"Kevin" wrote in message
l.net...
a bit off topic...

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets that do
not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but sometimes
they don't fire. So I have this cartridge with bullet intact with 2 or 3
dents in the rim that I hate to just toss out in the pasture.

jeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzeeee... an hours worth of work for nothing.

s

"Ernie Willson" wrote in message
...
I pull the bullet off the cartridge (with pliers), toss the powder on the
front lawn and fill the casing with oil. The powder will fertilize the lawn
and the oil will deactivate the primer. I guess the powder could ignite
when you do this, but it has never happened to me. YMMV

EJ in NJ

Kevin wrote:
a bit off topic...

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets that
do not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but sometimes
they don't fire. So I have this cartridge with bullet intact with 2 or 3
dents in the rim that I hate to just toss out in the pasture.

Kevin wrote:
a bit off topic...

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets that do
not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but sometimes they
don't fire. So I have this cartridge with bullet intact with 2 or 3 dents
in the rim that I hate to just toss out in the pasture.


Trash can. I would not pull bullet from a rimfire as primer might go
off if rim pinched too hard. My shooting club has a dud box. Don't
know how they dispose.

Frank wrote:
Kevin wrote:
a bit off topic...

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets
that do not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but
sometimes they don't fire. So I have this cartridge with bullet
intact with 2 or 3 dents in the rim that I hate to just toss out in
the pasture.

Trash can. I would not pull bullet from a rimfire as primer might go
off if rim pinched too hard. My shooting club has a dud box. Don't
know how they dispose.

You put then in a thick steel box, and run the box through a furnace. It
cooks off all the rounds harmlessly. Not worth it unless you have a lot
of them, enough so a scrap company will pay for the residue.

--
aem sends...

I should have added -- I have small children around.

I thought about trying to pull the bullet out.. but there seems to be some
risk that it goes off.

Tossing them in the trash seems to be the way to transfer the problem, but
not solve it.

I'd like to neutralize any risk of it ever going off.

Sounds like PD or gun shop.

Well then throw the dam thing out the window on the interstate on the way to
work... GD!!!!


s


"Kevin" wrote in message
...
I should have added -- I have small children around.

I thought about trying to pull the bullet out.. but there seems to be some
risk that it goes off.

Tossing them in the trash seems to be the way to transfer the problem, but
not solve it.

I'd like to neutralize any risk of it ever going off.

Sounds like PD or gun shop.

Soak them in kerosene for a couple of days. That should soak past the
bullet and deactivate the powder and primer. Also, your local shooting
range can dispose of duds for you.

Probably worth $0.0000046 for scrap brass.

--
Christopher A. Young
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"Oren" wrote in message
...

Pliers! Pull the tip off and pour out the powder.

Sell the brass.

Of those, I'd choose gun shop. The PD may start an investigation, and end up
giving you more trouble.

The only risk of trouble with trash, if your area incinerates.

--
Christopher A. Young
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"Kevin" wrote in message
...


I'd like to neutralize any risk of it ever going off.

Sounds like PD or gun shop.

Take it to a public school, and throw it down the hall? The kids need the
day off.

--
Christopher A. Young
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"Steve Barker DLT" wrote in message
...
Well then throw the dam thing out the window on the interstate on the way to
work... GD!!!!


s

Kevin wrote:
a bit off topic...

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets
that do not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but
sometimes they don't fire. So I have this cartridge with bullet
intact with 2 or 3 dents in the rim that I hate to just toss out in
the pasture.


Hit it with a hammer. What could possibly go wrong.
--
js

"alarman" wrote in message
...
Kevin wrote:
a bit off topic...

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets
that do not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but
sometimes they don't fire. So I have this cartridge with bullet
intact with 2 or 3 dents in the rim that I hate to just toss out in
the pasture.


Hit it with a hammer. What could possibly go wrong.
--

I pull the bullet out. Discard bullet. Pour gunpowder into a pile. Burn
powder - just hold a match to it, it burns fairly quickly. Don't burn too
big of a pile at once. And don't even think of having an open can of
gunpower or anything else flammable anywhere remotely close. I used to take
the empty shells and hold them in a pair of pliers and hold them over a
candle. They pop after a few seconds, but not that loud - the primer burns
very fast, fast enough to make a popping noise - but there isn't very much
of it (don't try this at home, kids - you can blow a finger off or worse if
you are not very very carefull).

Kevin wrote:
I should have added -- I have small children around.

I thought about trying to pull the bullet out.. but there seems to be some
risk that it goes off.

Tossing them in the trash seems to be the way to transfer the problem, but
not solve it.

I'd like to neutralize any risk of it ever going off.

Sounds like PD or gun shop.




How many duds do you get? I have gone through many thousand 22 shots and
can scarcely even remember having a dud. Maybe the ammo is really old or
contaminated with oil? Or maybe a problem with your gun, weak spring or
just dirty.

Pulling 22 bullets out is easy you can almost do it without tools. I
hold the cartridge in my hand and grab the lead with pliers or vise
grips. Don't try to pull straight out but rather bend the lead out over
the side of the casing. It's all in the wrist action....

I don't think you could ever set one off like that but even if you did,
it's not particularly dangerous. Most of the powder doesn't even ignite
unless it's contained the the barrel of a gun. You might want to wear
safety glasses or goggles.
Even in a fire 22's don't do much, the lead doesn't move much, the hot
brass casings do fly around.

You can soak the casing in WD40 or any oil to deactivate the primer and
gun powder. I think that soaking will even work to deactivate before
pulling the bullet. Most of the reason to pull the bullet is to prevent
someone else from finding them and trying to fire them again or people
freaking out.

I wouldn't bother the police or gun shop.

Kevin

Kevin wrote:

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets
that do not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time,
but sometimes they don't fire. So I have this cartridge with bullet
intact with 2 or 3 dents in the rim that I hate to just toss out in
the pasture.

Take them back to the ammo store.

Dick

On Nov 24, 1:16*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
Works for me. They aren't all that dangerous, unless you dispose of them in
a fire.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
*www.lds.org
.

"HeyBub" wrote in message

m...

Kevin wrote:
a bit off topic...

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets
that do not fire? *I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but
sometimes they don't fire. *So I have this cartridge with bullet
intact with 2 or 3 dents in the rim that I hate to just toss out in
the pasture.

Trash can.

They aren't even dangerous if you throw them in a fire. The case will
split, the bullet will just lay there. Case may move a few inches.

Harry K

G. Morgan wrote:
Use it as an inline fuse.


What are you doing here Jack?


Just bored. You?
--
js

On Nov 24, 4:44*pm, "Kevin" wrote:
I should have added -- I have small children around.

I thought about trying to pull the bullet out.. but there seems to be some
risk that it goes off.

Tossing them in the trash seems to be the way to transfer the problem, but
not solve it.

I'd like to neutralize any risk of it ever going off.

Sounds like PD or gun shop.

Even if it goes off there is no danger. Unless it is confined in a
gun barrel the most that happens is the case splits, may move a few
inches, but the bullet just lays there.

I went through many boxes of 22's back when I was a kid and never had
a misfire except for in one gun with a weak firing pin. Sometimes had
to try to fire it 2 or 3 times before it would go off (or shift it to
another gun).

Harry K

Huh?

This true? Toss a 22LR into a fire, and it will not fire?

"Harry K" wrote in message
...
On Nov 24, 1:16 pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
Works for me. They aren't all that dangerous, unless you dispose of them
in
a fire.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.

"HeyBub" wrote in message

m...

Kevin wrote:
a bit off topic...

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets
that do not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but
sometimes they don't fire. So I have this cartridge with bullet
intact with 2 or 3 dents in the rim that I hate to just toss out in
the pasture.

Trash can.

They aren't even dangerous if you throw them in a fire. The case will
split, the bullet will just lay there. Case may move a few inches.

Harry K

I bought a new Marlin 60 and these Remington Thunderbolt.

I get a dud every 20-25. Something don't smell right.



"Kevin" wrote in message
l.net...
a bit off topic...

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets that do
not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but sometimes
they don't fire. So I have this cartridge with bullet intact with 2 or 3
dents in the rim that I hate to just toss out in the pasture.

"Kevin" wrote in
l.net:

a bit off topic...

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets
that do not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but
sometimes they don't fire. So I have this cartridge with bullet
intact with 2 or 3 dents in the rim that I hate to just toss out in
the pasture.



You missed an opportunity. Could have put them in Halloween goody bags.

"Kevin" wrote in message
l.net...
a bit off topic...

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets that do
not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but sometimes
they don't fire. So I have this cartridge with bullet intact with 2 or 3
dents in the rim that I hate to just toss out in the pasture.

If you truly don't know what to do with these, please turn in all your
firearms.

Steve

"Frank" wrote in message
...
Kevin wrote:
a bit off topic...

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets that
do not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but sometimes
they don't fire. So I have this cartridge with bullet intact with 2 or 3
dents in the rim that I hate to just toss out in the pasture.
Trash can. I would not pull bullet from a rimfire as primer might go off
if rim pinched too hard. My shooting club has a dud box. Don't know how
they dispose.

They obviously won't go off if pinched too hard, or they would have fired in
the gun.

Duh

"Kevin" wrote in message
l.net...
a bit off topic...

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets
that do not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time,
but sometimes they don't fire. So I have this cartridge with
bullet intact with 2 or 3 dents in the rim that I hate to just
toss out in the pasture.
Frankly, I can't imagine this being a problem worth thinking about.
It has been over fifty years since I have fired rimfires, but in my
teens and twenties, I have shot tons of boxes of 22 rimfires, and
never had a single one that didn't fire.

Either they are making inferior ammo now days, or you have a problem
with your gun.

What's the big deal?

Bob-tx

It will do just what Harry K says. It will pop and the case will blow
backwards a short distance. I've done this many times.

EJ in NJ

Kevin wrote:
Huh?

This true? Toss a 22LR into a fire, and it will not fire?

"Harry K" wrote in message
...
On Nov 24, 1:16 pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
Works for me. They aren't all that dangerous, unless you dispose of them
in
a fire.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.

"HeyBub" wrote in message

m...

Kevin wrote:
a bit off topic...
What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets
that do not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but
sometimes they don't fire. So I have this cartridge with bullet
intact with 2 or 3 dents in the rim that I hate to just toss out in
the pasture.
Trash can.

They aren't even dangerous if you throw them in a fire. The case will
split, the bullet will just lay there. Case may move a few inches.

Harry K

Kevin wrote:
Huh?

This true? Toss a 22LR into a fire, and it will not fire?
....
Can only get a high velocity projectile if have a tightly fitting
compression chamber to contain/direct the bullet and hold the casing
diameter.

--

On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:58:24 -0600, Red Green
wrote:

"Kevin" wrote in
el.net:

a bit off topic...

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets
that do not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but
sometimes they don't fire. So I have this cartridge with bullet
intact with 2 or 3 dents in the rim that I hate to just toss out in
the pasture.



They are the perfect bullet for playing russian roulet!


I am the real ftwhd and I approve this message.

On Nov 24, 7:44*pm, "Kevin" wrote:
I thought about trying to pull the bullet out.. but there seems to be some
risk that it goes off.

It's a .22, not a 50-cal round. Without the tightly-fitting long tube
from the gun, it's practically harmless even if it does go off.

Besides, the bullet will practically fall out of the casing. You take
two pairs of pliers, grab the casing lightly with one, grab the bullet
lightly with the other, give a little wiggle, and the round is
rendered inert.

Tossing them in the trash seems to be the way to transfer the problem, but
not solve it.

What problem? A Hefty bag can contain the "blast" from an unchambered .
22 cartridge should it go off.

Learn what makes a gun work.

On Nov 25, 4:08*am, "SteveB" toquerville@zionvistas wrote:
"Frank" wrote in message

...

Kevin wrote:
a bit off topic...

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets that
do not fire? *I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but sometimes
they don't fire. *So I have this cartridge with bullet intact with 2 or 3
dents in the rim that I hate to just toss out in the pasture.
Trash can. *I would not pull bullet from a rimfire as primer might go off
if rim pinched too hard. *My shooting club has a dud box. *Don't know how
they dispose.

They obviously won't go off if pinched too hard, or they would have fired in
the gun.

Duh

I had a gun with a weak firing pin. A round that misfired in it would
fire in another gun or even with multiple tries in the same gun.

Harry K

On Nov 24, 8:27*pm, "Kevin" wrote:
Huh?

This true? *Toss a 22LR into a fire, and it will not fire?

"Harry K" wrote in message

...
On Nov 24, 1:16 pm, "Stormin Mormon"





wrote:
Works for me. They aren't all that dangerous, unless you dispose of them
in
a fire.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.

"HeyBub" wrote in message

om...

Kevin wrote:
a bit off topic...

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets
that do not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but
sometimes they don't fire. So I have this cartridge with bullet
intact with 2 or 3 dents in the rim that I hate to just toss out in
the pasture.

Trash can.

They aren't even dangerous if you throw them in a fire. *The case will
split, the bullet will just lay there. *Case may move a few inches.

Harry K- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Fire? Yes. Dangerous? No. You can try it yourself if you have a
wood stove or a bonfire. Just toss a handfull of them in and it will
sound like firecrackers but no damage to anything.

Harry K

Kevin wrote:
Huh?

This true? Toss a 22LR into a fire, and it will not fire?

"Harry K" wrote in message
...
On Nov 24, 1:16 pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
Works for me. They aren't all that dangerous, unless you dispose of them
in
a fire.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.

"HeyBub" wrote in message

m...

Kevin wrote:
a bit off topic...
What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets
that do not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but
sometimes they don't fire. So I have this cartridge with bullet
intact with 2 or 3 dents in the rim that I hate to just toss out in
the pasture.
Trash can.

They aren't even dangerous if you throw them in a fire. The case will
split, the bullet will just lay there. Case may move a few inches.

Harry K


How could it? Think about how a gun works. The bullet is contained in a
chamber that only allows the expanding gas to escape in one direction.

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:51:01 -0800, wrote:

On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:58:24 -0600, Red Green
wrote:

"Kevin" wrote in
tel.net:

a bit off topic...

What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets
that do not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but
sometimes they don't fire. So I have this cartridge with bullet
intact with 2 or 3 dents in the rim that I hate to just toss out in
the pasture.



They are the perfect bullet for playing russian roulet!


I am the real ftwhd and I approve this message.

A bullet in the head would do well for you

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:22:22 -0500, Ernie Willson
wrote:

It will do just what Harry K says. It will pop and the case will blow
backwards a short distance. I've done this many times.

EJ in NJ

Kevin wrote:
Huh?

This true? Toss a 22LR into a fire, and it will not fire?

"Harry K" wrote in message
...
On Nov 24, 1:16 pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
Works for me. They aren't all that dangerous, unless you dispose of them
in
a fire.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.

"HeyBub" wrote in message

m...

Kevin wrote:
a bit off topic...
What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets
that do not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time, but
sometimes they don't fire. So I have this cartridge with bullet
intact with 2 or 3 dents in the rim that I hate to just toss out in
the pasture.
Trash can.

They aren't even dangerous if you throw them in a fire. The case will
split, the bullet will just lay there. Case may move a few inches.

Harry K



When I was a kid many years ago, we would stick 22 shells in the mud
by stock tanks. Back off a ways and shoot them with BB guns. The cases
would go singing. I don't know if they split. I never found one.

Perhaps in an open fire they just lay there but with a half inch of
mud acting as a barrel, they go flying.

Andy Asberry wrote:
On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:22:22 -0500, Ernie Willson
wrote:

It will do just what Harry K says. It will pop and the case will blow
backwards a short distance. I've done this many times.

EJ in NJ

Kevin wrote:
Huh?

This true? Toss a 22LR into a fire, and it will not fire?

"Harry K" wrote in message
...
On Nov 24, 1:16 pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
Works for me. They aren't all that dangerous, unless you dispose
of them in
a fire.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.

"HeyBub" wrote in message

m...

Kevin wrote:
a bit off topic...
What should I do with those "dud" 22 long rifle cartridges/bullets
that do not fire? I usually try to fire them a 2nd or 3rd time,
but sometimes they don't fire. So I have this cartridge with
bullet intact with 2 or 3 dents in the rim that I hate to just
toss out in the pasture.
Trash can.

They aren't even dangerous if you throw them in a fire. The case
will split, the bullet will just lay there. Case may move a few
inches.

Harry K



When I was a kid many years ago, we would stick 22 shells in the mud
by stock tanks. Back off a ways and shoot them with BB guns. The cases
would go singing. I don't know if they split. I never found one.

Perhaps in an open fire they just lay there but with a half inch of
mud acting as a barrel, they go flying.

You can use a "bullet puller." It's a simple device used by [reloaders.]
It consists of a hammer that at one end has a compression fitting where you
insert the bullet. By 'hammering' the tool, the bullet is separated from
it's casing without firing, thus rendering the bullet harmless.

--
Zyp