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My father-in-law recently dropped off some old ammunition (reloaded 22 hornet, .243, .303, .44 rem magnum, 30-30 win). Well over 100 rounds. Can we still dispose of this at the NZ Police? I've searched their webpage but they are a bit vague...
Cheers for your help
Grant
I guess one of the members on here want the ammo?Quote:
Originally Posted by HoppyV8
Probably can but burial or controlled burning is probably simpler.
Offal hole.
It used to be dumped in cook strait or out beyond great barrier I think. In the 60’s, I was in our college’s Bren gun team. Four of us we given 10,000 rounds of three oh ammo to dispose of….on a 25 yard range up Pyes Pa, Tauranga way. Pongas got chopped up, barrels got too hot to touch, big holes were created in the bank and I’ve been deaf ever since!
French Pass
Loving all of these replies... the solution(s) seem so obvious now. Just in case anyone is interested, below are some pics... otherwise off to the quarry it will go!
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Get in touch if you want any or all of the above!
Cheers
Grant
A pleasant surprise for those wanting more ammo in those chamberings
The 30/30 ammo has found a new home.
Cheers
Grant
I’m keen on the 243 ammo
Happy to pay for it and the freight
Id take the 303 and 44 but postage is such a pain in the arse.
If there is a Gun City local to you, they would likely take it off your hands.
.243 ammo is gone once I work out how to get it to Hawkes Bay.
SLR - my in-laws live in Chch so I can get him to take the ammo back with them next time they are up for the school holidays. So consider it yours if you are happy to wait!
I could drop this off in a few weeks potentially if Hoppy wants to rehome itQuote:
Originally Posted by SLR
Yes please, no hurry at all. I love those old boxes too. Thank you!Quote:
Originally Posted by HoppyV8
Looks like we've re-homed everything but the 22 hornets. If any Chch members are keen I can likely get them dropped down in the next few weeks, otherwise I will dispose of them.
Cheers
Grant
I know a 22 hornet user in Hawkes bay that can use them
But
If someone else here wants the 22 hornet give it to them first
and onsell at huge profit!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
bluecod/ken will likely use the hornet ammunition.... he is in oamaru.... heck in these times of shortages DO NOT dump anything...SOMEONE will be grateful for it,even to pull apart for components it is still worth having.
Hornets now gone - so all now accounted for...
Cheers guys
Grant
the THANKS it to you HoppyV8.......... if more fellas were as considerate,the world would be a better place all around.
Defence force EOD regularly travel the country pick g up anything that goes bang and is unwanted. Try the local police, who may hold it until the EOD guys do their next round.
If the council discovers ammo (actually, anything that isn't offal!) being dumped into an offal hole, you'll be up to your elbows between please explain and you now need a consent for that...
Pretty sure any Police station that has an Arms Officer will dispose of the ammo, they give it to EOD.
However the method you have used (finding licensed people that want it) is far better imho.
Sheesh i wish someone would post like that within driving distance of me, lol. Ammo like that is far too useful to dump. In fact, if you cant get rid if the Hornet come back to me...
When CAC closed in the 1980's huge amount was dumped in the Hauraki Gulf, think it was by the old "gut boat" that dumped the offal from fishing industry. Had a mate who worked there, said it was mind-boggling what was dumped. Lot of the ammo was Norma, Remington etc. they used it to do velocity tests against their CAC ammo. Said they never did it by half measures, would buy 500 rounds and test 10.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ingrid 51
A lot of the time there's a few rounds loafing, I have a collet die for the press and use that to dissassemble unwanted ammo. Never had a problem carefully pushing the primers out, dropping them onto something soft and clearing each one. I discharge them in a popper or with a hammer on a chunk of steel (with a plate between me and the chunk of steel to deflect anything that wants to relocate itself in my direction). Powder makes bloody good fertiliser - and in this time of high vege prices I aint complaining about getting free fert! The rest of the components are usually good to reuse or into the scrap metal.
I would have thought the best way to dispose of any ammo is down a long thin tube with a telescope put on top.
