Damaged 22 Ammo

[sierrashooter]

I have an old Ruger Standard (Prior to the Mark 1). I get a few failures with it that result in damaged live ammo. Bent bullet, dented case, etc. Once they are damaged, I don't want to try and use them. I am curious how other people dispose of damaged ammo.

[VegasND]

Use it up in your .22 revolver.




You DO have a .22 revolver, right?

[pilote]

i use a lot of misfeeds in a single shot bolt...sometimes the lead is dented; i just take a knife and carve the bullet smooth...

[Bt Doctur]

Any mistakes from reloading or damaged deformed 22`s go into a bucket of light oil, then into the ocean

[asme]

I take pliers or whatever and pull the bullet off and throw that into the trash, shake the unburned powder into the trash, and put the casing into the brass bucket at my next range visit.

[sierrashooter]

I could run some of them through my rifle but the ones with the bent bullet would probably best be served by removing the bullet. I read an interesting article on Oil Vs. Primers. You can read it here: Box O Truth

[Larry]

The shooting range that I frequent provides buckets near the shooting positions specifically for damaged/suspect ammo. Might want to check with your local range(s) and see if they will dispose of it for you?

Larry

[WDE91]

most of the ranges I have been to have junk/ no good buckets

If I had to dispose of them myself I would pry/pull bullet
bullet into trash
powder into a pile- then it would burned for the sake of burning it
brass into my brass bucket to take to the scrap yard

[G-forceJunkie]

The easy way to make a .22 bullet remover is to drill a 1/4" hole in a scrap piece of 1/8 or so steel. Stick the bullet in, and bend the case over and the bullet will come out.

[nukechaser]

A decent report, but...

I could run some of them through my rifle but the ones with the bent bullet would probably best be served by removing the bullet. I read an interesting article on Oil Vs. Primers. You can read it here: Box O Truth

The only problem I have with his method (shown in the link) was is use of a centerfire pistol to try to fire off a rimrife round.

Anyone who has ever pulled a bullet out of a .22LR round, poured out the powder and looked into the case to see the primer can see that the primer "paste" is concentrated around the edges (rim, hence the name) of the brass.

As I understand it, the primer is a wet paste that is dropped into the brass which is "spinning". The centrifugal force throws the primer paste to the edges, usually leaving a bare spot in the center of the base of the brass. Trying to fire the primer by striking the center of the base will rarely, if ever, cause the primer to ignite.

There is a reason why "rimfire" firearms strike against the "rim" of the case. I'd say the stage of his experiment using his centerfire pistol to test the primer is flawed.

Just my $.02... YMMV

Peace!