Picking up dropped bullets

[beerman]

I find live ammo and keep it to use the case and bullet, but never fire live ammo unless I rolled it, I brought it or know it was just opened.

Too many wacky reloaders out there to trust a random round.

Good advice right here...Its not worth the risk.

[dscoduc]

...there are others there that maybe a little careless, and not care if they drop a good round or 2 on the ground may end up with some people picking it up. That's why the OP posted it in the first place.

^^^ This ^^^

That was exactly my thinking while picking up the ammo, and also my thinking on posting to CalGuns. It's hard to see ammo on the ground that looks brand new and in great shape and not pick it up to shoot.

I keep thinking, if the squib load had only gone in a little bit further into the barrel the outcome would have been so much worse...

With my recent education, however, I will be looking at those shiny rounds on the ground differently - seeing the chance of a squib load that results in me blowing my barrel or my head off... No thanks...

Let my experience save you the lesson and possible cost/damage!

[stand125]

It's a good thing when shooters post their lessons learned to help other people, well done. It's also humorous and makes a person want to ***** slap all the crew of the USS HINDSIGHT that actually think you would purposely do something to blow up your own gun and ask you why. Thanks for sharing.

[XDJYo]

Excellent lesson and reminds for all of us. Thank you for posting this OP.


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[Guerrilla Warfare]

Picking up dropped ammo at an outdoor range where tactical classes are taught is like me offering you ammo and telling you, "Don't know how old these are, I kept them in my gravel front yard where people most likely step over them repeatedly." and you accepting them.

[bohoki]

i pick up and fire 22lr but anything else gets pulled i mean a 223 bullet is like 10 cents i would bend over to pick up a dime

[toby]

Don't be frugal don't get hurt.

[Gryff]

This is especially dangerous if you shoot anywhere that action pistol matches take place (such as Richmond's action pistol range). A nice, shiney 9mm on the ground might just be a freshly minted 9mm Major round some USPSA Open Division shooter reloaded. 9mm Major is a standard 9mm Luger gun is a bad combination.

[dscoduc]

i pick up and fire 22lr but anything else gets pulled i mean a 223 bullet is like 10 cents i would bend over to pick up a dime

Man I could use some more .223 ammo... Please tell me where can I get it for 10 cents per round.

[dscoduc]

Picking up dropped ammo at an outdoor range where tactical classes are taught is like me offering you ammo and telling you, "Don't know how old these are, I kept them in my gravel front yard where people most likely step over them repeatedly." and you accepting them.

Accept I personally watched our group drop and leave shiny new rounds on the ground - so not quite the same... still I won't be doing that anymore...

[Guerrilla Warfare]

Accept I personally watched our group drop and leave shiny new rounds on the ground - so not quite the same... still I won't be doing that anymore...

I understand, but you don't know where THEY got it from and how they've been storing it.

[LeadFarmer74]

Thanks for sharing this experience.

[Merc1138]

Man I could use some more .223 ammo... Please tell me where can I get it for 10 cents per round.

He said per bullet, not cartridge. He's picking up the ammo, pulling the bullets, and dumping the powder so he can use the brass and projectile for reloading.