Thread: Disposing of old ammunition

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.