digger Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Visited one of the projects we maintain today and found a round lying in the car park. Not seen anything like it before, its a short .22 center fire with a green plastic cap where the bullet would be. The cap has a cross marked on it. Should I bin it or hand it in ? Gave it to my new manager to look at ( he has ten shot semis on his ticket and several rifles ) but he didnt have a clue as to what it is. The reason I added what guns he has on his ticket is how damn cool to have a manager who buys his bullets by the hundreds and has four AR15`s ? My jobs safe Dont want to look a cock taking it to the police station but as the project is a drug dealers home dont want to bin it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Sounds like a .22 WMR blank or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markio Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 i was going to say a blank round. Fired a few shots in a blank firing 8mm beretta (i think) years ago. They had green plastic covering the casing aperture. Just my guess, no expert by any means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckytrigger Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Sounds like a blank round?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Erm I mean hornet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Surely it's a nail gun cartridge..?? Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last engineer Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 sounds like it to me cat , hilti type caps Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted February 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 dont think so Cat, its one hell of a nail youd drive with a centre fire ? all the nail guns ive used are either fired by short blanks or gas ? its the same length as a .22 round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 I went to France last week, found a few odds & ****, you wouldn't want to trip over this one..!! Looks innocent enough..?? Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poacher Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 I went to France last week, found a few odds & ****, you wouldn't want to trip over this one..!! Looks innocent enough..?? Cat Kick it, I dare you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookie Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Holy ****! What's that, a 4" round or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 I think you have all gone of on a tangent with this post from what ive read the question was what does he do with it not what is it.. I would say if you dont know exactly what it is hand it in to the FEO and let them sort it out..!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hesky Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 I think you have all gone of on a tangent with this post from what ive read the question was what does he do with it not what is it..I would say if you dont know exactly what it is hand it in to the FEO and let them sort it out..!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catamong Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 I know it's a First World War Dud, probably a British 18 pounder shrapnel shell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_QF_18_pounder You can't be too careful with these little beastie's, as many contain gas, which can leak out if the shell is moved, any many of the gases used were completely odourless, you only knew you'd had a dose when you started coughing your guts up, by which time, it was too late for you. Can anybody identify this harmless looking lump of metal..?? Yes, it's a standard issue "Mills Bomb" had grenade, minus the pin and locking handle, therefore highly dangerous. A few years back an ex military "expert" secretly brought one of these back to the UK and decided to dismantle it late one night at home. His wife heard a "firework" explode and thought nothing of it until the early hours when hubbie didn't crawl into bed. She went downstairs to find hubbie stone dead and riddled like a colander, the police at first thought he'd been shot dead by a Mac 10 or similar fast firing sub-machine gun, he had so many holes in him. Moral of the story, leave unidentified objects well alone and let the experts deal with them, (the French Government still have 200 full time "Demineurs" engaged on Battlefield clearance). Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 You want to try Ross Sands in Northumberland mate The place is LITTERED with 5 pounders 10 pounders motars etc Mate of mine (Brian) was walking on the beach one day on the northumberland coast line and found an old anti personel mine in the side of the dune. B) There are quite a few beaches up here that were used in the war for test sites for the new rockets (missiles) that they used on Hurricanes i beleive. They had a Bomb disposal team sweep the beach to remove them all. LG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Digger, If your manager has that many guns he may also have kinetic hammer, if so, he can pull it apart and make it safe, if it isn't already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Just hand it in, it's upto the old bill what they do with it then. It maybe important, who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 just don't keep it wondering for too long as technically you could be in breach of firearms conditions holding ammo you have no licence to hold. It sounds like a blank to me but bearing in mind where you found it you never know if its got a criminal connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 I have heard of a method of using blanks and replicas to make a close range firearm (obviously not to be discussed on this forum). Sounds like someone in the druggie centre has been having a pop at pulling a moody. Hand it in and if you haven't contaminated it they might be able to get a dab off it, might be connected to another crime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wickedandlazee Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 I have an 8 mm blank firer and that sounds exactly like one with the green crossed tip on it. Still as the other guys say hand it in anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gully Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 One of these? - 8mm blank. http://gun-sword.stores.yahoo.net/exlo8mmblamb.html They usually have Fiochi stamped on the rim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldBill Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 It does sound like a blank, but hand it in anyway if your not one hundred percent sure. The old bill get bomb disposal to collect them every now and again and they get sorted and if necessary "disposed" of...by a controlled explosion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Im geussing its something like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted February 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 Gully / Hunter top research that was what it was. Took it in to my local police station intending to let them know where I found it, the fact it was next to a crack house etc and ended up giving it to a desk jockey who just said " oh, ok, thanks " Within twenty minutes I was called to board up / secure the building next where I found it. How much are flights to New Zealand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 I said it sounded like a blank first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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