jpw99 Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 Here are a few to tax your knowledge banks Can carts become dangerous with old age, getting a soaking in a belt and left for days,weeks etc., being stored in a bag and possibly deforming the ones at the bottom of the pile or should they be kept in their boxes in first class condition until required in the gun? Yes i know i tend to ask the odd serious safety question from time to time but i just like to keep you on your toes Thanks in advance Jim the Geordie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpw99 Posted July 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 Oh no man, 17 views and still no answers Don't say i'm going to have to search google again Better luck tomorrow when everyone is refreshed Jim the Geordie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last engineer Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 sorry for any delay in answering Jim , im sure others have differing answers but my 2 cents worth , any damaged or deformed carts can be a hazzard ,think about this for a second ,the round or cartridge is an explosive device regardless of its surroundings ,therefore a hazzard and must/should be handled accordingly , the most dangerous part is be the primer ,if you actualy look at any munitions factory ,the most controlled enviroment there is the manufacture of the primer itself , i havent had the missfortune myself but know of guys reloading who have set off primers (dropping or banging them ,forcing the reloader priming stage and so on ) . Back in the spring at a shoot i attended , Ducks Unlimited Canada , a shooter on my squad decided the rounds that didn't fire in his Berreta wernt worthy of safe disposal ,so just threw them on the ground around the empty case/hull area ,when i quieried his actions his reply was "well what do you want me to do with them " i pointed out that the trap boys/girls would be around after the shoot cleaning up and could quite easily have an accident with unfired shells, result he took them away to the club house for disposal . in my opinion ,you cannot be to careful ,if in dout dispose of safely , any deformed shells would require you to force them into the chamber ,ask yourself this, is my gun worth more than the 50 cents shell. nothing wrong with saftey questions , id like to see more Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubshot Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 Today's plastic cartridges are pretty well safe But do watch if bases start to go rusty as bases are not that thick Unlike old paper - wax coated day's If the wet did not get them the mold did BOB/R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpw99 Posted July 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 Thanks for that lads I guess my instincts were right - Keep em dry and keep em in good order, regard each cart as a potential bomb, and live a long and healthy life. I do remember a long while back, when i first got my cert - i pulled the trigger and the pin did not penetrate enough to fire the cart, i took it out of the gun and set it aside (oh no man ) to ask one of my experienced friends how they would make it safe. While it was in my pocket i was expecting it to go off at any time . Forgot about it until i got home and then asked my experienced driving companion about it. "you silly sod" he said " you should have just tried to fire it again". I couldn't fire it now so i ended up getting the stanley and gingerly cutting it open to make it safe. Wheww - a lesson learnt Thanks yet again Martin - live a long,safe and healthy life man :thumbs: Cheers Jim the geordie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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