Today I acquired...........

[rosinante]

I dug up a live 303 round in my garden 1942 on bottom , in the man cave now,
Chris

 

[DAPPH]

I went back. Not with a metal detector. But another stick. Well an 8mm rod.

Nowt.
Nada.
Diddly.
Less than zero.

Just the hole I left.

Oh well.

No eggs left by the chuck ? Search a little more my friend I shell be watching this thread to see if the yolk is on me

 

[DAPPH]

I dug up a live 303 round in my garden 1942 on bottom , in the man cave now,
Chris

Chris ,
Now you have admitted having it , I'm guessing you don't have the required fire arms certificate licence to hold that calibre ammo , don't fling it away as some Richard Cranium/s may find it and get hurt, hand it into any police station & let them sort it out .

 

[Tinbasherdan]

Chris ,
Now you have admitted having it , I'm guessing you don't have the required fire arms certificate licence to hold that calibre ammo , don't fling it away as some Richard Cranium/s may find it and get hurt, hand it into any police station & let them sort it out .

or prise the head out, tip the powder out and burn it off, and hold in in the vice so you can tap the primer off, then reassemble your nice, legal inert round

 

[Tinbasherdan]

not strictly me, nor today, but friday ill be going to pick up a little project for our dad- an alvis leonides 9 cylinder radial engine

 

[Maker]

or prise the head out, tip the powder out and burn it off, and hold in in the vice so you can tap the primer off, then reassemble your nice, legal inert round

That's what I'd do if it were mine but I wouldn't be happy advising someone to do the same.

 

[Tinbasherdan]

That's what I'd do if it were mine but I wouldn't be happy advising someone to do the same.

Not much that can go wrong tbf

 

[Tinbasherdan]

The offending engine

 

[rosinante]

When I was in the RN as a quarters armourer we happily burnt the cordite on the beach from breech separated 40 mm Bofors rounds , at Fraser Gunnery Range , Southsea.
Chris

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

When I was in the RN as a quarters armourer we happily burnt the cordite on the beach from breech separated 40 mm Bofors rounds , at Fraser Gunnery Range , Southsea.
Chris

4.5 Mk5 was easy to open up, beach Banyan BVI.

Pussers run, from the source and fun was had.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

When I was in the RN as a quarters armourer we happily burnt the cordite on the beach from breech separated 40 mm Bofors rounds , at Fraser Gunnery Range , Southsea.
Chris

That should fire a few brain cells.

 

[winchman]

or prise the head out, tip the powder out and burn it off, and hold in in the vice so you can tap the primer off, then reassemble your nice, legal inert round

Best check the wording of the law, from memory its ammunition makes no mention of live or not so depending on copper / magistrate it could be an offence

 

[Glen Vassallo]

Hey Tinbasherdan. Now thats a cool project. Good on you and your Dad. Good luck with it!

 

[Tinbasherdan]

Best check the wording of the law, from memory its ammunition makes no mention of live or not so depending on copper / magistrate it could be an offence

As you can buy inert rounds from most military themed museums I would say he’s ok. If I recall you can own the the parts of a bullet without a licence but once you assemble the whole thing it becomes ammunition

 

[DAPPH]

As you can buy inert rounds from most military themed museums I would say he’s ok. If I recall you can own the the parts of a bullet without a licence but once you assemble the whole thing it becomes ammunition[/QUOTE Tim

Tim I suspect that those articles are usually factory produced goods checked by a company / business after being certified at the point of purchase to that business that they are spent cases & are not active before being made in to ornaments & key rings etc .

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As a former shottie & full bore & small bore rifle shooter for 47 yrs , this from a metal detecting site jells with what I understand the situation to be .


" Hi guys, I just thought I'd post this thread to clarify the laws regarding live ammunition and ordnance.



The chances are that most of us have, or at some point will, find live ammunition whilst metal detecting. Despite contrary beliefs, live ammo can still cause considerable damage, even if its been buried for 70 odd years, and It MUST be treated with respect.

Under UK law, it is illegal to be in possession of ANY form of live ammunition, ( Edited 26/ 03 / 19 without a licence obviously ) and is punishable by a minimum of five years in prison.




Bit of a red herring on this paragraph if you read it all ...…. but sensible she got jailed .

A lady in Scotland was recently jailed for possessing a family heirloom - her fathers WW2 pistol. She had it displayed in a glass cabinet. Ignorance to the firearms laws was no excuse, and she was jailed for five years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10335003




If you find anything that you suspect is live, then you must report it to the police immediately. If you've took your finds home, and then later discover that you've found a live bullet, then contact the police, and they will come to collect it.

NEVER attempt to deactivate a live bullet! This is also illegal without the correct licence and equipment. Not only would you be breaking the law, but you'd also be putting yourself in great danger.

It's great that so many of you will post images of bullets etc, to ask the appropriate questions. It's much better to ask, than to live in ignorance.

The forum will not condone any form of illegal activity. Any comments concerning owning live ammunition, or attempting to 'deactivate' ammunition, will be instantly removed, and appropriate action taken against the poster.

UK FIREARMS LAW
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/27 " ( Edited 26 / 03 / 19 .....................…. Paragraph 1 b appears to be what the author is thinking of .



Stay safe & stay lucky .
Dave

 

[Tinbasherdan]

there’s no de ac cert offered with inert rounds, so nothing to say once he’s cooked off the powder and primer that it ever was a live round to be fair. I understand where you’re coming from but I highly doubt a successful prosecution could be brought about

 

[zeppelin builder]

was given this today its a Rolls hacksaw
dont think its anything to do with the Derby lot but certainly well made has rack and pinion adjustment and made of decent stuff
must have been expensive too compared to a basic one

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Today, I got a fibre optic interweb connection!

My existing ISP sent me a box with a new modem, with no cost or change(s) to my existing call/web package.
Connected it up and it installed automatically on the desktop with no falling about with passwords etc

I might run a speed test later to see what up/download I'm getting now - previously it could sometimes be abysmal

 

[RWD3M]

was given this today its a Rolls hacksaw
dont think its anything to do with the Derby lot but certainly well made has rack and pinion adjustment and made of decent stuff
must have been expensive too compared to a basic one View attachment 173384 View attachment 173385 View attachment 173386

I remember Hiduminium from my RAF Apprentice days. Some sort of high strength Aluminium. I'll have a google.

 

[RWD3M]

Yep, and it looks like the Rolls connection is with Derby!