Bullets with a shelf life??

[Chad Sheets]

Any of you higher educated gun freaks heard of this? I understand they (all the people who think anyone with a gun is a finatic psycho time bomb waiting to explode) want to put a chemical in the gun powder of all bullets that will render the powder useless after roughly 12 months.



This is to keep people from "hoarding" stock piles of bullets for whatever reason. They (those same people who hate any gun / gun owner) believe this will keep the number of bullets on the street lower, and make it easier to control people who might flip out some day and decide to start spraying 1000's of rounds places bullets are not meant to be.

 

[bvanetten]

I've heard "they" would like to do this to primers also.

 

[Hammer]

One thing I myself as an avid benchrest shooter and reloader can not figure out with this stupid idea is this;;If they do that thats fine,but,there reasoning for it is about as far out there as any I've seen in a while,,Think of it,IF a wacko is going to play"Bomb Builder Bob" do they not think that he'd just buy the items he needs and assemble it itself,,Even with the slick reloading stuff out there he's not going to do his own reloading,,YEH RIGHT,,Man are they way out or what... ... .

 

[swamp rat]

I'm wondering when the "Ban Everything" nuts will get around to banning various household items that can be used to construct weapons of near mass destruction? Does Clorox, ammonia, calcium chloride, and other various swimming pool chemicals sound like they could be life threatening? Absolutely yes, when combined in various quantities and compounds. As I mentioned a while back, even a typical drugstore condom, sugar water, and condensed sulfuric car battery acid can be used for a crude detonator for a molotov cocktail with a very small amount of Know How!

 

[The patriot]

Hasn't stopped me from hoarding!!

I spoke with guys that used powder over 40 years old. This is military surplus mostly (what I have hoarded)

Maybe youre thinking of "taggants". I believe theyre already in there. These are microscopic particles that will identify a manufacturer, and possibly a date of manufacture. This is mostly for (at least now) crime investigation.

I have not heard such things about primers, but who knows?? If theyre doing it with powder, I dont know why it cant be done with primers.

This is all a little too Orwellian for me.

Eric

 

[Straight6Jeff]

Back in the 80's, there was a similar rumor circulating with primers. My Dad and I had called CCI to see if this was true. They said it was completely false. They had stated that there was no practical way to accomplish this. The elements that go into powders and primers are stable when combined, so making them degrade over time would introduce instability factors, which could lead to potential hazardous conditions. The powder manufacturers would not want this instability.

 

[Bigsaint]

Military surplus is the way to go for longevity. I used to run our PAL rifle team, still have some good old ammo in the armory, loaded in the M-1 Garand clips and ready to rock and roll. We used it quite often back in 1998-99, never had a misfire and still pretty accurate.



I did some accuracy testing with this old stuff, using a buddy's Ruger MK2 '06 when he was sighting in for a hunting trip. We consistantly got groups of 1 1/4" at 100 Yds off the bench. Not bad for ammo that has been sitting in a ammo can for 45 + years.



I agree with Jeff, how could they make the ammo unusable without making it unstable ? Probably nothing more than anti-gunner hype IMHO. These people are extremists, they would sell their souls to take a few guns off the street, no matter whose hand it happens to be in.



Scott W.