Bullets on the beach

Sparky Evans · Oct 15, 2020

Hi Guys,

Found a couple of rounds this morning on the beach - the bases are pretty crusty so I can’t see any identifying marks - as they are old I don’t want to mess with them to much in case they are unstable - any advice as to possible caliber or ID for them - to me they look like revolver rounds rather than Rifle or Automatic pistol, or any advice how to clean the bottom of the round to see the makers marks?

EmuDetector · Oct 15, 2020

light brushing on the bottoms with a toothbrush should be ok. If they are center fired, you'll see a primer, just avoid heat/friction/strikes on that. Without any dimensions, they look like 38s.

Sparky Evans · Oct 16, 2020

I stuck the base in a bit of CLR for 15 mins and it cleaned the base up enough to see the markings - it’s a Federal 38 Special - from what I can find this round is for revolvers and initially created for law enforcement

EmuDetector · Oct 16, 2020

Good to see it cleaned up. It's a pretty common revolver round for the US. Many of the "police only" designations on our firearms stuff is just to get around manufacturing laws.

ClockDoc · Oct 17, 2020

If you don't want to keep the rounds for any reason drop by your local police dept. They'll take them and despose of them properly.

Sparky Evans · Oct 17, 2020

I will be dropping them off this week and here in Australia guns are not common and Pistols even more uncommon. Technically I am breaking the law having them as I don’t have a gun license.

ClockDoc · Oct 20, 2020

More than likely the'll be happy you brought them in for safe disposal before someone got hurt.
It makes you wonder how they got there with not that many people owning firearms.

GLASSHOPPER1955 · Oct 21, 2020

ClockDoc said:
More than likely the'll be happy you brought them in for safe disposal before someone got hurt.
It makes you wonder how they got there with not that many people owning firearms.

A couple years ago I found an unused .22 long while MDing the beach. Looks like it had been there a few years.

worm12ga · Oct 21, 2020

Very common rounds, no chance of them being 'unstable'.

MTJosh · Oct 21, 2020

I find ammo all the time at beach parks everywhere. I know I’ve probably lost a round or two coming back from a hunting trip reaching into my pocket. In bad neighborhoods ammo drops common from local gangs. Ammo at beach can be discarded ammo. Some military if area was used for training in past 100 yrs.
Put into perspective guessing there is currently minimum 10-20 billion rounds of ammo just in public hands in the USA. Easy for a couple rounds to be dropped just like coins.

GroundSweeper · Oct 21, 2020

I would have just tossed them in the beach trash can :lol:

with the rest of my trash...

Bill_Ace_350 · Oct 23, 2020

Throw them away, bury them... sad you have to worry about possessing them, even if you intend on turning them in.

I am lucky.

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

geardoc · Oct 23, 2020

In lieu of a simple bullet puller, I'd take a pair of pliers and wiggle the bullets out.

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