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Skiprr wrote:

WildBill wrote:At least, I hope my Scott's Turf Builder isn't made from recycled nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin.

What? You mean Scott's & Wesson Winterizer? Don't put that on your lawn for another three or four months...

Yahoshua has me thinking of pouring a new backyard patio of pea gravel and cartridge cases in concrete. That'd be a conversation piece...

But the cases would eventually corrode and create airpockets in the concrete, cracks that develop would further undermine the stability of the slab so it wouldn't look too good after a few years. But as far as filling in pits on a gravel road it works great.

It's should be fine to dispose of powder this way.

If you're worried about the powder igniting (which isn't all that high a chance unless you're throwing your cigarette ashes onto the lawn right after you dumped the powder) you can wet the powder down or burn small amounts of it at a time and then throw throw it into some mulch.

Also guys, if you have ammo that you want to dispose of because you aren't sure if you want to shoot it or not, please don't dump it in the trash or in the canal. It makes us gun owners look bad and it's a waste of resources that can be put to better use.

Taking it to the PD isn't going to get anything done because we sometimes have PD here in Pasadena that bring us boxes of ammo to dispose of. What we do with the ammo goes as follows:

Ammunition deemed safe and suitable to fire is used normally

Ammunition deemd UNSAFE to fire has the bullet pulled and the powder dumped (the nitrogen rich powder makes great fertilizer for grass and such). Then we sort out the brass cased ammo from all the others and sell it to a scrap dealer. Aluminum and steel casings aren't worth a whole lot by the pound so one of my co-workers uses it to pave the driveway on his family ranch.