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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ldp4570" data-source="post: 1496765" data-attributes="member: 5168">One of the last inspections I did was on 57MM recoiless rifle rounds. Even though they were set for demil, from exterior packaging to internal packaging to the rounds themselves, they were perfect. Most head stamped in the 40's and 50's. We also had 16" gun rounds that were made in the mid 40's that are still servicable to this day. Its one of the reasons we sell 106MM recoiless to the Alaska forestry department for avalance control. Most of thouse go back to the 40's, and still do the job. We have inventories of everything from .22lr all the way up to the big stuff. IF it doesn't meet safety requirements its destroyed unless the components can be demilled in a none detructive manner. Most if not all old artillery powder is reprocessed into ball ammo for rifle cartridges, some of which goes back to the late 30's. Comp B explosive can be heated till it becomes liquid and reused in bombs, handgrenades, and newer artrillery shells. Older fuzes are destroyed since lots of the timing methods use black powder as its train during timing, or some idiot on the range turned the timing dial more than three rotations, then thos have to be blown. Liquid Comp B explosive is formed into sheets and stored that way till needed. Some of your other Comp explosives as Comp 5 are to unstabe to be resued, and has to be burned. C3 and C4 can also be melted for reforming or storage, just make sure your handleing it with rubber gloves and don't wipe the sweat off your forhead, or your in for a headache that makes a migraine look like a punk. I know from doing it, water is the only cure, lots of it!!The US inventory of small arms is extensive, .22s, .22lr, .22Hornet, .32acp, .380acp, .38spl, .357mag, 9MM(several types), .45acp(several types), .40SW, 5.56MM, 7.62X51, 30caliber M2, .30 caliber Carbine, .410, .20ga, 12ga., .50caliber M2HB(Several types). Yes these are still on the books and in storage around the USA. This is just a drop in the bucket, as they also have all soviet/combloc rounds on the list as well.</blockquote>

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