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Old 02-10-2011, 08:48 AM   #16
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Re: Anyone collect military surplus stuff?

Here's a fair portion of my ammo stash.
I hope you will appreciate some of the storage containers.
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Old 02-10-2011, 09:51 AM   #17
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Anyone else think of Herman from the Simpsons when they read this thread?
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Old 02-10-2011, 10:11 AM   #18
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Old 02-10-2011, 10:22 AM   #19
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Here is my small collection of guns.

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Old 02-10-2011, 12:44 PM   #20
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isn't it insane to have all that ammo? why would you?
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Old 02-10-2011, 12:49 PM   #21
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+5 on all the extra ammo. Its clearly all for home defense. Seriously though nice ammo collection, Alvin.
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Old 02-10-2011, 01:18 PM   #22
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isn't it insane to have all that ammo? why would you?

Three reasons:

1. Because I can.
2. Because I can.
3. For when the Zombie Apocalypse happens.
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Old 02-10-2011, 01:51 PM   #23
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If you house ever catches on fire you need to warn all your neighbors to run and stop the fire truck a block back.
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Old 02-10-2011, 02:04 PM   #24
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If you house ever catches on fire you need to warn all your neighbors to run and stop the fire truck a block back.
That's actually crossed my mind.
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Old 02-10-2011, 04:38 PM   #25
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That's actually crossed my mind.
That's funny but I guess it could be an issue if something happened.
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Old 02-10-2011, 04:58 PM   #26
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That's funny but I guess it could be an issue if something happened.
It's not as dangerous as you'd think. When ammo gets hot enough to explode, they act like miniature bombs rather than bullets. It doesn't really project the bullet, like it would if fired from a gun. When loaded in a gun, the energy created from detonating the cartridge has only one way out (at your target). When it's not loaded in a gun, there is nothing limiting the escape of the energy, so it dissipates much more quickly, and with less concentration. Often times, the brass shrapnel from the shell thrown during the explosion is more dangerous than the bullet. (The bullet has more mass, so the shell will be propelled away from the bullet).
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Old 02-10-2011, 05:17 PM   #27
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If you house ever catches on fire you need to warn all your neighbors to run and stop the fire truck a block back.
they could just by fire proof safes.
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Correll Caché: Charlton Heston's Gun Vault
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Old 02-10-2011, 06:51 PM   #29
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Thats not Hestons gun vault. Those pictures were debunked a long time ago.
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Old 02-11-2011, 10:48 AM   #30
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isn't it insane to have all that ammo? why would you?
Why WOULDN'T you?
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