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| | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | I am not sure this is the proper forum for this, but here goes! I was cutting up a 55/1st cab with my sawzall in preparation for a trip to the dump. As I sawed from the rear window opening around to the drivers side the sawzall caught on something and jumped and squealed, refusing to go much. I pushed a little harder, then tried it from the other direction, which worked. After removing the top, what did I find in the cubby hole between the inner and outer panels? I found a 30 round M-14 clip with 15 bullets in it...I had sawed the bottom off and the spring fell out.
Laying along side this was a plastic holder with three 30-30 shells in it. Evidently they had been shoved into the roof area and had fallen down..there was no headliner in this truck. My son thought it was a cool find. I am not gun wise and thought maybe I could have fired them had I hit them just right with the sawzall. The real scary part is that I almost used a torch! Maybe this is what you get when you chop up a AD truck!! Maybe God is a Stovebolter.
Stuart. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 424 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 424 | Ya just never know what your going to find in an old vehicle. Really good thing you didn't use that torch for sure!
BTW...If I'm not mistaken, I think the M-14 took a 20-round magazine not a 30-round. It might be for something else? | | | | | Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,714 Bond Villain | | Bond Villain Joined: Nov 1995 Posts: 5,714 | Wow. Too bad about sawing through it, those. Those magazines are worth a couple of bucks.
What did you do with the rounds? Did they have painted tips? If so, what color???
Sounds like someone was coming back from the range with saved rounds...
John
~ John A kid raised on Hotwheels, Matchbox and Tonka cannot be reasonably expected to own only one vehicle as an adult. 1949 Chevrolet 3804In the Legacy Gallery | In the Gallery Forum1973 IH 1310 Dump1963 Kaiser M38A12001 International/AmTran RE3000 "Skoolie"2014 Ford E-350 4x4 (Quigley) | | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 158 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 158 | If you get a round of ammunition hot enough to ignite the powder, there will be a flash and a bang, but the bullet will only go a couple of feet.
Without the chamber and barrel directing and controlling the pressure of the explosion, it won't be as interesting as a firecracker.
Brian | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | The brass will go further than a couple of feet. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | John,
The bullets say .223 win super and they have a copper jacket except for about a 1/16" on the end that is lead. Found next to these items was the remains of a firewood cutting permit.
Methinks they were getting wood but keeping an
eye out for Big Buck at the same time...probably out of season.
Stuart. | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | M-14s use 7.62 mm ammo. It might be from an M-16, an AR-15 or a hunting rifle chambered for that round. | | |
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