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New uses for gun-related equipment?

MKEgal

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I'm sure there are other people who have found second uses for some of their "gun stuff"...

This morning I needed to weight down a project while the glue dried, so used several boxes of cartridges. They're heavier & easier to handle than cans of soup. Small project, concentrated weight, seems to be working fine.
 

Dreamer

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I've also used boxes of ammo as weights for bookbinding projects, like gluing up covers, and attaching boards to signatures...

There's a lot of lead in 200 rounds of .45acp... ;)
 

HeroHog

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I used to use microphone bags filled with .44 semi-wad-cutters to counterweight my boom microphones for my drum kit back when I was still a gigging musician!
 
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