Whoops...

[exo]

Has this ever happened to you? I was doing laundry, moving clothes from the washer into the dryer... and I find a [STRIKE]bullet[/STRIKE]cartridge rolling around in the bottom of the washer basket. Whoops!

I'm guessing it probably doesn't work now huh?

 

[DJMc]

Not yet. But when I was paying last weekend, while shopping with the Mrs., I pulled a .22lr round out of my pocket. Put it on the counter, paid, back into pocket.

 

[CRSIII]

I saw a .22 round in the coin-star at shaws once.
I haven't run one through the washer yet.

 

[jenlynn724]

I have washed 9mm, and .40..
They worked..

 

[arlow]

At least it wasnt a bottle of deer pee. Been there done that, the warden was not happy..

 

[tele_mark]

Being that bulltes are just projectiles, it shouldn't effect it, so I'd go ahead and use it for reloading. A complete cartridge also should be fine, and I've done that before with carry ammo, and shot it afterward. I've never washed reloading components before, though.

 

[william_munny]

I was throwing a sweat shirt in the wash after the pumpkin shoot, and I found 2 12ga shells in the pocket. This was like 2 or 3 weeks after the pumpkin shoot, btw. Imagine my surprise...

 

[Andy in NH]

Not ammo, but I left my Benchmade AFCK in my pants pocket one time and it went through the laundry.

When it came out, the knife had diassembled itself; the blade, handles, liners, and the pocket clip were all in seperate pieces. The only thing missing was the itty-bitty screws that held evertything together.

By some miracle, the blade did not cut any of the clothing.

I sent the (very clean) parts back to Benchmade and they put the knife back together for free.




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[exo]

At least I'm not the only one to have mishaps with the laundry

On the bright side, my ammo now smells like springtime?

 

[BearArms]

Not me but my wife has. Found a whole speedloader full of 38spl in the dryer once. It was mine just forgot to take it out of my pants.

 

[Big_Red]

I washed a .45 round a couple of weeks ago. I haven't fired it yet.

 

[K-DUB]

I washed a spare barrel & a mag of my carry ammo that I'd thrown in my jacked pocket at the range once.

I was carrying .357 Sig at the time, & changed the barrel & mags to 9mm to shoot the cheaper ammo at the range, & put everything away when I got home. I thought I'd checked all the pockets, but I missed the inside zippered pocket.

All the rounds functioned properly.

 

[FreeWillie]

I've never done anything like that. Nope! Never! Uh-Uh! Never. Nope.

 

[Coyote33]

The wife wasn't happy when she found some spent .22 brass under and beside her car seat. I had a fleece pullover on when I was shooting one afternoon. I was on a blue tarp, and just gathered the corners, then pocketed all the empties. I guess a dozen got away. I checked the other day and found a couple more under there. Might go with a flashlight and check again if it warms up a little some day.

 

[gerrycaruso]

My wife has washed ammo that I left in my pocket. It's always worked fine.

 

[zeppelinfromled]

Never ammo, but I've run my flashlight through the wash twice, and both times it still worked straight out of the washer - no new batteries or anything.

 

[atmay]

I KNEW there was a reason I don't wash my pants....


ETA: The only things I've ever washed are:

-my learners permit (twice!)
-money (paper and coin)
-napkins
-cigar bands

 

[freedom2012]

At least it wasnt a bottle of deer pee. Been there done that, the warden was not happy..

That is almost impossible to get out. I got some on my gloves a month ago bow hunting, washed them 3 times and they still are nasty.

 

[Mrs. Magnum]

Im bad about checking pockets, I have washed my Movado watch and Mikey's USB drive but I have not washed any ammo.... yet!

 

[exo]

I finally got around to shooting that washed round yesterday. It shot fine =)

 

[Gooman24]

I finally got around to shooting that washed round yesterday. It shot fine =)

On a serious note I would have measured the OAL(Over All Length) of the round before I shot it just to be safe.

 

[exo]

On a serious note I would have measured the OAL(Over All Length) of the round before I shot it just to be safe.

A good suggestion. Hopefully I won't be washing any more ammo though

 

[kiver]

I have washed my cell phone

My wallet gets into the drink at least twice a year. It is always embarrassing paying for something with wet bills

 

[Mike-Mike]

We drop off our laundry. My wife picked it up and it had a .45 acp taped to the side of the bag.

 

[Chris]

I have washed my cell phone

My wallet gets into the drink at least twice a year. It is always embarrassing paying for something with wet bills

Kiver,

Those women know that all those ones didn't get damp from the laundry. (^_^)

 

[Knuckle Dragger]

I've done it, found the round in the dryer. It didn't go off - at least not until I put it in a gun.

 

[fubar]

I have killed the washer several times with loose things in my pockets. So I am super careful now.

A front load washer has major trouble digesting 5d. box nails , zip ties , 1.25 drywall screws ... things like that ...

We finally had to replace the machines. Wife loves them. I do NOT let anything get in there that shouldn't. The shelf for " Last minute " catches is however full of bad things like that. Including stray rounds.

 

[Team7]

Never washed ammo before, but did go to the range with a hooded sweatshirt and when I got home and changed later that day, several casings fell out of the hood.