[Seduction]

Can someone specify it for me.I found it at my new house.

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j284/froloshki/114108.jpg


http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j284/froloshki/114133.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j284/froloshki/114243.jpg

[Jorg]

Looks like .22 Long Rifle cartridge made by Remington/UMC. A pretty common catridge used in handguns and rifles. More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.22_Long_Rifle

[Regolith]

Yup. Definitely .22 LR.

[230RN]

Seduction:

I can't quite understand why there was a mystery about it. Are you in a totally firearms restricted area? (The lack of a space between the period and the first letter of the next sentence indicates the UK.)

Are you looking for methods of disposal?

Are you concerned about the danger of having one around?

With the more than two billion units of the .22 manufactured every year, some are bound to go astray. I have found one or two in my pants cuff after a shooting session, and every once in a while I find one on on the floor of the car. And other odd places. (It's quite easy to spill a box of them while shooting, and since you're shooting, you may not realize that one out of the 50 in a box has trotted off by itself somewhere.)

By the way, thanks for the dimensioning and the closeup of the headstamp. So often we are asked to identify things based on a rather sketchy verbal description ("It's as big as my thumb and shiny."), and no headstamp information. The head-stamp is the pressed-in lettering on the back end ("head") of the case --in this case, a "U," which is standard for Remington or Union Metallic Cartridge (UMC) Corporation. If I recall correctly, all Winchester .22 ammunition has an "H" headstamp, and RWS .22 ammunition has a little picture of an acorn on that back end.

Just as an advisement, technically your photographs show a "cartridge," which is a complete unit ("round") of ammuniton. The "bullet" is only the part that is shot out of the barrel. The "case" of the complete cartridge is the brass part, which holds the bullet itself.

The use of the term "bullet" when referring to the complete cartridge is considered outre by many firearms aficionados. Nobody's going to jump all over you for this misnomer, but one should be aware of the difference.

[Seduction]

Thanks for the detailed reply.I want to use that as a keychain :D

[Nytelyte]

Be careful with that! I have no idea how you are going to drill that to insert a hanger or something without running the risk of detonating the primer. (which, granted, won't kill you, but I don't want it in my hands when it happens)

[MSgt B]

Keychains are nice, but please tell me you're not planning on drilling into the live round!

That very nice photo you have of the back of the cartridge shows quite clearly that it has not been fired.

The .22 LR is a "Rimfire" cartridge. The small lip at the tail end holds the primer. If it was a "Dud" round, there would be a deep impact mark somewhere along that rim.

[matt87]

If you're in the UK, lose that round ASAP. You could hand it into the police but I'm sure they'd give you a bit of a hard time over it (I'm cynical). You don't want to be found in posession of Section 1 ammunition without lawful authority.

If you're in the US, this is a perfect reason buy a .22 pistol or rifle. Go to a range or suitable other place, chamber round, fire, buy more ammo and repeat for life :D Heck even if you're in the UK, apply for an FAC, get a .22 rifle, chamber the round, fire, repeat for life or until another draconian ban comes in.

I must also point out that that round is not a toy. It won't go off on its own but there is a good chance it will if you take a drill or blowtorch to it. Buy yourself a nice ammo keyring (there are lots of types) or wait unti lyou've fired that round! :D

[the naked prophet]

Also, if you were to drill it safely and have it as a keychain, the exposed lead would rub off easily in your pocket and on your hands, exposing you to dangerously high levels of toxic heavy metals over the course of time. If you want a bullet keychain, buy a replica.

[230RN]

Jeeze, I'm glad I probed a little more deeply !

I would re-read Matt87's post if my guess was right about being in the UK.

Whew !

[Roswell 1847]

I've heard a guy got three years for possession of a few loose rounds of .22 rimfire found in his car by Jamaican police.

Also you can find much nicer bullet keychains. I've seen them at service stations.
I've got two dummy 12 gauge rounds. One is a pocket knife the other is a lighter. I keep them in the shell loops of my bandoleer.

PS
They are right about scale being important. There are old .25 Stevens and .32 Rimfire cartridges which could be mistaken for the much more common .22 if there was no reference for scale.

I could use some .32 Rimfire shorts myself. A friend has an old pocket pistol in that caliber which is in good condition. I've heard they were planning on pocket pistol matches at the Cowboy Action Shooting events.

[Jorg]

I've got two dummy 12 gauge rounds. One is a pocket knife the other is a lighter. I keep them in the shell loops of my bandoleer.

You'll have to let us know how they cycle if you ever accidentally grab them.

[benEzra]

For cartridge keychains, you'd do much better to buy an inert one from some place like this:

http://www.bulletkeychainsetc.com/

The problem with trying to make that cartridge into a keychain, as others have mentioned, is that (1) it contains powder and primer (potential to go off like a firecracker if dropped, unlikely to cause serious injury but potentially rather problematic), (2) the lead issue (since that's an exposed-lead bullet sticking out), and (3) you could get into trouble if you carry a live round of ammunition into certain places (government buildings in some states, a military base, the secure area of an airport).