Opening An Ammo Spam Can w/o Opener?

[Red Tornado]

Just grab one corner and peel it back diagonally.
RT

 

[navyretired 1]

For many years I've ignored the tuna strip around the cans, I take a sharp heavy knife and score arould top of can. the I drive knife into scoreing and pull up. when I have a portion up I lock Vice-Grips on portion and pull hard and the tin splits right along score line easy ase can be.

 

[W.E.G.]

Just push it out the cargo door of an aircraft at speed.

The sound of the impact should wake up the drunk Russians, the sudden deceleration makes it self-opening, and at least some of the ammo should still be usable.

 

[Grantman]

a little mild use of a thermic lance or gas axe could be just the ticket.

 

[Oldfalguy]

I have opened literally hundreds of Romanian spam cans with the supplied opener. In fact I am using the same one for about the last 60 cans.
Amazing you say- well it is and there is a secret- wrap the handle with rubber, foam or other wise and duct tape it down tight, make it wide and round-
Far superior to hacking and banging around it with a chisel or screwdriver- takes me a little under 2 minutes- Only better way is a nibbler. cut off tool works great too-
foret the dremel- make a handle its faster and cheaper than wheels-

 

[Guns and more]

Hammer and sickle.

Hold all calls, we have a winner!

 

[Jim K]

I thought that is what bayonets were made for.

Jim

 

[xcgates]

I just used a large screwdriver, hammer, and a pair of vise-grips. Add in some swearing, and a friend on the sidewalk in front of his house, and viola! 440 rounds ready to go!

Though I just picked up an angle grinder the other day, and will probably use that in the future. As for the lid, it may have been mangled, but I took it into the shop, and used a hydraulic press to mash it back to flat.

 

[Ky Larry]

Bulldozer and C-4. Seriously, does anybody make a large P-38 type can opener? Would a 6"-8" P-38 work? Wonder why the Russians didn't come up with an American style ammo can? Any ideas?

 

[JLCook]

I used an air hammer. worked great and very fast.

Also. The polish LSP light ball i have works great from my M44. I have only had one so far not fire at all and only a very maybe 2 more requiring a second strike. I only wish I had bought a warehouse full when I bough my last can of 7.62x54 r for 29.99 / 440 rounds just a few short years ago.

 

[mbt2001]

Cold Chisel to make the hole and tin snips to open it up.

 

[murdoc rose]

lol @^

 

[NMGonzo]

Just send me your addy and I will send you my spare.

 

[Skillet]

just shoot it

Not really


but no really you should get a grinder and start working on the thing.

 

[surplusfan]

The openers that come with the spam cans work just like the GI can opener (P38). They're just a lot bigger! Anyway, the easiest method I've found is to use the issue opener to get it started and then switch to the tin snips. No risk of damaging contents from dremel, little risk of cutting hand. Relatively little work, and the results, with a little practice, aren't (necessarily) too jagged.

I justified the purchase of the tin snips on the basis that they're bound to come in handy for something else some day. Not that that's happened yet ... but they're great for those cans, really they are.

 

[xcgates]

Tin snips really are handy all the time, surplusfan, just the other day we were making paintball riot shields...