Bullets shouldn’t be magnetic since they are made of brass, copper and lead, but I guess these ones had enough rusty ferrous material stuck to them that I pulled them out with a magnet anyway.

The little rod below the horseshoe is also entirely made of copper and not all magnetic, but it was held on to the magnet by some rusty scrap.

I also got a fair amount of loose change, and what I think is a door knob that I was a little worried could be a grenade when I pulled it out amongst the bullets.

  • peto@lemm.eeEnglish
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    4 months ago

    You do get steel cased rounds, and I’m pretty sure a lot were made as part of war measures (brass being comparatively expensive.)

    I’m wondering if that rod under the horseshoe might be the remains of a plug from a telephone switchboard.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      4 months ago

      Steel cased shells shoot like shit in all of my guns. I bought a bunch of them online when the ammo shortages were prevalent over the last 5 years, and they all jammed quite a bit. I wouldn’t want to rely on those during a war.

    • ScreamingFirehawk@feddit.ukOPMEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      The plug from a telephone switchboard is a really good suggestion. One end of it moves in and out and it has what looks like a terminal for a wire in.

      The outside of at least some of the casings is definitely brass judging from the colour, but some are so corroded I wouldn’t be surprised if they were steel cased.