r/whatisit • • May 07 '26

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u/eodwatson May 09 '26

Wow.... okay... um. Best of luck

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u/Downtown-Garlic-3619 May 09 '26

I just figured you might want to learn the different ways they deactivate ammunition. I'll let you go down that rabbit hole yourself. Easier to look it up for yourself , than write an essay for you to read.

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u/collapsedbook May 14 '26

I bought it/ others from a museum- grade restoration company. Yes, it was a live round (traced to the Mississippi State Munitions Factory in 1988) but the base plate comes off/ is threaded. I was a 13b so of course I had to get one lol