Remember to clean out your pockets before doing laundry

[bamboomaster]

This past weekend, I made a trip to Virginia to help a family member move to a larger place. In preparation for the trip, not only did I score about 40 collapsed boxes in assorted sizes (small, medium, large, and huge) from selective dumpster diving , but also brought along two tape guns with extra rolls of tape, big sharpies for labeling the boxes, a hand truck with newly inflated tires, and a weight belt for back support.

Since it was spring and I thought it would be cool to see the cherry blossoms in DC, I also decided to do the ANNUAL clean out the inside of my Subaru Outback before loading up.

It was probably no surprise to you that I found pens, black binder clips, spare mags loaded in the console, remnants of food, etc., but I was basically looking for empty brass (a NJ thing and I wasn't going anywhere near NJ). While I didn't find any empty brass, I did find a box of 500 cast 147 gn bullets that I typically reload. Ooops that has to go too...

I also found a single 9mm cartridge which I thought I put in the garage.

So I did the laundry today (but apparently didn't thoroughly empty those really deep Carhartt pockets) and heard something clinking around in the dryer. Ah, maybe that could be a quarter! So I checked and found that dang loaded cartridge again.

No harm, no foul, but it does give a new meaning to "cleaning/tumbling" brass. It'd be an interesting experience next time at the range to see if it shoots after being submerged in a washer for an hour. IF it happens, I'll let you know. But in the meantime, I'll keep my squib rod handy...

So what's turned up in your drier (firearms related - we've all washed our wallet, keys, and a couple of pocket knives)?

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[Gman106]

Good thing you found that "weapon" before entering the federal city. You could have ended-up doing hard time for that offense.

[unclejumbo]

This past weekend, I made a trip to Virginia to help a family member move to a larger place. In preparation for the trip, not only did I score about 40 collapsed boxes in assorted sizes (small, medium, large, and huge) from selective dumpster diving , but also brought along two tape guns with extra rolls of tape, big sharpies for labeling the boxes, a hand truck with newly inflated tires, and a weight belt for back support.

Since it was spring and I thought it would be cool to see the cherry blossoms in DC, I also decided to do the ANNUAL clean out the inside of my Subaru Outback before loading up.

It was probably no surprise to you that I found pens, black binder clips, spare mags loaded in the console, remnants of food, etc., but I was basically looking for empty brass (a NJ thing and I wasn't going anywhere near NJ). While I didn't find any empty brass, I did find a box of 500 cast 147 gn bullets that I typically reload. Ooops that has to go too...

I also found a single 9mm cartridge which I thought I put in the garage.

So I did the laundry today (but apparently didn't thoroughly empty those really deep Carhartt pockets) and heard something clinking around in the dryer. Ah, maybe that could be a quarter! So I checked and found that dang loaded cartridge again.

No harm, no foul, but it does give a new meaning to "cleaning/tumbling" brass. It'd be an interesting experience next time at the range to see if it shoots after being submerged in a washer for an hour. IF it happens, I'll let you know. But in the meantime, I'll keep my squib rod handy...

So what's turned up in your drier (firearms related - we've all washed our wallet, keys, and a couple of pocket knives)?

Lots of earplugs. Range Sharpies. Loose ammo.

[Qtrborecrazy]

I guess alot of us are guilty of loose change, bills and knives. I have a neighbor who loves washing his cell phone.

[qmcorps]

I washed and dried the key fob, to the Explorer. That was a $185, lesson in emptying pockets.

[MARINE DIVISION TWO]

Nothing in the wash,But came close to Drying the cat that was sleeping in the drum !

[raxar]

I have a 9mm round in the truck that's been through the washer

twice.

[lemko]

Nothing in the wash,But came close to Drying the cat that was sleeping in the drum !

My brother actually ran one of his cats through a partial wash cycle. He didn't know the cat was sleeping among the laundry in the washing machine until he turned it on and later saw a frightened kitty peeking through the door glass frantically pawing at it. The cat did survive, but was shaken up for a few days.

[JenniferG]

I washed and dried the key fob, to the Explorer. That was a $185, lesson in emptying pockets.

GMC truck key fobs are waterproof apparently.

[QuackXP]

Never a live round. But a few casings. Two Bluetooth headsets died as well as a usb stick.

Back in high school in the 90's I got my first taste of why you back up important information. I floppy that contained a term paper due in a couple of day got washed, but not dried. I was able to remove the magnetic disk inside, let it dry out, and put it into the case of a good disk. Running Norton Utilities on it got my term paper file back. There where a couple files that where unrecoverable, but had already been turned in. So I did not have to retype the entire paper from notes. After that I started copying the files from the floppy to the fixed disk, edited then, then copied them back when I was done.