G.A. Rittenhouse
Out-of-Spec Ammunition Destruction

Out of tolerance. Out of spec. Destroyed on the record.

When a loaded round falls outside spec, it can't be sold and it can't be melted as-is. We render it inert in our proprietary popping furnace, recover the brass, lead and copper, and hand you a certificate of destruction for the lot.

Loaded-round dispositionREJECT → DEMIL
LOT MEASUREDOUTSIDE SPEC → RENDERED INERT → METAL RECOVERED

No live round reaches the melt. Ever.

Popping happens before smelting, every time — it's the reason we designed and built our own furnace. Out-of-spec doesn't mean out of options.

What falls out of spec

The loads that can't ship — and can't just be scrapped

If it's loaded, small-arms, and outside spec, this is the path.

SPEC · 01

Out-of-tolerance loads

Rounds that measured outside spec at QC — overpressure, dimensional, or load-weight failures that disqualify the lot.

SPEC · 02

Recalled & rejected lots

Full production runs pulled from the market or the line. We take the lot and document its destruction.

SPEC · 03

Defective & declined

Defective loaded ammunition other vendors would not handle — the exact case our process was built for.

SPEC · 04

Surplus, duds & misfires

Old, mixed or unidentified small-arms rounds, and duds recovered during range cleanup.

How it works

Popped, then melted — on the record

01 / SEPARATE

Separate

Loaded rounds are pulled from the mixed material by hand and by process.

02 / POP

Pop

The rounds are rendered inert in our proprietary popping furnace.

03 / RECOVER

Recover

Brass cases, lead and copper are recovered from the furnace.

04 / DOCUMENT

Melt & document

Metal goes to our smelter; you receive the certificate of destruction.

A furnace designed for exactly this

Loaded rounds can't go into a melt, so most recyclers turn them away. We designed and built a proprietary furnace that renders them inert first — whether it's a sweepings bucket or a full out-of-spec production run.

Why it comes back to the furnace

Destroyed, documented, and credited

Nothing live is melted

Popping happens before smelting, every time. It's the reason we designed our own furnace.

You get paid for the metal

Popped rounds still hold brass, lead and copper. That value is credited against the job or paid to you.

Documented destruction

Every lot gets a certificate of destruction — a clean record of where your rounds went.

Out-of-spec lot to clear?

Send us the lot. We'll close it out.

A pallet, a bucket or a full rejected run — tell us what you have and we'll confirm the material, the disposition and the certificate.

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