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May 10, 2006, 12:30 PM | #1 |
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Opening a military spam can
Got my 5.45 ammo today but no can opener, how can i get it open?
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May 10, 2006, 12:31 PM | #2 |
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Shoot it open. Or use a can opener maybe?
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May 10, 2006, 12:45 PM | #3 |
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Doesn't the military still issue a P-38 can opener to all their people...
I still have mine from 40 years ago... or use a grenade... but that would cause too much "meat damage". LOL
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May 10, 2006, 02:54 PM | #4 |
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Saw it in half, pistol whip it, bayonet it, run it over, or put it on the electric can opener in the kitchen.
A hammer and chisel around the edges works well. Thats how I got mine open before I got a can opener. |
May 10, 2006, 02:57 PM | #5 |
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Use a chisel and then tin snips
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May 11, 2006, 03:09 AM | #6 |
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I used the can opener and lots of harsh language. The hammer and chisel is probably the second best method.
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May 11, 2006, 09:23 AM | #7 |
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I used the opener that came with it until it wouldn't go around any more and then cut across with tin shears. BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT SHARP EDGES. Then I just turned it upside down and dumped the boxes out through the hole.
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May 11, 2006, 01:35 PM | #8 |
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Use pliers. Grab the tab and rotate the pliers like a key. Needle nose or regular. You can just put the can on it's side with the tab up, grab it with pliers, and pull hard. Then rotate the can 1/4 turn and do it again. Either way. Don't fret, it'll come open.
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issues MREs now, and they're in plastic, do they still issue P-38s? Walter |
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May 20, 2006, 08:36 AM | #12 |
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have my p-38 from 1964.
when I take it out and use it everybody is sort of: what's that? they can't believe how well it works. AFS |
May 20, 2006, 01:20 PM | #13 |
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A friend used a rotozip with the cutting tip set to a VERY shallow depth.
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May 22, 2006, 11:05 AM | #14 |
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Place can on lowest rack Wait
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May 23, 2006, 03:33 PM | #16 |
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Don H. how can it be a "spam can" if it never had a key and tab like a can of spam? Otherwise it would just be a can! I assumed the can was like my cans of Greek M2 Ball .30 Cal for my M1 where there was a key attached to the bottom and a flexible "tab" to fit into the slot in the key. If yours doesn't have these features, it ain't no spam can.
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May 23, 2006, 04:53 PM | #17 |
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The term seems to be common usage on the milsurp forums, correct or not, for the sealed cans milsurp ammo often is packaged in. A very few of the ammo cans do have an opening strip, much like actual Spam cans. One ammo dealer also refers to these ammo tins as "sardine cans".
I did run across a how-to on opening these cans: http://www.russian-mosin-nagant.com/ammo.htm |
May 23, 2006, 04:58 PM | #18 |
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Yep, electric can opener should work fine. I like to use them for my smoked oysters instead of pulling the tab back. Gets oyster stank all over you. Similiar shaped can anyway.
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May 24, 2006, 09:59 AM | #19 |
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Smoked oysters, Yum! My wife lets me eat them anytime I go deer or elk hunting -- because she don't go!
If the ammo cans have the standard "hook" type can seal (like the standard american food can), you should be able to use the new can openers that cut the seal from the side rather than the top. These leave no sharp edge. They cost about $10 from any good kitchen store. |
May 25, 2006, 01:34 PM | #20 |
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DO NOT HEAT IT THE OVEN, there might be spam inside and heating it would ruin it.
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May 25, 2006, 02:32 PM | #21 |
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DO NOT HEAT IT THE OVEN, there might be spam inside and heating it would ruin it.
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May 25, 2006, 10:37 PM | #22 |
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OK kids im gonna need a blow torch and a hammer.... no not that one a BIIIIIIIIIIIIG hammer wiat cancel that lets just tie it to my hidden hitch and drag it a mile or two.
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