Need ideas please

Hunter07 · 03-25-2020, 10:37 PM

I have an unopened spam can of 7.62x54R that I'd like to open and transfer the ammo into a new USGI ammo can.

How can I open it without damaging any of the ammo? I've looked all over and asked friends if they have one of the Warsaw Pact 'can openers', and no one does. The ammo is packed in the can pretty tight and there's no 'rattle' or movement whatsoever.

Angle grinder along the top edge only until I see the seam? Then use a flat tip screwdriver to pry the top off?

Hammer and chisel around the perimeter of the top?

I do have one of those 'panel cutters' for an air hammer that body shops use, but no air compressor or air tools. Maybe use that instead of a chisel?

Thanks.

4thIDvet · 03-25-2020, 10:51 PM

Hunter I have one here if I can find the damn thing. Let me look in the morning and if I find it I will send it to yah and please send it back.
Think they look like a giant tuna can opener?

baboon · 03-25-2020, 11:12 PM

Boy Scout knife type can opener.

Hunter07 · 03-25-2020, 11:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4thIDvet

Hunter I have one here if I can find the damn thing. Let me look in the morning and if I find it I will send it to yah and please send it back.
Think they look like a giant tuna can opener?

That'd be cool! Thank you. I'll include your cost of the postage/shipping when I return it.

Hunter07 · 03-25-2020, 11:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baboon

Boy Scout knife type can opener.

Hmmm......... I think I still have my old Boy Scout knife and the USGI pocket knife I used to carry.

4thIDvet · 03-25-2020, 11:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hunter07

That'd be cool! Thank you. I'll include your cost of the postage/shipping when I return it.

Hell I ain't worried about that Hunter my Uncle Sugar is sending me a huge check..

4thIDvet · 03-25-2020, 11:41 PM

Hunter just found it. Right on top of one of my spam cans of all places. Geez.

Shoot me a P.M. with your address and I will ship in the morning.

44044 · 03-26-2020, 12:20 AM

Church key?...

Or open it from the bottom with a

old wood chisel

Hunter07 · 03-26-2020, 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4thIDvet

Hunter just found it. Right on top of one of my spam cans of all places. Geez.

Shoot me a P.M. with your address and I will ship in the morning.

Cool! But first let me try my old Boy Scout knife can opener tomorrow.

baboon · 03-26-2020, 03:14 AM

This reminds me of the very old school can opener my grandmother had when I was a kid. It had a blade you stabbed into the can & a straight handle. You walked the opener around the rim by forcing the handle back & forth.

REDOAK · 03-26-2020, 07:59 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5SsRF90yfw

Seriously, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raWYJ-_xsko

Travish · 03-26-2020, 08:36 AM

I saw a video around thanksgiving where a millennial was handed a can and a “manual” can opener. Hilarious. Google millennial uses can opener. There’s thousands of them.

https://www.newsflare.com/video/3263...n-tin-of-beans

Sanders · 03-26-2020, 08:48 AM

Needlenosed vice grips. Clamp the tag and start turning.

Edit: Nevermind. Was thinking of a real SPAM can type opener.

I'd just go with the panel chisel and a hammer.

4thIDvet · 03-26-2020, 09:04 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqLyGjQ0-GQ

The screwdriver opening looked better than the damn key. I would guess thousands of those cans were opened by the Ruskies and com. block with the tips of their bayonets.

4thIDvet · 03-26-2020, 09:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Travish

I saw a video around thanksgiving where a millennial was handed a can and a “manual” can opener. Hilarious. Google millennial uses can opener. There’s thousands of them.

https://www.newsflare.com/video/3263...n-tin-of-beans

Hilarious video show 17 year old teenagers baffled by rotary phone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHNEzndgiFI

03-25-2020, 10:37 PM	#1
Hunter07 I'm a grumpy SOB Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Frostbite Falls, MN Posts: 10,520	Need ideas please I have an unopened spam can of 7.62x54R that I'd like to open and transfer the ammo into a new USGI ammo can. How can I open it without damaging any of the ammo? I've looked all over and asked friends if they have one of the Warsaw Pact 'can openers', and no one does. The ammo is packed in the can pretty tight and there's no 'rattle' or movement whatsoever. Angle grinder along the top edge only until I see the seam? Then use a flat tip screwdriver to pry the top off? Hammer and chisel around the perimeter of the top? I do have one of those 'panel cutters' for an air hammer that body shops use, but no air compressor or air tools. Maybe use that instead of a chisel? Thanks.

03-25-2020, 10:51 PM	#2
4thIDvet slug Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Astor Florida Posts: 48,398	Hunter I have one here if I can find the damn thing. Let me look in the morning and if I find it I will send it to yah and please send it back. Think they look like a giant tuna can opener? __________________ God Bless Americas Veterans. All who are serving and have served.

03-26-2020, 08:48 AM	#13
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,435	Needlenosed vice grips. Clamp the tag and start turning. Edit: Nevermind. Was thinking of a real SPAM can type opener. I'd just go with the panel chisel and a hammer. __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

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03-25-2020, 11:12 PM	#3
baboon slug Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Out by the lake in central Texas Posts: 18,305	Boy Scout knife type can opener.

03-25-2020, 11:41 PM	#7
4thIDvet slug Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Astor Florida Posts: 48,398	Hunter just found it. Right on top of one of my spam cans of all places. Geez. Shoot me a P.M. with your address and I will ship in the morning.

03-26-2020, 12:20 AM	#8
44044 slug Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: swampeastmissouri Posts: 50,918	Church key?... Or open it from the bottom with a old wood chisel

03-26-2020, 03:14 AM	#10
baboon slug Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Out by the lake in central Texas Posts: 18,305	This reminds me of the very old school can opener my grandmother had when I was a kid. It had a blade you stabbed into the can & a straight handle. You walked the opener around the rim by forcing the handle back & forth.

03-26-2020, 07:59 AM	#11
REDOAK Intelligent Posterior Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,711	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5SsRF90yfw Seriously, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raWYJ-_xsko

03-26-2020, 08:36 AM	#12
Travish Member Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Greensboro NC Posts: 533	I saw a video around thanksgiving where a millennial was handed a can and a “manual” can opener. Hilarious. Google millennial uses can opener. There’s thousands of them. https://www.newsflare.com/video/3263...n-tin-of-beans

03-26-2020, 09:04 AM	#14
4thIDvet slug Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Astor Florida Posts: 48,398	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqLyGjQ0-GQ The screwdriver opening looked better than the damn key. I would guess thousands of those cans were opened by the Ruskies and com. block with the tips of their bayonets.