I PMed him a step-by-step way to do it, don't bother posting here anymore.

Go away you fucking noob. You know absolutely nothing... why the fuck would you post a forum on this. The best way to get the powder out w/out blowing off your damned hand is... buy the reload powder or just saw it in half with a knife. ZChrist this place is full of noobs. Even if you have never attempted this, a hunter wouldn't even consider this sort of question, he would just saw it open.

Cut him some slack, it's better he ask a dumb question then risk injury, and besides the U.S is one of the few places where you can even buy components, so in a lot of countries it's easier to unload shells rather than searching the black market.

iunno....there are a lot of restrictions on what you can buy in the us.....

I meant components as in shotgun components like shot and powder, but I've never heard of any restricting the sale and distribution of gunpowder, the united states is pretty lax on it. But I'm pretty sure you cant buy gunpowder in Australia and I know you cant even own a gun in England.

you can own a gun in england, but it's very difficult and not worth it, and rifles are common ground in england, and very many people have them, and there seems to be an uproar of use of muskets for entertainment shooting, which would mean a need for bp....they have to sell it somewhere, or else they wouldnt be able to use muzzel loaders......

I stand corrected