An apparatus for destroying the volatility of propellant and primers
associated with small arms ammunition which become inadvertently
commingled with a supply of spent casings prior to material deformation
and reclamation. The apparatus preferably includes three major sections
or components and they are: a material infeed section, a heating section,
and a material extraction section. The preferred infeed section includes
a hopper placed in conjunction with an incline conveyor and a distally
positioned dump chute. The heating section has a material receptacle in
the form of a material receiving chute, a heater disposed adjacent to the
interior of a longitudinal spirally internally veined rotating drum which
communicates with the third section, which is a material extraction or
expulsion section also in the form of an incline conveyor and a chute.
The heater section includes a heater station which enables a supply of
propane or LP gas to be connected thereto and ignited to fire heat the
internal chamber of the rotating drum. The heating enables the propellant
and primers associated with small arms ammunition casings or live rounds
thereof which inadvertently become commingled with spent shell casings
prior to the destruction and the material the reclamation process to be
rendered inert.