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Thinking of cremation? Turn your ashes into ammunition!

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http://www.npr.org/2011/10/09/141195224/ashes-to-ammo-how-to-reload-your-dead-loved-one
Holmes says his company's services begin after the funeral. They take the ashes that are sent to them, put them into the requested shells, then ship the ammunition back to the sender. Their biggest concern, he says, is handling the ashes sensitively.

"We want people to understand that each shipment of ash is handled with utmost care," he says. "So it's not a simple process, you just going out, finding somebody that can go, 'Here, I'll throw 'em in there.' It just doesn't work like that."

Holy Smoke, which has been in business for a couple months, charges $850 for a case of shells. The company has shipped out two orders. The feedback, Holmes says, is positive.
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Going out with a bang!
"He could rest in peace, knowing that one more turkey, the last thing he saw, was Clem screaming at him at 900 feet per second."
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I think it would be cool if one could pay NASA to send one's ashes into space. I'm sure they would make a lot of money to support their future endeavors, without relying so much on taxpayers' money.
 
Awesome. It doesn't go into details how they do it, I assume they just mix it with the powder charge, but I suppose they may cast them into the bullets if they do their own castings.
 
Arcadio said:
I think it would be cool if one could pay NASA to send one's ashes into space. I'm sure they would make a lot of money to support their future endeavors, without relying so much on taxpayers' money.
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Would be cool, but have you checked what it costs to send a pound into space? The cost is... astronomical. 😎

edit: while this usatoday article is from 2003, it states the cost per pound of payload for the Space Shuttle Columbia is around $20,000.00
 
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im going to write it in my will that i get converted to 21 9mm bullets and get loaded into a TEC-9 clip and have wifey do a full auto spray.
 
Hmmm... I think it's be more "fun" to take my cremated ashes and stick them into a weather balloon, and launch it below the jet stream. When it finally gets to altitude, it pops, and spreads my ashes around the entire earth. 🙂
 
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