Do you ever remember using up the life ex ammo we had, when we were live armed in Germany, on the ranges, by the time you had found something to hack through the thick plastic bag they were sealed in to load them, you would have been better throwing the damned things at them, and that was when we were live armed lol.
Not in Germany but in Aden we (not the RAF Regt) were still issued with the Lee Enfield 303 of WW2 vintage with ammunition. It was quite common when filling the magazine for some of the rounds to separate leaving the pointy end in one hand and the explosive end in tóther. Just as well we had TTN and friends buzzing around at the time.