How do you open tins of Crosman Pellets?

[CurrentResident]

Used pellets would be wonderful ammo for a blunderbuss    Now if only I had one.

[PaperPunch1]

As has been said, the technique where you simply lay the tin on a solid horizontal plane (at waist height) and
put downward pressure with your palm, as you turn left (CCW) to open the can. One or two of those rubber jar opening pads can be used for better friction grip and will likely be necessary!
I have opened every can I tried, without ruining tin.......however CONSIDERABLE downward pressure is somtimes necessary.
PaperPunch1

[whtsmoke]

Used pellets would be wonderful ammo for a blunderbuss    Now if only I had one.

Never thought of that I could shoot them in my smooth bore flintlocks.

[Wild Bill]

Try putting the lid under the HOT water faucet. Heat up the lid and it just may spin right off.

[jmcgall1]

Once out of desperation in the field I took a knife to the tin. Now I solve this by not using crosman products. Too inconsistent. Shoddy craftsmanship. No passion. What's your two choice words for crosman products?

[phantomshtter]

Take it downrange and open it up.

[robert w]

last Saturday I had my cutting tip on my torch and cut a piece of pipe, was about to turn it off and seen a tin of cphps . I cut quick down the side and then poured them into another cphp tin. didn't mess up a single pellet. I had it in my tool shed and was gonna open it in the vice with a pipe wrench but good ol oxyacc did just fine

[HatsanPhantom]

Save the empty tin cans.  I had to pry open a few tins with a screwdriver.  The used empty cans became the home for the new pellets.

yup...i anticipate having a bad tin that needs to be "busted" open so i have many spares 

[F7FTIGERCAT]

When unsure use the universal tool. 

The largest hammer you can get a hold of, this will not only open the tin but has a tendency to relieve frustration as well 

Ed   

[talfryn]

Give the lid a couple taps with the backside of a knife.

+1 on this. After opening a couple of tins with channel locks I started to give the lid 3 or 4 taps around the edge and they open right up.

When I get a stubborn tin I put it in the freezer for a few minutes, when it comes out it opens right up without issues.

Wow! That must really weigh down your backpack. 
-Tal

[Dick Tracey]

I have found that if tin is on table and you bump or move something so the tin falls on floor it will open on it's own.  Tried that with an empty bucket to catch the tin..didn't work.

DT

[Shoot Straight]

     I use a butter knife when that happens. Welcome to GTA! The best air gun forum on the planet! That's a fact! 

[oneied]

Once I open them I dump them in a pouch and them use them for targets

[RedFeather]

Mostly just Crosman.  Bench vise and strap wrench.  Then I rub a little RIG, etc, on the lip before recapping.  Must be something in the metal that is oxidizing and causing it to bind.

[Broadside]

Had the "joy" of this very experience yesterday after purchasing my 1st AR in decades (along with a couple tins of ammo). Didn't take long for the pocket knife to come to the rescue.

[Needles]

I have used these:

http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/tools/Pliers-Vise/Vise-Grip/locking-pliers-irwin-vise-grip-12l3

[Bill in SC]

Whodaeverthunk that a thread about opening a tin of pellets would have run THREE pages long/strong?
LOL!

Bill in SC

[CurrentResident]

My second tin I've purchased is giving me some trouble. It isn't opening via conventional methods; heat, cold, bang the top, or shelf grips. I may have to use some of the suggested unconventional methods.

Perhaps a last ditch method would be cutting a small hole in the top so you can shake a pellet out and cover the hole with duct tape when not in use. 

[cwlongshot]

Whodaeverthunk that a thread about opening a tin of pellets would have run THREE pages long/strong?
LOL!

Bill in SC

Agreed... I do it like this... (Its a video, click it) 


CW

[454 Big Block Chevy]

I still prefer the screw on lids to the ones that just pull off and dump all the pellets in the gravel driveway because I just picked up the can wrong. I've been known to swap JSBs and such from their (too easy to open) cans into empty Crosman cans. I'll use a sharpie to mark the can for its new contents.
Richard

THIS!!!