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Yep. Most, not all, of my powder is in 1lb plastic cans next to my slippers. I figure if it goes off, it goes FOOOOOF. Not boom.
I can sleep next to Foooof.
I can sleep next to Foooof.
If I gotta go, might as well go big.You now have bombs in your workshop.
The video is good but didn't show what would happen if the ammo was inside a steel ammo can.I don't think that's how ammo goes off.......in a fire, without the compression of the barrel and bolt, self-contained cartridges will "pop" splitting open the case and not having any meaningful velocity.
I could test this but with ammo prices so high right now, I'm just not going to do that.
Oops! Replied before seeing the excellent video above. Looks like it's been very well covered already.
*I had this same discussion with a firefighter that I met while staying in a Vermont motel. He shook his head a few times then (to his credit) admitted his station chief had told him wrong!
Yes, heat won't cause it to cook off, only a spark. For that reason do not store it with primers or caps.
If that's your plan, should be no issue as long as the steel box will vent. Just to think about about it though, the steel box transmits heat very quickly from outside to inside. A wood box will insulate the contents and possibly prevent ignition in case of a fire in the room. There will never be a fire starting inside the box, but the potential of a fire starting outside the box would have a higher likelihood of occuring.My home was built in the early '50s. The builder included a fall out shelter. You open a door in the basement and go down 6 steps that lead out under the lawn. Poured concrete floor and ceiling with an I beam support. Block walls.
I am new to muzzle loading. Keeping a can each (plastic) of 2F and 4F. My plan is a small steel tool box holding the original plastic bottles. Store it at the far end of the fallout shelter. Will also keep the brass powder flask in there. We do have a dehumidifier in there.
Any comments or suggestions?
PS: The hardware store where I bought the powder keeps it in a small, half buried brick out building.
Use a wood box made out of 1" boards. Naturally insulating, and won't become a bomb in a fire.My home was built in the early '50s. The builder included a fall out shelter. You open a door in the basement and go down 6 steps that lead out under the lawn. Poured concrete floor and ceiling with an I beam support. Block walls.
I am new to muzzle loading. Keeping a can each (plastic) of 2F and 4F. My plan is a small steel tool box holding the original plastic bottles. Store it at the far end of the fallout shelter. Will also keep the brass powder flask in there. We do have a dehumidifier in there.
Any comments or suggestions?
PS: The hardware store where I bought the powder keeps it in a small, half buried brick out building.
Clever thinkingI keep all my powder in handy open top barrels right next to the woodstove so it stays dry.
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