Is keeping powder in a gun safe a good or bad idea? I bought another safe and have room just didn't know if it was a good idea.
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Hardwoodmaterials
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I have always been told not to store powder in a safe since it basically creates a bomb if you do.
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This is my concern.
DaveB
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The recommendations are to not store it in a safe. The assumption is the safe is airtight or close to airtight and if something lights off the expanding gas will have no place to go and then you get a really serious explosion.
There is plenty of BATF regulations on exactly what is legal.
For example, you are not supposed to store your powder and primers in same location.
I finally broke down and got a plastic box from Plano. Academy has a similar one on sale.
I keep black powder in one box. a fair distance away is powder. Primers are close but far enough from both.
I can tell you never ever have more than one pound of powder on your bench in use. During reload is when you can have a primer light off and having three or 4 go off at once is a sight to behold. I believe they could easy burn through the plastic of most powder containers and once you got one, you will have more.
Several years back I had some smokeless I wanted to get rid of and teach my kids a lesson about safety. I poured about 1/2 pound in a 6 foot line and standing about 3 foot away dropped a lit kitchen match on the small end. Flames reached 8 foot tall, easy. And the heat was significant.
There is plenty of BATF regulations on exactly what is legal.
For example, you are not supposed to store your powder and primers in same location.
I finally broke down and got a plastic box from Plano. Academy has a similar one on sale.
I keep black powder in one box. a fair distance away is powder. Primers are close but far enough from both.
I can tell you never ever have more than one pound of powder on your bench in use. During reload is when you can have a primer light off and having three or 4 go off at once is a sight to behold. I believe they could easy burn through the plastic of most powder containers and once you got one, you will have more.
Several years back I had some smokeless I wanted to get rid of and teach my kids a lesson about safety. I poured about 1/2 pound in a 6 foot line and standing about 3 foot away dropped a lit kitchen match on the small end. Flames reached 8 foot tall, easy. And the heat was significant.
So Mr Dave,
Is that Plano box one of their "airtight" ones?
Is that Plano box one of their "airtight" ones?
DaveB
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No, is this one.
https://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/plano% ... id=1584797
I bought two. One for range trips another for combustibles.
I searched and found out there is no FEDERAL limit on private ownership of gunpowder such as that used by hobbyists (us).
Local laws may be different and I for one would not inquire. Same goes for homeowners insurance. Not their business from where I sit.
https://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/plano% ... id=1584797
I bought two. One for range trips another for combustibles.
I searched and found out there is no FEDERAL limit on private ownership of gunpowder such as that used by hobbyists (us).
Local laws may be different and I for one would not inquire. Same goes for homeowners insurance. Not their business from where I sit.
Got it! Thx
infoman jr.
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I recommend a wooden cabinet. You don't want to create a pressure vessel.
LanceS4803
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Just today I read a story about a guy who kept powder in the gun safe. There was a house fire and the powder ended up igniting and blowing a hole in the side of the safe. What would have been survivable for the guns, wasn't. Total loss when the heat got to the guns.
