Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 6:36 pm
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 7:34 pm
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 7:54 pmPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 7:58 pmPosted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 8:42 amGhost wrote:So I'm not supposed to store it on the mantle above the fireplace?
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 7:58 amPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:22 amgrimbeaver wrote:It's been on my to-do list for a while to build a storage cabinet / trunk of some sorts that would have some amount of fire containment. Question is for the quantity of powder that I have what would it take to actually contain that to some extent.
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:26 amSorcerer wrote:grimbeaver wrote:It's been on my to-do list for a while to build a storage cabinet / trunk of some sorts that would have some amount of fire containment. Question is for the quantity of powder that I have what would it take to actually contain that to some extent.
Wouldn’t “containment” actually make matters worse? Wouldn’t, a flash ignition be safer than a compressed ignition? I’m thinking of a round fired from a firearm as opposed to a round cooked off in a fire or high heat.
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 8:29 amgrimbeaver wrote:It's been on my to-do list for a while to build a storage cabinet / trunk of some sorts that would have some amount of fire containment. Question is for the quantity of powder that I have what would it take to actually contain that to some extent.
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:05 amBigDog58 wrote:Here's a link to a pretty good pdf file that covers the "requirements". If this doesn't help, try a search on "Storing Smokeless Powder" and it will give you more info
https://saami.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Info-Doc-Smokeless-Powder.pdf
This link also has the details of smokeless powder storage
http://www.alliantpowder.com/getting_started/safety/storage_handling.aspx#consider