Powder storage...Need to build new storage
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Space was an issue for me so I built a box out of 3/4 plywood to fit 10 one pound bottles. The only thing that I may have different than someone else is that the box is grooved so the lid slides on. No hinges or locks or anything, just pull the lid out to access the powder. Could still put a lock on it if I needed to, but it's in a locked cabinet already.
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Mine was wood but about 8 years ago I landed an all plastic outdoor storage box in a yard sale which I have added locks and warning labels to. It is something like this one. Also I store all my powder out in the shed due to insurance requirements with my home policy plus I had more than the allowable poundage for in home storage.
You have to watch with using the plastic ones and make sure they are constructed from materials that have anti static properties and designed to store potentially explosive compounds which not many do normally they are like in the $400 range not the $200 walmart ones. Mine does since it was approved for gasoline storage and I made the necessary calls to make sure it was cool to use before making it my powder house.take care
Also so far I have had zero issues storing it in a unheated shed and powder going bad as some said I would.
You have to watch with using the plastic ones and make sure they are constructed from materials that have anti static properties and designed to store potentially explosive compounds which not many do normally they are like in the $400 range not the $200 walmart ones. Mine does since it was approved for gasoline storage and I made the necessary calls to make sure it was cool to use before making it my powder house.take care
Also so far I have had zero issues storing it in a unheated shed and powder going bad as some said I would.
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Might I ask what the allowable amount was? I have been building up supplies in powders I don't often use but want on hand and am starting to get quite a collection. Maybe I need to inquire with my insurance company....
Be very careful with the insurance company call. Some now are canceling policies if you reload in the home and store components there. A general information call may be best from a potentially new customer.
I think it was 10 kg inside the home and 75 kg outside but you would have the check that since I know they we looking at changing all of that and increasing the levels if I recall correctly.
For me when I was shooting a lot of 12ga I was buying two 12 pound kegs of 700X at a time so that alone was putting me over the 10kg . Not sure if they even make 12 pounders anymore. 28ga rules now.
These puppies
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Agree on that one my friend. take care
Just found this on the nfa site and I was wrong on the total for outside it is 75kg not pounds so I will change my post.
They are also saying 10kg max per storage container in the house if I read this right but when I asked it was 10 kg total in the home over that outside it goes . Maybe that changed in 8 years best to make sure.
So if you have 30 kg you need to build 3 10kg boxes for storage in the house, that makes no sense to me but god knows.
http://nfa.ca/nrcan-handloading-explosives-act
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Be very careful with the insurance company call. Some now are canceling policies if you reload in the home and store components there. A general information call may be best from a potentially new customer.
I think it was 10 kg inside the home and 75 kg outside but you would have the check that since I know they we looking at changing all of that and increasing the levels if I recall correctly.
For me when I was shooting a lot of 12ga I was buying two 12 pound kegs of 700X at a time so that alone was putting me over the 10kg . Not sure if they even make 12 pounders anymore. 28ga rules now.
These puppies
Man, i NEED one of those...and another in Red Dot....and Blue Dot...and 4227...5744...4198...4895....BL-c(2)...
Now you are telling your age
with those names and numbers. Lets just say some I can show you , show you being the key word not sell you, but not in 12 pounders especially red and blue dot , have 8 pounders I think. 
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I use an old '60s issue barracks box. It's made of fiberglass with all brass furniture including lock hasp. It has the obligatory "Explosives" sign attached. It would probably hold double the maximum amount of powder if one was a powder hoarder or collector. The weight restrictions per container and the word "Explosives" on the container are so the firemen can quickly and easily identify and haul the containers out in case of a fire. The 3/4" plywood idea seems to be a myth. The wording in the regs is "should be made of substantial material" but they didn't define "substantial".
FYI, I asked the ministry about the new regs about 2 months ago. They haven't been ratified yet.
FYI, I asked the ministry about the new regs about 2 months ago. They haven't been ratified yet.
Ive been reading up alot on reloading as I'm looking to start in the next few weeks and it's funny how the book i'm currently reloading says that the cabinet that holds the powder should be locked but have one weak wall incase it catches fire, no pressure will build so it will minimize the chance of an explosion. It's a good theory BUT it doesn't fit with the vague "substantial" materials. I dont know any reloader who actually weakened a wall in their cabinet to do so but I wonder if it could actually be a good idea...
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The pressure build up is the only concern. Most guys with the wooden ones just put a cheap house louvered vent in the side or top and that takes care of the requirement.
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If your concern is for my barracks box, it's not a problem. The old ones aren't sealed like the current ones that go so far as to require a pressure relief valve built into them. If you're just making a generalized statement about pressure in powder boxes in general then 3Macs1 covered that. Even easier is to just drill some 3/16" or 1/4" holes in a side to vent it. It doesn't require a big vent. I suppose if you're really anal, and let's face it: all guys into reloading are anal to a certain degree, then when you build your box, build one wall out of 1/4" plywood and the rest out of 3/4" and you'll have your weakened wall. I'd still drill some holes to vent it.
