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This is meant for the firefighters to deal with as far as I know..
How many reloaders store their powder in a wooden box?
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This is meant for the firefighters to deal with as far as I know..
IANAL but reviewing sections 267-269, 282 and 296-305 which pertain to users of Propellant Powder and Percussion Caps and the Manufacture of Small Arms Cartridges and Black Powder Cartouches the regulations seem more reasonable than what we had before.
The old idea of storing powder and/or primers in a box that would somehow be moved in the event of a fire seemed pretty unlikely to me.
Storing them in their original packaging or containers, "... away from flammable substances and sources of ignition. People not authorized by the user must not be given unlimited access to the propellant powder, percussion caps or black powder cartouches." seems quite reasonable.
Similarly in section 270 and 278-281 which pertain to users of "Small Arms Cartridges". Here section 280 indicates:
If I am reading this correctly you can have up to 225kg of powder in loaded cartridges, this is a lot of ammunition for personal use.
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The old idea of storing powder and/or primers in a box that would somehow be moved in the event of a fire seemed pretty unlikely to me.
Storing them in their original packaging or containers, "... away from flammable substances and sources of ignition. People not authorized by the user must not be given unlimited access to the propellant powder, percussion caps or black powder cartouches." seems quite reasonable.
Similarly in section 270 and 278-281 which pertain to users of "Small Arms Cartridges". Here section 280 indicates:
If I am reading this correctly you can have up to 225kg of powder in loaded cartridges, this is a lot of ammunition for personal use.
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I do .. built under the old regulations. Hurt to put time in the project as it had to have a sloppy cover and no dove tails. But , had to put a sticker on it anyway .. so will not be on Canadian Pickers in 100 years .. a friend gave me some aged local 1" pine .. brass hardware. Section for primers.
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You keep the primers in the same box as powder?
It is hard to understand but I think this was part of the "box" regulations at one point, somehow the whole box containing both was supposed to be able to be removed in case of fire... it didn't indicate who would be doing the removing.
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I have seen posts from other countries mentioning fire marshalls etc were consulted for design and approval for containers that would allow for a 1 hour protection time so fire crews could extract it. But I also assumed there would be separate boxes for powder and primers.
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Well in all honesty it's true. My wife's perfume drawer is more dangerous then my powder. Underneath the kitchen sink has enough aerosol cans and chemicals to blow the entire house up. But basically because powder is for guns it's "dangerous". I need a new hobby without so many restrictions. I need like 8 bedrooms in my house in order to store each gun, powder, primer, ammo separately and have my kids to sleep somewhere. I hear aquariums are relaxing....
A 1" thick wood box is going to last about 5-10 minutes in a fire (an educated guess based on similar fire testing done on construction materials with the NRC).
Firefighters look at getting people and (sometimes) pets out of buildings - not boxes of stuff.
Just making a guess, but I am willing to bet this is a trickle down from the actual mining explosives side of the regs. Which personally makes even less sense. No one in a fire situation is going to pick up a box marked explosives, no matter how handy it is to move.
