reloading bench legality's

[hutchster]

are there specific legality's when it comes to reloading benches
do the powder, primers, and case's have to be locked and if so does it have to be a steel cabinet or what
I am thinking of using a computer armoire then padlocking it
can i store ammo behind a simple pad lock, or do i need an actual steel cabinet or safe
any replys would be appreciated
mucho thanks

 

[hoochie]

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20668

And, if I am not mistaken.. the metal cabinet thing for your powder is a big "NO-NO".
There are so many regulations, that it can be hard to follow every one of them all the time. My powders are on a shelf in the reloading room.

 

[Suputin]

There are no laws governing reloading bench's. Powder should be stored in the factory contaner. In a steel box is not a good idea .... think BIG pipe bomb.

 

[hutchster]

so locking powder, primers and cases, and also maybe loaded shells in an armoire would not be in any way illegal as long as the cabinet is securely locked?

 

[MaxKW]

I'm not sure if it has anything to do with the law or not but the storage container should/must have at least one side that will easily open/fall apart.

 

[sunray]

Smokeless powder doesn't explode. It burns. Generally fast and hot, but it doesn't explode. Few steel cabinets are air tight, so if you locked your powders in one and by a freak accident the powder caught fire, you'd have jets of hot fire and gases shooting out, but no explosion. A wooden cabinet would catch fire and spread the fire throughout your home.
Industry stores paint and assorted flammable solvents in steel cabinets for a reason. Steel will usually contain a fire. Wood won't.
A loading bench is just a solid table. Nothing more. As convenient flat spots they do tend to attract stuff though.

 

[tbhupe]

As convenient flat spots they do tend to attract stuff though.

Amen brother.

 

[John Y Cannuck]

A Locked wooden box, preferably with no ferous metal at all is the prefered container to store powders in their original containers.
Mine is a shipping crate for a big gear box. Works well.

 

[doc25]

I read something about a wooden storage box at least 1" thick. I guess it will contain the fire long enough before it bursts into flames. Remember a thin metal cabinet can still start a fire by conducting heat to things in the surrounding area maybe even wood or carpeted floors.