I've waded through the various informative threads about the new regs and sifted through the nearly impossible legalese for explosives storage and ammunition regulations, but I can't seem to find what the current standards are regarding the ability to reload in an apartment. Has the proposed legislation to limit reloading to detached homes passed or is it still on the books? If it hasn't passed, is it worth even getting into reloading considering the political climate? Beyond that, would anyone advise against reloading in apartments?
Reloading in apartments
- Thread starter JDTonken
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NZClaybuster
CGN frequent flyer
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- Calgary, Alberta
Smokeless powder is not explosive, it is an accelerant. Your apartment will have rules, get a copy and read them. It isn't illegal to reload in an apartment anywhere I have lived. The smell of cleaning guns is less offensive than cooking cabbage, and reloading doesn't create a smell. How would anyone know. Be discreet. Be safe. Have fun.
blacksmithden
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Just something to think about. My buddy and I rented an apartment on the second floor about 9 years ago. He bought a Honda 500 Intercepter with worn out cams. We went and picked up the bike in my service truck. We left it there until the new landlord, who had just bought the 3 plex had come to see his new purchase before we dragged it up the stairs into the apartment. Over the winter, I ripped and rebuilt the engine. I timed the cams right on the coffee table. Put the bike back together and out she went in April. No damage done to anything on the bike, or to the apartment.
The moral of my little ditty. What they don't know...........
Don't look for problems where there aren't any. Don't store powder and primers right next to or above the stove. Beyond that, what are you expecting to happen ???
The moral of my little ditty. What they don't know...........
Don't look for problems where there aren't any. Don't store powder and primers right next to or above the stove. Beyond that, what are you expecting to happen ???
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The proposed changes to prohibit reloading in apartment buildings was dropped.
You are perfectly legal to load in an apartment, barring something in your rental/lease agreement to the contrary.
Be smart and be safe, and don't become a black mark on the handloading community to create a push for more regs, and all will be well.
You are perfectly legal to load in an apartment, barring something in your rental/lease agreement to the contrary.
Be smart and be safe, and don't become a black mark on the handloading community to create a push for more regs, and all will be well.
No federal laws prevent you from reloading in an apartment.
Check your strata bylaws; every building can enforce (non-criminally) their own bylaws.
Be aware of the federal limits of primer & powder quantities you can store at home. (Search here for threads on that.)
Be safe. Have fun. I reload in my apartment. It's fun.
Check your strata bylaws; every building can enforce (non-criminally) their own bylaws.
Be aware of the federal limits of primer & powder quantities you can store at home. (Search here for threads on that.)
Be safe. Have fun. I reload in my apartment. It's fun.
Just something to think about. My buddy and I rented an apartment on the second floor about 9 years ago. He bought a Honda 500 Intercepter with worn out cams. We went and picked up the bike in my service truck. We left it there until the new landlord, who had just bought the 3 plex had come to see his new purchase before we dragged it up the stairs into the apartment. Over the winter, I ripped and rebuilt the engine. I timed the cams right on the coffee table. Put the bike back together and out she went in April. No damage done to anything on the bike, or to the apartment.
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As for reloading........ safer than lots of folks cooking dinner.
I built a 4' long bench to reload on in my living room (behind the couch), my landlord came in to do a minor repair, and ended up getting a leason in reloading 101
The next day he came up with a carpet rolled up over his shoulder, he unrolled it on my living room floor to be a beautifully taken cared for Long Branch Lee Enfield .. apparently he wanted to give it a new home free of charge!
I'm not sure what the moral of that story is, but man that Enfield can shoot!
The next day he came up with a carpet rolled up over his shoulder, he unrolled it on my living room floor to be a beautifully taken cared for Long Branch Lee Enfield .. apparently he wanted to give it a new home free of charge!
I'm not sure what the moral of that story is, but man that Enfield can shoot!
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- California (formerly from BC)
I built a 4' long bench to reload on in my living room (behind the couch), my landlord came in to do a minor repair, and ended up getting a leason in reloading 101
The next day he came up with a carpet rolled up over his shoulder, he unrolled it on my living room floor to be a beautifully taken cared for Long Branch Lee Enfield .. apparently he wanted to give it a new home free of charge!
I'm not sure what the moral of that story is, but man that Enfield can shoot!
Damn - that story made me tear up a little
Lucky!
