Sporting ammunition and fire.

[Firehoser]

Being a retired firefighter and an ORA member/participant who has many rounds of small caliber ammunition stocked, I often wondered about what would happen if there was a fire. Would the closely packed rounds go flying through my walls and kill me when I desperately try to save my rifles. All the while the wife screams! Ummm... she is standing outside of course.

I stumbled on this video produced by SAMMI for firefighters. They burn thousands of rounds in open air, on pallets and in trucks to see what happens. Brings a tear to my eye and my wallet.

Bring your popcorn this is a bit of a long one. Looking forward to the comments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SlOXowwC4c

 

[Slamfire]

Very interesting conclusions. Surprising that in their findings the utilization of standard fire fighting PPE apparently provides sufficient protection for crews to extinguish ammo fires.

Their tests destroyed 400,000 rounds of ammo! Well worth the cost from a safety learning perspective.

 

[cement head]

If I'm not mistaken it has to be contained or it's won't have much velocity .

 

[DaScribbler]

The Waste of perfectly good Ammo almost brings a tear to my eye.

Pleasant results though

 

[jonnyc]

Pop, pop, pop. Just wear safety glasses.

 

[leebuilder]

Hatchers note book has good info. They burnt, shot and did stuff to ammo for testing and to see results of abuse. Ammonia environments ie barns had some interesting results.

 

[philhut]

When i was about 12yrs old i found some 22lr rounds somewhere on the ground. Carries an around in a jacket pocket for a while till tenuous decided to throw them in a camp fire. I still remember the sensation of something whizzing out of the flames and close enough I felt it go over my head. Scared the heck out of me. I sure would not want to be close by when the rounds are discharging in a fire.

 

[jonnyc]

Been there, done that. They pop and bits bounce off your legs. Now, don't go sticking your face in the fire, that could be a problem.
Like I said above..."Pop, pop, pop. Just wear safety glasses."

 

[TrxR]

The brass is more dangerous than the bullet in a fire.

 

[Longwalker]

My friend owned a gunshop that burned to the ground. Many thousands of rounds went off. Nobody was hurt, although there were maybe a hundred or more people in close proximity, firefighters, gawkers, and staff. A couple of windows across the street were cracked, not sure if it was brass cases or bullets that flew that far. Not as dangerous as many would think.