Dracomeister Posted February 22, 2014 Report Posted February 22, 2014 (edited) Not sure if this has been posted before, if so just remove this post. Since I store a "moderate" amount of ammo in several calibers my Better Half was worried about it cooking off in a fire and killing some one. The link below is a You Tube video posted by SAAMI on the subject. Pretty interesting. Edited February 22, 2014 by Dracomeister
unforgiven Posted February 23, 2014 Report Posted February 23, 2014 My wife doesn't want me to reload,she thinks I'm gonna blow up the house. :eek: Got everything in ammo boxes,but I need more. :yup:
StainTrain Posted February 23, 2014 Report Posted February 23, 2014 Great video, Great information. Thanks for finding and posting it up.
survivalshop Posted February 23, 2014 Report Posted February 23, 2014 What a waste of ammo . Can I have the ammo that wasn't damaged ? <dontknow>
bluzjamer Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 (edited) Anyone else weep over the destruction of perfectly good ammo. You were wondering about why there is an ammo shortage, Probably won't help if there are many of these demos going on. Edited February 24, 2014 by bluzjamer
BigBore77 Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 The one thing they did not include in the testing was "confinement". Nothing like a GI ammo can was used. I and most of my shooting/reloading friends store ammo, powder, and primers in GI ammo cans, because we have been told that these air-tight cans are what these items need to be stored in. I am curious if anyone has any first hand experience with ammo cans, powder, and primers in a fire situation. I hope nobody has this experience, but chances are someone does. It's obvious that ammo on shelves, even stacked up in bunches, is not a terrible hazard, but I wonder about the ammo cans, powder, and primers. Do we need to take any special precautions? Any thoughts?
Dane Armory Posted February 24, 2014 Report Posted February 24, 2014 Absolutely a great informative video. Very good tests ! Looks like Hollywood has been sensationizing stuff again. Side note: Ammo provided by DHS , because they bought it and didn't have the guns for those calibers !
StainTrain Posted February 26, 2014 Report Posted February 26, 2014 After speaking with a couple of local firemen about the video, they affirmed it was spot on, but that cambered rounds in weapons still pose a hazard during a fire. Seems logical.....
gnatshooter Posted February 26, 2014 Report Posted February 26, 2014 How much longer before there are laws regarding the storage of ammunition and mandatory inspection of home ammo dumps?
StainTrain Posted February 26, 2014 Report Posted February 26, 2014 Shhhh....don't give them any ideas.
Magwa Posted February 26, 2014 Report Posted February 26, 2014 so how about ammo stored in GI cans would that be tight enough to cause any problem or does it cook off in there as well? great video
StainTrain Posted February 26, 2014 Report Posted February 26, 2014 Let me see if I can get some guys to do a test for us.
392heminut Posted February 26, 2014 Report Posted February 26, 2014 This is the same info that I got from the fire dept. Captain that taught me how to reload back in 1979! <thumbsup>
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