Another BP ?

[trdixon1]

I just receive 10 lbs. of Goex black powder in the mail today. Will it be safe to store it in my garage as long as it is not in direct sunlight?

 

[R.M.]

You got powder through the mail??????? :hmm:

 

[Russ T Frizzen]

I just receive 10 lbs. of Goex black powder in the mail today. Will it be safe to store it in my garage as long as it is not in direct sunlight?

It should be fine in a cool dry place. And you may have won a Federally sponsored vacation to a Caribbean Isle! Room reserved by the fun loving folks at Homeland Security! All Expenses Paid!
You're gonna love Guantanamo! I hear they have a new sport called waterboarding down there. Not sure how it's done--sorta like surfing maybe? :rotf:

 

[F.G. Ford]

I would order another 200 lbs, before they ( Feds & Postal Service) catch on.
Good Deal!!!
Old Ford

 

[rafterob]

Yes, I keep mine down by the floor where it will stay cooler.

 

[trdixon1]

UPS Delivered it to my house.

 

[texcl]

Just ordered 25 pound myself. I've shot some pretty old powder stored in a dark wet basement and it shot great, but of course the best enviroment is cool, dark and dry.

 

[ohio ramrod]

As long as it is kept below 120 degrees F and dry it will store for many years.

 

[Dphar]

I just receive 10 lbs. of Goex black powder in the mail today. Will it be safe to store it in my garage as long as it is not in direct sunlight?

Make sure all the lids are tight and store it out of sight. Remember that BP is not all that powerful. It is possible to fuse the center can (bottle?) in a 25 pound case and only set off a few of them the rest just get scattered around.

Dan

 

[PreglerD]

My god! Cool, bp by mail! In Germany an impossible thing. bp must be fetched by the dealer on your own and in many areas we have not much dealers. Furthermore you are only allowed to store 1 kg (2 pds) in your house and another 3 kg in a empty building/cabin beside your house (no garage).

Regards

Kirrmeister

 

[grizzly adam]

I've got some Dupont 4f that is at least 60 years old, and it's just fine ... ignites immediately. I love to drag it out and light a little to dispel dumb myths about the limited storage life of black powder. :grin:

 

[Jamie from Alberta]

My brother vaccum seals the whole can in the sealer bags, he does the same with his T7 pellets.

 

[arquebus]

Cool, bp by mail! In Germany an impossible thing.

Same thing here in the USA. The United States Postal Service (USPS) does not allow BP, & numerous other 'hazardous' materials to be shipped through the mail. However other carriers such as United Parcel Service (UPS), will carry BP as long as certain requirements are met.

 

[Finnwolf]

I buy it by the case, usually with a couple of friends splitting it. Last time I bought, I wanted both 3F and 2F and only 1 friend wanted to go in on it. So now I've got about 20 cans of 2F, 3F & a couple of cans of 4F.
I store it in my basement but it gets kind of damp in the humid season around here, so I store the cans in ziploc freezer bags and then I put those in a steel grenade case my uncle gave me in the 70's when I spent a summer with my cousins at Newport Naval base.
Out of sight, hopefully dry and very well protected. Doing it this way for years but it's a far cry from taking my empty can to the GOEX plant for refill for $3 like I used to do.