If the black powder ignites, how are they going to be able to accurately determine how much was in there in the first place since the evidence just went up in smoke? Maybe do a force/trajectory calculation based on where the house landed upon reentry from low earth orbit?
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If the black powder ignites, how are they going to be able to accurately determine how much was in there in the first place since the evidence just went up in smoke? Maybe do a force/trajectory calculation based on where the house landed upon reentry from low earth orbit?
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An explosion caused by more than the legal 50# by federal regulation is going to cause the FBI and Homeland Security to do an investigation. They WILL find out what the issue is and you WILL be in a huge pile of SHXX for it. Not to mention responsible for damages beyond your own property. Who the hell needs to store more than that is suspect IMO.
You evidently don't shoot artillery
It ain't going to EXPLODE.
If it was in metal cans they might find the remains of the cans, if its' plastic containers, they will melt.
Safest way is to buy one pound, go shoot one pound and go home, thus no powder in your house.
Ha, no I don't GAF about permission, that ain't the point at all. I know exactly what a pound of powder can do when set off at once because I was a dumb teenager with a misspent youth. In those days it was sold on the shelf at the drugstore, can't recall where exactly I bought it but it wasn't a sporting goods store. I was maybe 13 or 14.
It's just my preference not to keep any more of it around at one time in one place in the home than gives me the heebie jeebies. A couple few pounds of blqckpowder is plenty to last me. It isn't necessarily rational or scientific. A backyard powder magazine would be something for me to look into.
Being serious here, that won't fly as I go through 25lbs per year at minimum. I'm a competition shooter and one lb at the time is a non starter.
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If I remember a conversation I once had with Tip Curtis correctly, he said at the height of his competitive shooting he was going through 6 cases a year...........that is a lot of black but he had the targets to prove his worth!! Greg
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Thumbs up on that! Jackie & Charlotte Venskoske are great folks.
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*psst* Powder Valley has BP in stock.
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Okay then lets call it an extreme rapid expansion of gasses in highly damaging amounts. FBI,BTAF and OofHS will have no issue with the determination of what it was. Insurance company(ies) will have a word in also before it all said and done.
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Someone please correct me if I’m wrong but I thought the issue involved was how much you could store at a specific location before an “approved” magazine was required and distance from other structure regulations came into effetc.
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Ha ha. Because the containers will not be fully destroyed. You would be surprised what fire and insurance investigators can figure out.
Critter Getter, at least here at my Florida place the statutory limit is 25lbs. Different States vary.
Fire regulations speak to this as well. Present Federal law allows 50 lbs. This is due to the
fact that some old-timers still use Black Powder in mining their claims and gun clubs keep
large quantities. Many States only allow a smaller amount for possession. Depending upon
what guns you shoot, and how often, you can project your estimated annual use. Everyone
has a different take on how much to have on hand. But with these uncertain times the old
rules do not apply. Try to use substitutes as you can, problem is that if you work up a
good load with the substitute then you will have to use that on the hunt. You cannot switch
around and be consistent. I like to have 5lbs of Black, at least, and then some substitute.
When I drop under 7lbs total, I buy more. Everyone is worried about Black powder due to the
class of its regulation.
Fire regulations speak to this as well. Present Federal law allows 50 lbs. This is due to the
fact that some old-timers still use Black Powder in mining their claims and gun clubs keep
large quantities. Many States only allow a smaller amount for possession. Depending upon
what guns you shoot, and how often, you can project your estimated annual use. Everyone
has a different take on how much to have on hand. But with these uncertain times the old
rules do not apply. Try to use substitutes as you can, problem is that if you work up a
good load with the substitute then you will have to use that on the hunt. You cannot switch
around and be consistent. I like to have 5lbs of Black, at least, and then some substitute.
When I drop under 7lbs total, I buy more. Everyone is worried about Black powder due to the
class of its regulation.
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Ordered from them a month ago and still nothin
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Powder Valley is your huckleberry at this moment in time.
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