Where do you store your powder?

[dave951]

What black powder? Nothing to see here officer. Maybe you should check the doughnut shop on the corner.

 

[SOLANCO]

I keep all my powder in handy open top barrels right next to the woodstove so it stays dry.

 

[SOLANCO]

Clever thinking

Maybe throw a handful on the kindling when the fire is slow starting.

 

[SOLANCO]

I'm intrigued by reading of the system used by Lewis & Clark: Lead ccontainers with enough powder to fire the bullet which could be cast from the container. I don't recall mention of a wooden keg, for storage once the lead was breached, but, unless each powder container was doled out to powder horns as it was opened, that woyld be the most logical immediate access storage. Does anyone know more details?

From all this, it seems a wooden cask might be the ideal bulk storage; spark free, moisture proof, & heat resistant. Of course it could make a bomb, but no more than ammo cans or a safe. Since the heads are the weakest link, I'd expect them to blow out most easily.

That happened to some friends who left an "empty" whiskey barrel out in the sun, before dropping a lit sulfur strip in the bung hole to sanitize it. Instant cannon from alcohol fumes; blow one head across the lawn, stretched the bands, & let the stave splay.

(Just playing with ideas. It's been a slow day.)

Go to Charleston SC and tour the powder magazine. How the roof was designed for explosions. Copper bands on the powder barrels. Lot to learn there.

 

[dennyntx]

I keep mine stored in an old non working refrigerator with a pad lock on it

 

[torpedo]

We should all heed that great engineering maxim, "When all else fails, read the instructions!"

Now that's hilarious!

 

[DUNKS]

Smooth shooter you are totally wrong about keeping tabs so they can confiscate cos there is no record required of how much black you have! or have used. Dream on my friend.

 

[Carl in France]

There are, and always will be those that think the government have the slightest interest in our guns.

 

[S.Kenton]

In a wooden box, in a cool dry area. I may transfer it to my large safe in the garage, when it gets warmer.

 

[Daryl Crawford]

Magazine finally set up. After seeing the @Bob McBride set up, and reading on here, I have a wooden "footlocker" sized box, 1" sides and lid, casters to make it roll, hasp that could be locked, and wooden boxes inside to hold the powder while keeping 1" of clearance from the inside sidewall. It can hold more powder than I need it to and it also holds a spare takedown range rod. Painted red with the words "Warning, BP MAGAZINE" on top. It resides in the barn but can be easily carried or rolled out.
I think it is Fire Marshall Bill approved.