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October 17, 2008, 11:08 PM | #51 | ||
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You create a bomb when enclosing primers in a metal ammo can. Not a bright idea. Nevertheless, MN has laws about storing more then 10K of primers in a home. I may be wise to just keep the primers in the orginal shipping sleeve in a cool and dry place. Most of the other states have adopted the NFPA codes with respect to home storage etc of amounts and such. Check your home state...this is MN Law!
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NFPA Guidelines pretty much say it all. So GAME SET and MATCH! Folks be smart! Follow the law and guidelines! Be a safe reloader!
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October 18, 2008, 10:12 AM | #53 |
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I would suggest if you want to further protect your primers or powder from humidity, perhaps you should consider vacuum seal bags.
No added risk of detonation or shrapnel. I get a kick out of the rule about no more than 10,000 primers in a residence. I would bet a fair number of reloaders buy them in quantities greater than that, and some use a half dozen different sizes and brands. The most important thing is not to store primers in bulk. Leave them in the original packing trays that provide a lot of shock cushion and keep the individual primers isolated from each other.
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October 18, 2008, 10:49 AM | #54 |
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since it's been years since I reloaded, coupled with the fact that I combined both mine & my father in laws loading stuff since he died in the time since I last loaded... I have a shelf with lots more empty cases than loaded ammo... I guess if technically I'm limited to 10,000 "raw" primers... I better get busy this winter
... there are 4-5000 primers that are too old for me to use other than for recerational plinking... so I may sell some this winter, but I'm in a good position to do the ammo can test ( I guess I need to "dispose" of a few of them before I can buy some fresh ones for this winters reloading ) BTW... the "zip lock" bag eye deer isn't half bad, niether is the plastic cooler... my local builder ( my mentor ) & I were discussing this thread yesterday... he feels that if stored in an ammo can in the basement, on the floor or a lower shelf, they shouldn't be "much" of hazard in a house fire ( which is how my father in law had stored his, on the basement floor in an ammo can for at least several decades before he died... my buddy also thought the use of disectant packs my dry out the primers more than needed, that they may need a small percentage of moisture to properly perform ???
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October 18, 2008, 12:45 PM | #55 |
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Guys do as you wish, but simply put bulk primers stored anyway other the intended is foolish! One the floor, give me a break! A bomb is a bomb is a bomb! What part of that do some of your fail to grasp? LOL! Why do some of your insist on being contrary to something that requires no effort on your part? Oh I know you lack common sense? :barf:
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1st off... I agreed that the ziplock bag & plastic cooler idea were good ideas... I currently have "most" of mine stored in ammo can, because that is how they came to me... I'll likely remove them from the ammo can... however, fire burns upwards, & firefighter water goes down with gravity... I'd go as far as to say, that the chances if an ammo can full of primers were stored away from anything else flamable, & on a concrete floor in a basement, that almost no house fire would set them off, provided the fire department sprayed any water on the fire... you... have 2 distinctions that I can offer you, that no one has ever gotten... you are the 1st person EVER to say I lack common sense, & also the 1st person arrogant enough to have me searching for the ingnore button... good bye... & good riddance
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Do as you guys wish. Having people be contrary to researched ways of stroring primers is lacking common sense. I know darn well that NFPA knows more about haz mat stuff then most people. So, ingnoring things may well cost you insurance coverage? LOL You can not predict how a fire will spread! That wouold be tannamount to coming up with the powerball numebrs! LOL good luck with that! Arrogant? Nope you perhaps ought to consider your tone!
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October 18, 2008, 05:51 PM | #58 |
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rn22723[QUOTE]You can not predict how a fire will spread! That would be tantamount to coming up with the power-ball numbers[QUOTE] ( sorry, my spell checker automatically fixed your spelling ).
from the limited training that I have received ( 5 years in fire suppression on mining machinery and limited forest fire fighting ) I am led to believe that fire is very predictable. Even better odds than the toss of a coin.
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