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tpeck12
05-04-2009, 08:18
Can anyone direct me to any laws in Colorado regarding the quantity of reloading componets you can have in a private home?
Hoser
05-04-2009, 09:12
Local fire code.
CrufflerSteve
05-04-2009, 15:16
Hoser is right. When i started getting into black powder activities I started with my local fire marshall and worked my way up to the feds. This was about 15 years ago and Colorado didn't really have any rules. I was living in an unincorporated area and had no local rules.

Back then the feds had something like a 50 pound limit for black powder! I'm not too sure whether that included smokeless. I know that local rules can be really tough since they might have been made without any input from handloaders.

Be sure to ask about primers as well as powder.

Steve
jackmode9316
05-04-2009, 16:01
Does having in your "home" mean your entire property? Or literally just your house.
ryanek9freak
05-04-2009, 17:29
I could give a shit less. I've probably got 40-50 lbs of powder combined, in my basement. I DO keep it in a fire resistant cabinet, but I'll be damned if any tells me how much I can own.
M2MG
05-04-2009, 20:22
If you're smart you'll just go on your way and do what you do.

DON'T POKE THE BEAR, HE MAY TURN ON YOU AND BITE YOUR HEAD OFF.

Just a word to the wise.

M2MG
GunTroll
05-04-2009, 20:26
I could give a shit less. I've probably got 40-50 lbs of powder combined, in my basement. I DO keep it in a fire resistant cabinet, but I'll be damned if any tells me how much I can own.

[Neene1] You tell em'! [Wink] I'm with you!
Hoser
05-05-2009, 16:21
I could give a shit less. I've probably got 40-50 lbs of powder combined, in my basement. I DO keep it in a fire resistant cabinet, but I'll be damned if any tells me how much I can own.

Gonna be a bummer when you find your homeowners insurance null and void...
ryanek9freak
05-05-2009, 16:43
It's included on my home owners insurance. They said as long as it's in a fire resistant cabinet, i'm good. Which it is.
Irving
05-06-2009, 11:38
Yeah, but like ALL insurance policies, if a loss is caused by something illegal, then it's not covered. For example, if you have a meth lab in your house and it blows up, then they won't cover anything.

However, if your house catches on fire because of your powder supply, I'd think it'd be difficult to tell afterward how much there was, so you'd probably be alright.
ryanek9freak
05-06-2009, 16:55
Since when did reloading become illegal?
Circuits
05-06-2009, 17:52
reloading isn't - but storing more powder than the fire code allows would be
ryanek9freak
05-06-2009, 18:10
Well, i'm sure that having gas cans in your garage is just as dangerous, yet people have no problem doing that.
Mtn.man
05-06-2009, 18:19
[Roll1] so I take it the law is always showing up checking your powder, supplies ammo stock piles, and BEER....
ryanek9freak
05-06-2009, 18:28
Give it awhile, they just might.
ChunkyMonkey
05-06-2009, 22:55
The tornado and the subsequent dry static caused that, didn't it?
ryanek9freak
05-07-2009, 06:12
HAHAHAHAH!, My neighbors all know that if my house catches fire, they'd better run.

Like I said, i have 40-50lbs TOTAL, it's all mixed up between several small cans, not all together in one giant bomb,