From 9News - Ammunition hampers firefighters at Monument blaze

[Troublco]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SlOX...yer_detailpage

This is a video from SAAMI on the subject. It is very informative but I cried when I watched it because of all the ammo they destroyed.

Over 400,000 rounds!

[merl]

So, while there may be little real danger from ammunition in a house fire it is very likely to be against fire department policy for the firefighters to enter a burning house with ammo cooking off. I don't see ammo cans, file cabinets, etc. being an effective fire/heat barrier to keep ammo from cooking off in a fire. First, is that a correct assumption?

Second & most importantly, what is a cost effective (read, "relatively cheap") way to store ammo so it will not cook off in a house fire. Or at least slow it way down...

line your filing cabinets with drywall, 1" at least, including the door. nothing cheap is going to help in a burndown but it'll hold off the fire until they get a hose on it.

[wctriumph]

Ammo? You guys have ammo? Where can I get some?

[BushMasterBoy]

Black powder in a gun safe will explode like a 500 lb bomb dropped from a F-15.

[jerrymrc]

Black powder in a gun safe will explode like a 500 lb bomb dropped from a F-15.

Link please.

[82ndShooter]

I believe that Mythbusters already has done a segment on cooking off ammo.

[patrick0685]

I believe that Mythbusters already has done a segment on cooking off ammo.

they did...it is the cases that have more of a chance in hurting you then to bullet

[KevDen2005]

I believe that Mythbusters already has done a segment on cooking off ammo.

You watch too much TV

[303sig1911]

Man I hope it wasn't .22, that stuff is worth it's weight in gold right now.

[BushMasterBoy]

Black powder is classified as a explosive. Sometimes it is even used in mining. It was almost exclusively used to mine before dynamite was invented. Some people I know purposely store black powder in their gun safe. They put a label on the gunsafe stating that the safe contains black powder and will explode if a cutting torch is used. The stuff will explode even if just struck by sparks from a grinder. Black powder can also be detonated by static electricity. Like reading about black powder? see link below

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder


http://hunting.about.com/od/blackpow...lackpowder.htm