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This video was shared on another forum..

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3SlOXowwC4c

It reaffirms all the conclusions reached every time I sat in on table discussions on just this subject over a meal with other instructors after firearms training, continuing education for recert, or this seminar or that one.

Basically, boxed or loose ammo poses relatively little threat to a firefighter, or those who keep their distance. It has little power.
Chambered rounds can cook off and fire as if you pulled the trigger.

thanks for the video .... I place fairly high confidence in SAAMI so I take it on face value

Good article. Goes along with everything I've read over the years. Smokeless power behaves differently than black powder.

This was discussed during one of my recurrent pistol qual training sessions in the military a while back. Instructor said they dispose of small arms ammo by burning it. Nothing projects very far from the fire.

North Country Gal wrote:Good article. Goes along with everything I've read over the years. Smokeless power behaves differently than black powder.

Smokeless powder is classified as a inflamitory while black powder is classified as an explosive. That's why black powder is to be stored away from buildings.
My neighbor is an explosive expert and is sometimes called on to destroy old dynamite. He simply burns it. Don't try that with nitro.

I should also add that dynamite or gunpowder is Nitrocellulose. The way it is made is to impregnate cellulose with the nitro. That controls the burn rate by slowing it down. If your gun powder is allowed to be over heated it can actually bleed nitro. So can dynamite. That's why you should store it in a cool place.

That's why I always stored mine in the frig, (that is until my Mother came for a visit, she was shocked to find only gunpowder and beer in my frig.)

See, I was single at the time.