Other State Ammo factory burns down

[Colts4me]

Ultramax.

Ultramax ammunition factory destroyed in fire

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[Medic!]

Sounds like there gona let it burn.

 

[Kruel J]

What a waste.

 

[Rickenbacher39]

That could easily turn into an explosive situation............

 

[Kristina]

Interesting. My other half was just telling me about the tests that SAAMI ran with fire fighters for this exact situation. They found that ammunition exploding due to a fire would scarcely pierce drywall.

 

[Kruel J]

Interesting. My other half was just telling me about the tests that SAAMI ran with fire fighters for this exact situation. They found that ammunition exploding due to a fire would scarcely pierce drywall.

Yeah, a 2000 foot parameter is way overkill.

 

[AMT]

Interesting. My other half was just telling me about the tests that SAAMI ran with fire fighters for this exact situation. They found that ammunition exploding due to a fire would scarcely pierce drywall.

I saw an episode of Myth Buster's where they put ammo in an oven and cranked up the heat. Barely put dents in the side if I remember correctly.

Still wouldn't wanna be near the powder kegs during a fire though.

 

[Argonaut]

There is a big difference between smokeless and Black powder. Many home insurance policies limit the amount of Black powder you can keep in your residence. I overflew an explosion site at the Hercules powder (they made all sorts of stuff...not sure what this plant was manufacturing) factory in Utah 35 years ago. A huge crater and everything was vaporized. I don't think they ever found the remains of the few victims working in the remote plant. I also used to haul rocket fuel components in and out of the Henderson Nevada plant (with my truck company) that went up. It was always a spooky place. Don't remember how may were killed but blew the ceilings out in the hospital 6 miles away. We hauled artillery projectiles from Ft Huachuca AZ to Dugway UT a lot.......the scale houses were glad to wave us through even though they were quite benign.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Starving children in Africa coulda shot that.

 

[Cerberus Group]

Loaded ammo and drums of powder aren't the problem...it's the zillion primers going off that will vaporize things.

 

[SUPER X]

Ultramax.

Ultramax ammunition factory destroyed in fire

This was probably terror act from the far left . It Might trigger a shortage .

 

[titsonritz]

This was probably terror act from the far left . It Might trigger a shortage .

I was wondering if little Hilter Hogg was in the vicinity.