What Happens When Ammo Burns? - SAAMI

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What Happens When Ammo Burns? - SAAMI

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[Andy54Hawken]

What happens when ammo burns...?
Anti gun folks rejoice...
Shooters cry...
And Re-loaders think about all the wasted components....
Andy

 

[66PonyCar]

Interesting video. One test I would have like to see was ammuntion stored in metal ammo cans. That's how I store my ammo and I'm sure a lot of folks on this site do as well. Would the ammo cook off inside the ammo cans and would the ammo cans be able to contain the explosions?

 

[titsonritz]

Last time I was in Goldendale @ar addict was telling me about this video or one similar.

 

[ar addict]

I have seen a 50 cal can full of 223 after a house fire. All was contained just popped the cases like popcorn.
There is another video on the sammi web site where they drop the ammo from like 40 feet and run over it with
a dozer.
Any fire department can get a free copy, just give them a call.

 

[SHPD_Retired]

Very intereting

 

[ar addict]

Here is the other one, I guess the first one had the dozer.

Smokeless Powder and The Fire Service - SAAMI

This video emphasizes in the storage and display of smokeless powder in the retail environment and demonstrates that if appropriately packaged, smokeless powder will not explode and is less dangerous during fires than many other common retail materials. It addresses what the fire hazards are to...

saami.org

 

[nammac]

Very enlightening, blows away all those myths and replaces it with hard facts. I'll sleep better at night knowing that a fire wouldn't launch my house into outer space

 

[Tony617]

I have seen this video before and ammo burning is not that big deal if the ammo is not loaded into a firearm. I do keep and few loaded magazines in my gun safe and one magazine is loaded into my long gun but the chamber is empty in all cases expect my carry handgun.

 

[Provincial]

Mythbusters burned ammo with the same results.

 

[jbett98]

Cheaper and more fun.

 

[awshoot]

Interesting video. One test I would have like to see was ammuntion stored in metal ammo cans. That's how I store my ammo and I'm sure a lot of folks on this site do as well. Would the ammo cook off inside the ammo cans and would the ammo cans be able to contain the explosions?

I would be more concerned with the ammo-cans containing the ammo too much as at cooks off and creating conditions for an explosion.