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Title: Black Powder storage question
Post by: treebeard on February 27, 2015, 11:44:51 PM

Would a heavy gauge aluminum box be good for storing Black Powder safely? I was not
Good at physics in school so hoping some of you would know. I worry about static electricity
Building up.

Title: Re: Black Powder storage question
Post by: Montana Slim on February 28, 2015, 07:07:46 AM

I recommend against "sturdy" containers of any kind, that is akin to making a bomb body.....and, I don't get concerned about static electricity with regards to BP.

Slim

Title: Re: Black Powder storage question
Post by: Dick Dastardly on February 28, 2015, 07:44:11 AM

What Slim said.  Cool dry storage is good.  Static electricity is a non issue.  I store my bp in the cardboard boxes it comes in.  My bride likes the empty boxes for storing her canning jars.

DD-MDA

Title: Re: Black Powder storage question
Post by: treebeard on February 28, 2015, 06:38:40 PM

Thanks Montana Slim and Dick Dastardly --- I will keep the BP in the cardboard boxes.

Title: Re: Black Powder storage question
Post by: Old Top on March 01, 2015, 12:00:28 AM

Treebeard,

At the gun store I used to buy powder at they had all of the smokeless in a safe and the black powder in a wood box I asked about that and was told that the state (CA) required it to be stored that way.

Old Top

Title: Re: Black Powder storage question
Post by: john boy on March 01, 2015, 10:17:25 PM

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I store my bp in the cardboard boxes it comes in.

Ditto

Title: Re: Black Powder storage question
Post by: Coffinmaker on March 08, 2015, 02:29:28 PM

Someback, there was an alternate storage method found (by accident).  A salvage outfit raised a cannon off the sea floor.  Cannon had been "spiked" before being dumped overboard. 
One of the brilliant salvers pried out the spike and struck a match to the touch hole.  BOOM!!  Seems the cannon was loaded when spiked and remained water tight.
Salvage crew had to go back down and bring it back up again.  Equal and opposite reaction don't ya know.

admittedly, this had nothing to do with the OP.  I just thought it was interesting.

Coffinmaker

Title: Re: Black Powder storage question
Post by: Navy Six on March 09, 2015, 07:43:31 AM

Thats the spirit Wildman!! And I thought I was bad!