BP Handguns and Indoor Ranges

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Not long ago, I received some troubling news from an indoor range that I frequented several years earlier. This range, now under new ownership, no longer permits the use of BP handguns. I inquired about the reason for this policy change and an employee informed me their insurance provider considered it a fire hazard. I was not too disturbed because I live not terribly far from an outdoor range, but I did find this occurrence somewhat puzzling. Has anyone else encountered a similar situation recently?


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Several indoor ranges I have frequented over the years have had the no BP rule, but claimed it was due to the ventilation system. I wonder if their insurance companies allow them to stock/sell BP or substitutes. Hmmmmm

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Up to half of a black powder charge exits the barrel, either burning or reamaining unburnt. If it accumulates, it becomes a fire hazard. Ignition could be from a subsequent shot from the same, or another pistol another time.
 
Here in the Portland, OR area none of the indoor ranges allow black powder or subsitutes. I have to go 45 miles in the mountains to shoot mine.
 
Pyrodex isn't black powder. It's a propellant.

Here, I shoot BP revolvers occasionally at both indoor ranges I go to. Smoke is pretty bad at the small one.
 
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