Powder Storage Magazine/Cabinet

[300Whspr]

Hey guys,

My old chest of drawers that I use to store my powder in keeps shrinking... it won't hold all of my powder anymore.

Just wondering what you guys are using to store your powder in... anything innovative?

I'm thinking of getting a file cabinet... or one of the tall plastic storage cabinets... or...???

Looking for something useful, but still cost-effective and safe.

What are you guys using?

 

[Havok7416]

If powder is going to be put in a container, the proper material to make it from is wood. Google powder magazine for ideas

 

[bobinoregon]

I use most of the closets in the house plus a foot locker in the garage

 

[Havok7416]

I suppose I could answer the question as asked. I use a plastic storage shelf like you can find at any Home Depot, etc. The containers sit in open air, but it really doesn't bother me

 

[cali_blues]

Kids' wooden toy chests are great, they fit the recommended specs for powder containers, and usually they are made of quality wood, with a nice hinged top. Look on craigslist and you can probably find several to choose from for cheap.

 

[bainter1212]

I use an old 6 foot tall metal locker. Don't know if that is a proper container or not, but it is lockable and not flammable.

 

[oldpapps]

I have this old chest type deep freeze that has been dead for many years. I cut the cord on it so no one could plug it in.
I keep one powder out at a time and all of the rest goes in the old freezer with boxes of bullets and dies. Has lots of room.
It is insulated, light tight and mostly keeps air from moving about inside.
This one is a metal outer frame with insulation between the inner and outer layers of vinyl.
It works for me and was free, well, I didn't have to pay to get it hauled off

 

[Crashbox]

Old, post-1958 refrigerators work fantastic IMO- I got a free one in the basement with my $151K house. When I took up reloading six years ago I finally had a good use for it...

 

[carbine85]

The storage vessel should be something that won't contain the blast if it ended up in a fire. I have a metal cabinet with loose doors that lock that I keep mine in. When I redo my shop they will be stored in over head cabinets.
Ammo cans are a bad idea.

 

[poboy6]

Shelves in a root cellar.

 

[Hondo 60]

I store mine in a 3 drawer ... hmm, I don't know what you'd call it.
The frame is metal but drawers are cloth with a cardboard bottom for reinforcement.

 

[Gearhead Jim]

Look up one of the generic fire codes, our county's requires anything over 20 lbs total to be in a wooden container with nominal 1" thick walls.

The idea is that wood will slow the flames getting to the powder, and will burst easily so as to not become a bomb.