Any idea of what happens if stored ammo, 38, 9mm, 45acp, 22, should be involved in a house fire?
My gun shop burned down in 1995.
Thousands of rounds of ammo, mostly in steel GI ammo cans.
About a dozen cans of gun powder.
Thousands of primers.
Seven unloaded guns.
Most everyone will tell you, "no problem" and that's mostly true..........
but here's some pictures to prove there can be a real danger.
It was an interesting day.
The smokeless gunpowder cans did exactly as they are designed to do. The top or bottom popped off. The cans didn't explode. The cans of Black Powder and WD40 exploded.
Note the bullet holes in some cans. Those bullets had to go through, at least, a steel ammo can before going through the gun powder cans.
There were also other bullet holes in the metal building sides.
This can wasn't in the fire but close enough that 30-40 9mm rounds exploded from the heat, blowing out the bottom of the box.
The Ruger is a MK I I bought in 1961.
A few 50 cal boxes that contained different rifle and pistol ammo.
Again, more than just the little pop that is supposed to happen.
There was some high speed stuff flying around in and through those cans.