Ammo in a fire?

[fiveofnine]

Ever wonder what would happen if your house caught fire with ammo inside?

Wonder no more. The good folks a SAAMI have done all the work and filmed it for you:

http://www.saami.org/videos/sporting_ammunition_and_the_firefighter.cfm

[Medics197]

pretty obvious i think to most gun owners with simple understandings of how a firearm works. how ever i will be passing this onto my company as this is a very helpful and informative video to those whom do not understand ammo and firearms.

[tiller]

You could reuse some of those bullets.... What A waste!

[Ferrum]

Pretty interesting video...

[VictorFranko]

House a couple streets behind me burned and cooked off the guys ammo he had stored in the garage.
Fire department wouldn't go near it until the 'popping' stopped.
It was the sound of the ammo cooking off that woke me, sounded like South Central L.A.

[devster55]

Now I know why I can't find ammo. They burned it all. Jk they probably used lots that had defects in them

[knucklehead]

House a couple streets behind me burned and cooked off the guys ammo he had stored in the garage.
Fire department wouldn't go near it until the 'popping' stopped.
It was the sound of the ammo cooking off that woke me, sounded like South Central L.A.

Same here. Guy had his garage go up. Fire department wouldn't go near it. He burnt down his and his neighbors garage since they were feet apart.




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[bitethebullet]

Makes me want to go to AA meetings....Ammo Abuse is on the rise....solidified what most of us already knew....a shame they had to waste perfectly good ammo

[firemanjoe]

That's a lot of ammo!

[DSMeyer]

So I am sitting watching the video and my wife walks by and says "no wonder you can't get any ammo, they're wasting it all in a stupid fire". I got a good chuckle out of that. But damn, that was A LOT of ammo.

[pagedeveloper]

I have seen this video a while ago. I was wondering what would happen with all the powder that we have in our reloading rooms if it caught fire.

[DSMeyer]

I have seen this video a while ago. I was wondering what would happen with all the powder that we have in our reloading rooms if it caught fire.

The powder doesn't scare me that much, pretty much a big poof and a giant fireball and it is over, now a cabinet full of primers, that's a different story.

[Germz]

I think this is a very powerful and informational video. definitely debunks a lot of FUD regarding how unsafe ammo is during a fire for me.

[Reelemup]

I have seen this video a while ago. I was wondering what would happen with all the powder that we have in our reloading rooms if it caught fire.

What about ammo locked in the gun safe? Will they all go off at once ?

[Intimid8tor]

What about ammo locked in the gun safe? Will they all go off at once ?

No.