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  • hylander
    Veteran Member
    • Oct 2005
    • 3870

    How do you store your Powder ?

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    Last edited by hylander; 03-03-2026, 5:54 PM.
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    StraightShooter
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2007
    • 2189

    In a big ice chest in the barn. Ice chest regulates the temp very well.

    Brandon M.

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    • #3
      xrMike
      Calguns Addict
      • Feb 2006
      • 7841

      Originally posted by hylander
      Anyone store their Powder in the bedroom Closet ?
      Yep, just like that, in the closet of an unused room, on the floor.

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      • #4
        sammy
        Veteran Member
        • Oct 2006
        • 3847

        Is a garage that bad? What problems can I have if it get a bit of humidity?

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        • #5
          JHC
          Senior Member
          • Dec 2005
          • 1382

          I have a small reloading room in the garage that's fully insulated, it stays pretty consistant temp wise and is dry.

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          • #6
            anyracoon
            Veteran Member
            • May 2006
            • 3699

            Seems to me if the cans are air tight and the lids are screwed on tight that humidity should not be a problem. I store a small amount in my reloading room and the rest is outside in a insulated storge trailer. But would I not store black powder in my house let alone or in my garage in that amount.

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            • #7
              762cavalier
              NRA Training Counselor
              CGN Contributor
              • Oct 2005
              • 3626

              I just throw it all in the closet next to the gas hot water heater.















              J/K. I have it stored in a powder magazine in my "gun room"
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              • #8
                get2now
                Member
                • Jan 2006
                • 155

                I've stored smokeless powder in my reloading room in my house for 20+ years with no problems. Some is in the shipping box and some not.
                I wouldn't put it in the garage if I didn't have to and I wouldn't store as much as i do now either. Just so it didn't have to be out there that long.

                G

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                • #9
                  bohoki
                  I need a LIFE!!
                  • Jan 2006
                  • 20826

                  in the trunk of my car with an old leaky blitz can half full of gas a metal pail of varnish soaked rags some old road flares oh and a box of used up bic lighters

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                  • #10
                    sorensen440
                    Calguns Addict
                    • Mar 2007
                    • 8612

                    I keep it on a shelf in there original containers with the lids sealed tight out in the garage
                    "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson

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                    • #11
                      NotSoFast
                      Member
                      • May 2008
                      • 380

                      Mine is on a shelf in my reloading room, a spare bedroom in my apartment. If I get to 20 lbs, I'll be looking at building a fireproof box for it in the same room.

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                      • #12
                        docjonsn
                        Junior Member
                        • Jun 2008
                        • 7

                        I bought a 20 M.M.ammo can. I store it with a couple of bags of descant air tight, steel, latches on each side you get the picture. i have about 6 lbs of smokeless in 1lb. cans and a little less than 1 lb of black powder and about 1800 primers. I am more concerned about the primers then powder.
                        doc.

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                        • #13
                          bummer7
                          Junior Member
                          • May 2008
                          • 97

                          Originally posted by docjonsn
                          I bought a 20 M.M.ammo can. I store it with a couple of bags of descant air tight, steel, latches on each side you get the picture. i have about 6 lbs of smokeless in 1lb. cans and a little less than 1 lb of black powder and about 1800 primers. I am more concerned about the primers then powder.
                          doc.
                          What happens in a house or garage fire? Will the ammo can split open letting the gas vent? Or am I worrying about something that isn't dangerous?

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