Although the two men inside the garage who were apparently hand-loading the ammunition were “severely burned” no other injuries seem to have been reported. At the scene, investigators stated that approximately 10,000 rounds of loaded ammunition, as well as 100 pounds of “black powder”, were inside the garage. In addition, they also found what appears to be welding equipment as they found oxygen and acetylene tanks in the garage as well.
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I'm surprised the snowflake MSM haven't jumped on this claiming the oxy/acetylene tanks were bombs that the evil white men were building.
There was an online auction recently of guns and ammunition from a gun store in Auburn, California. I reckon the owner was retiring. The highest priced ammo sold was on lots of 9mm. Each lot was 5 boxes of 50 rounds. The minimum winning bid on one lot was $485. Two lots sold for the high winning bid of $660. That equates to $132 per 50 round box. And that's before adding the 14% buyer's premium, which would bring the cost of each box to just over $150.
ReplyDeleteThat is nucking futs.
DeleteI'm thrilled with my redneck 401k although I had been eyeing adding 2 ARs on gunbroker - $550 ea, flip up sites, decent rigs. That was February, 41 were available for purchase.
Now sold individually, auction only - going for $1200 minimum... lol I'll wait.
Have you considered buying kits from Palmetto or other places. They still go $5-$600. My last Palmetto kit came with the upper completely assembled. There are little fiddly roll pins and springs to assemble the lower but no special tools are required. I put all the lower parts in and on a $40 anderson lower and was good to go for under $550.
DeleteKinda sounds like my workshop... I should check my fire extinguishers.
ReplyDeleteMatt in KY
My ex brother-in-law taught me to reload in the mid seventies. Been a lifelong hobby. Spent 22 years in the Army bomb squad and still work with explosives. I have never had an accident or had a round fail to function. I think a lot of that has to do with the training we received in EOD school. Our motto was, and still is “Initial Success or Total Failure “. Focus on the task at hand, but don’t get tunnel vision. Look around before you begin for potential hazards and think in the worst case scenario. What ever can go wrong will if you’re at it long enough. Eod1sg Ret
ReplyDeleteSame here - been reloading since the mid-80s with no bad rounds or accidents.
DeleteWhen I reload, there's no distractions in the room, not even music, and I double and triple check every step. Attention to detail counts.
The claim that there was 100 pounds of black powder involved is false, as evidenced by the fact that there was no explosion. Black will explode uncontained in open air, smokeless will not.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I was thinking if he had 100 pounds of black powder in that garage it wouldn't be burning, it would be in the surrounding counties. Obviously a case of the media not having a clue of what they're writing about.
DeleteTrivia question- When does smokeless powder change from an accelerant to an explosive?
Answer- When it's stored in a handloader's reloading room in quantities greater than 20 pounds, according to the brainiac California lawmakers.
How did the po-leece evacuate nearby houses "using remotely controlled tools"? Do agencies now have robots to gently gather humans into their steel arms?
ReplyDeleteI was wondering the same. Maybe had a speaker on it.
ReplyDelete10,000 rounds?
ReplyDeleteAmateurs. They must be new at this.
Just for a heads up, unless those guys had an atf approved explosives locker for that black powder - which for damn sure they didn't - their burning house will be the least of their problems. Atf takes a very dim view of people having that much black powder in an unsecured location.
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