This forum has seen several (often heated) debates about transporting ammo as we all have to do when going on safari and my old friend and hunting buddy Peter Lang sent me this. (Thanks Peter!)

http://bulletin.accurateshoote...-saami-video-report/

I reckon it's highly informative and demonstrates why smokeless powder which is classified as a flammable material may be transported whilst black powder and it's derivatives which are classified as explosives are banned from commercial aircraft........ I have to say though that I'd like very much to see a video that reproduces the same tests but on BP & derivatives.

That's interesting. Those guys look like they had some fun with all that ammo.

Years ago, I had to dispose of quite a bit of old smokeless powder, probably 40 or more pounds of shotgun (mostly 700X) and various rifle powders. I decided to burn it and took a section of heavy pipe, placed it in a parking lot of a truck terminal, and poured some the powder inside. I could not believe how difficult it was to set the loose powder on fire. I finally had to soak a rag in diesel, light it and throw it on the gunpowder to get it to burn. Once burning, it burnt slowly but with an intensly bright flame. I was standing less than 10 feet from the fire with no protective gear on (I know, stupid, but I was young) and never had any problem.

About a minute after I started the fire I heard sirens. Since this was an industrial area and I was hundreds of feet from anything that could burn, I knew I was safe. Imagine my surprise when the fire engines showed up to put out my fire. They told me I couldn't do what I was doing, and they called the sheriff, who made arrangements to pick up the rest of my unburnt powder the next day.

Next day, the BOMB SQUAD shows up with their bomb disposal trailer. They were cool and loaded up the remaining powder with no issues. I asked them what they were gonna do to get rid of it and they said "The same thing as you. We're gonna go to our range, pour it on the ground and light it off".

After that, I just poured old powder on my lawn to use as fertilizer.

Eish but you're missing out on some fun....... I save mine up until I have enough and then about an hour before dark, I go out and trickle it down all the ant holes I can find around the house and then just as it gets dark, I touch it off.

Not only does it get rid of the ants it gives a bit of a fireworks display as a lot of the ant holes are connected and one burn sets several others off as well.

Just before I left Africa, I pulled most of my ammo (and gave the rest away) and had a really super mega bugly display with all the powder.

Good fun, but if the hole is big enough and filled with enough powder, it sounds like a RPG going overhead. It sure creates hell with the ant population for awhile.

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Originally posted by Scriptus:
Good fun, but if the hole is big enough and filled with enough powder, it sounds like a RPG going overhead. It sure creates hell with the ant population for awhile.

You guys are weird

there not weird there south Africans so there f%@*king crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!