In an Explosives Industry Newsletter issued in June 2016, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) reclassified wetted nitrocellulose containing greater than 12.6 percent nitrogen as a high explosive under the federal explosives laws.

As explained below, this is a dramatic and sudden change in agency policy with a significant impact on the ammunition industry. The new policy was announced in a newsletter without any opportunity for industry input.

After your Guns and after your Ammo!

"Consequently, it is unclear why ATF believed it necessary to change its policy and, more importantly, why ATF announced the change in a newsletter article with no advance notice to industry."

On the contrary, it's crystal clear.

Senator Obama promised to fundamentally change the USA. He has less than 5 months to go. Fasten your seatbelts.

Looks like they changed their minds.

http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2...-error-works-on.html


In June of 2016, the ATF announced that nitrocellulose, including nitrocellulose wetted with water or alcohol, would be considered a high explosive. This change in regulation was simply announced in the June ATF EXPLOSIVES Industry Newsletter, without a comment period or any previous consideration.

This change had a potentially devastating effect on ammunition manufacturers and manufacturers of smokeless gunpowder. If the ruling was upheld, it would have required enormous changes in gunpowder manufacture, making ammunition significantly more expensive, and likely halting the manufacture of smokeless gunpowder for a considerable period while changes to existing procedures were worked out, tested, and applied to the manufacturing process.

Astute people in the industry noticed and started to sound the alarm. It is not surprising that people are on the edge of alarm during the final months of the Obama administration, as the administration has shown an alarming tendency to ignore both Congress and the courts.

The ATF sought to put the issue to rest yesterday , 31 August. It issued an update stating that the status of previously authorized industry oractices will not be affected for some period. From the update:

As posted in the Gunsmithing section:

The fastest explanation is that it has been tabled for now so it will not have any bearing on reloading or loaded ammunition for now.

Here is the original article that was published as an announcement:

http://www.ammoland.com/2016/0...-laws/#axzz4JOF8MpXG

Regards.

The ATF just like the FBI..is highly political and they are not done yet...they will be looking to do the same thing...just under a different presentation.

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Originally posted by p dog shooter:
Looks like they changed their minds.

http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2...-error-works-on.html

Bob Owens agrees. Or suggests that the ATF was misunderstood.

Still, I'm as cynical as any here, if not more so, wrt Obama's ATF.