Not related to firearms, but extremely dangerous are the front bumper shock absorbers on some vehicles when involved in a fire. They go off like a cannon and can cause severe injury.03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Fri Nov 18, 2022 5:28 pmGood video. I have always heard the same. Without a barrel to direct the pressure, the rounds just explode. I worry what happens if my house catches fire and 40K rounds all start exploding at the same time. LOLpuma guy wrote: ↑Fri Nov 18, 2022 4:03 pm I would think, correctly I assume, that cartridge in a firearm chamber in a fire poses the same danger as being fired by the primer being struck. Being chambered in a barrel allows the round to build the pressure necessary for smokeless powder to do it's work, although I don't know if the powder's potency is affected as the temperature rises. Ammo stored outside firearms poses minimal danger in a fire as does smokeless powder in canisters. There's a very good video produced by SAAMI testing the effects of fire on thousands of round of ammunition. see below
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- Fri Nov 18, 2022 4:03 pm
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I would think, correctly I assume, that cartridge in a firearm chamber in a fire poses the same danger as being fired by the primer being struck. Being chambered in a barrel allows the round to build the pressure necessary for smokeless powder to do it's work, although I don't know if the powder's potency is affected as the temperature rises. Ammo stored outside firearms poses minimal danger in a fire as does smokeless powder in canisters. There's a very good video produced by SAAMI testing the effects of fire on thousands of round of ammunition. see below