Good News for reloaders

[Steve E]

Just been announced on the NRA website that we are now allowed to possess up to 15Kg of Smokeless powder instead of the previous 5Kg limit without having to register the premises. Shooters can now also store up a total of 15Kg of black powder or smokeless powder or a mixture of both.
More details on the NRA Website.

Steve

[Mike357]

Fantastic news if you can afford to tie up over a grand in powder!

[Christel]

Oh wow really?

....Off looking...

[meles meles]

*Starts a letter...*

Dear Guido Fawkes...

[Christel]

That is indeed good news.

We have always struggled due to being two shooters in the house, the limit is per house, not person :G

[rox]

Great news, but just a slight shame that it seems to be based on the size of a 30lb BP tub, and not the modern 20Kg tub size for todays' (European?) smokeless powders. Guess we still have to form a buying group to split 20Kg.

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[ovenpaa]

Quoted from the UK NRA site

Good news for reloaders
As the result of discussions with British Shooting Sports Council representatives, the Health & Safety Executive has just issued a new exemption that increases from 5 kilos to 15 kilos the quantity of bulk smokeless powder that a shooter may possess without registering his premises.

The BSSC team of Colin Greenwood (Gun Trade Association), Ken Hocking (Muzzle Loaders Association), Matt Perring (BASC) and Secretary David Penn entered into discussions with HSE in 2011 as part of the latter's ongoing review of explosives controls.

Under the Explosives Act 1875, an individual was allowed to possess, for private use, 30 pounds of black powder (now 15 kilos), this being the weight of the contents of a standard powder barrel. This was later modified to allow possession without having to register the premises of either 15 kilos of black powder or 10 kilos of black and 5 kilos of smokeless powder, proportions that hardly reflected today's predominant use of smokeless for reloading.

BSSC was able to negotiate a considerable improvement for the reloader without in any way disadvantaging the muzzle-loader or re-enactor. The 2012 exemption allows possession without registering the premises of 15 kilos of 'shooter's powder' comprising any proportion of black and smokeless powders from 15 kilos of black to 15 kilos of smokeless.

Existing controls relating to acquisition and transportation of black powder remain unchanged.

Points to note
MSER Certificate of Exemption No 1 of 2012 exempts any person who stores shooter's powders within the quantity permitted in the certificate from the requirement of regulation 10(1) of MSER in relation to that storage.

The exemption certificate does not replace the existing provisions of regulation 10(2)(b) of MSER, it is an alternative and is subject to certain conditions. Where the exemption is used, it is in substitution for the provisions provided in regulation 10(2)(b), not in addition to them.

Persons storing shooter's powders under the exemption can store up to a total of 15kg of black powder, smokeless powder or a mixture of both. They can also store up to 15kg of percussion caps, small arms ammunition or a mixture of both.

The exemption only permits the combination and quantities of explosives specified in the exemption certificate. It does not permit the storage of any other explosives at the site, including those articles in Schedule 1 of COER.

If a person requires explosives other than in the quantities and combination specified in the exemption, they cannot use the exemption and must comply with the provisions of regulation 10 of MSER.

All shooter's powder (whether stored under the exemption or not) should be stored safely and securely in accordance with the guidance in the MSER Approved Code of Practice.

[Tower75]

Does this effect many people?

A lb of H414 is £35 where I am :shock:

Doubt I'd be able to hit "the limit" at that price

[ovenpaa]

Well it does mean we are legal again...... Phewww..... :shakeshout:

[rox]

Does this effect many people?

A lb of H414 is £35 where I am :shock:

Doubt I'd be able to hit "the limit" at that price

If you buy in bulk it can be much cheaper! The more you buy, the more you save!

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