cdbeaver
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Recently I realized I've been accumulating a growing amount of various powders in my loading room and began to think about making a safe storage place for the stuff instead of letting it lie about nilly-willy in several nooks and crannies.
I found an old wooden foot locker that once belonged to my father. It's not G.I. issue, but very nearly so in size and appearance. It had lain about in sundry basements for a lot of years and had a rank musty smell similar to a Marine Corps barracks latrine after Saturday night.
I sat the offending locker out in the sun for several days and the odor diminished only slightly. So I hurried down to the local hardware store and purchased a couple of cans of spray paint . . . Hunter Green in color, naturally.
A liberal application of paint inside and outside at least masked the offensive smell and made the locker look rather nice again. I put it in my loading room and placed all the powder containers inside. It even has a hasp for a lock.
The locker is made of 1/4-inch plywood so it won't begin to confine a real explosion or protect from fire, but at least the stuff is out of sight and hidden from any unauthorized people who might venture into the room.
Still haven't figured out exactly what to do with several thousand primers stacked in my loading equipment cabinet. Any suggestions?
I found an old wooden foot locker that once belonged to my father. It's not G.I. issue, but very nearly so in size and appearance. It had lain about in sundry basements for a lot of years and had a rank musty smell similar to a Marine Corps barracks latrine after Saturday night.
I sat the offending locker out in the sun for several days and the odor diminished only slightly. So I hurried down to the local hardware store and purchased a couple of cans of spray paint . . . Hunter Green in color, naturally.
A liberal application of paint inside and outside at least masked the offensive smell and made the locker look rather nice again. I put it in my loading room and placed all the powder containers inside. It even has a hasp for a lock.
The locker is made of 1/4-inch plywood so it won't begin to confine a real explosion or protect from fire, but at least the stuff is out of sight and hidden from any unauthorized people who might venture into the room.
Still haven't figured out exactly what to do with several thousand primers stacked in my loading equipment cabinet. Any suggestions?
