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Re: Are there any state or federal limits on the amount of ammo you can have?
« Reply #15 on: October 26, 2015, 02:11:04 PM »
Yes, you can hit the limit of $5,000 or $10,000 and I think they include ammo in there. You could get a separate policy to cove rthe rest.

I was thinking more along the lines of, say your house caught fire, the they ammo lit off (big explosion) and they denied your claim.

The guy who owned (maybe still does) Cy's Sporting Goods in Kodiak stored his extra ammo for the store at his home in Bell's Flats when I lived there. House burned down because when the volunteer firefighters showed up to fight the blaze, ammo was already exploding and they weren't sure what or how much they were dealing with.
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Re: Are there any state or federal limits on the amount of ammo you can have?
« Reply #16 on: October 26, 2015, 02:19:24 PM »
 Volunteer dept? They need better training. The auditory feedback (sounds of popcorn) is a pretty good clue. Regardless, ammo in a fire isn't flying around at 1,200-3,000 feet per second. It needs to be packed into the chamber of a gun for that. Neither does chain react from the ammo burning up around it. It may penetrate the plastic/steel ammo can its stored in, but definitely won't be lethal beyond that.

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Re: Are there any state or federal limits on the amount of ammo you can have?
« Reply #17 on: October 26, 2015, 02:37:28 PM »
Volunteer dept? They need better training. The auditory feedback (sounds of popcorn) is a pretty good clue. Regardless, ammo in a fire isn't flying around at 1,200-3,000 feet per second. It needs to be packed into the chamber of a gun for that. Neither does chain react from the ammo burning up around it. It may penetrate the plastic/steel ammo can its stored in, but definitely won't be lethal beyond that.

This was in the early 80s and yes I agree with you. But I assume they weren't expecting exploding cartridges when they showed up to the fire and may have wondered if there was bulk powder in the mix.
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Re: Are there any state or federal limits on the amount of ammo you can have?
« Reply #18 on: October 26, 2015, 06:02:29 PM »
Volunteer dept? They need better training. The auditory feedback (sounds of popcorn) is a pretty good clue. Regardless, ammo in a fire isn't flying around at 1,200-3,000 feet per second. It needs to be packed into the chamber of a gun for that. Neither does chain react from the ammo burning up around it. It may penetrate the plastic/steel ammo can its stored in, but definitely won't be lethal beyond that.
there was a news story the other day from Washougal(?) about a fire crew being pulled back from a house because of ammo igniting.
I don't know of any law limiting ammo.  I think there was something about powder if you're a reloader, though.

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Re: Are there any state or federal limits on the amount of ammo you can have?
« Reply #19 on: October 27, 2015, 04:44:30 AM »
Watched a guy on YouTube make a cartridge holder for his belly and he kept saying 5 cartridges was the limit fit personal possession in the field. Never heard of that here, don't know if really true, just throwing it out.

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Re: Are there any state or federal limits on the amount of ammo you can have?
« Reply #20 on: October 27, 2015, 07:13:28 AM »
Watched a guy on YouTube make a cartridge holder for his belly and he kept saying 5 cartridges was the limit fit personal possession in the field. Never heard of that here, don't know if really true, just throwing it out.

These are hunting regulation limits, as opposed to government limits on personal ownership. There are limits on waterfowl slugs in your shotgun at one time (usually 3). Some refuges have a limit on the number of boxes of shells you can have on you at one time. Different states have a limit of 5 rounds in your gun at one time. I've never heard of a limit on how many rounds you can have on you for big game, but I guess it could be.
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