“Of course - I’m scared to death my rifles and handguns and their associated ammo will spontaneously explode one day.”
I asked a fireman what happens to ammo in a house fire. He said, “It just goes pop, pop, pop. You’d be hard pressed to get hurt by it.”
Yeah, but now with every "pop" being equal to a wasted dollar, I'd be hurt.
“I asked a fireman what happens to ammo in a house fire. He said, “It just goes pop, pop, pop. You’d be hard pressed to get hurt by it.””
Not entirely true. Check out demolition ranch on youtube. He puts a fifty cal round in a microwave. It had enough force to blow the door off the microwave. I wouldn’t want to get hit by that, though the odds of getting hit are slim, but if you had enough cooking off, I don’t know. I am also pretty sure your firefighter friend would not go running into a burning gun ammo factory.
Still, a few rounds cooking off in a fire, I agree, is probably not the biggest concern when entering a burning residence. Gas, electric, other household combustibles, heck, a soup can can cook off with some pretty good force (don’t ask how I know). Noxious fumes are probably the greatest concern, though there is a group of firefighters sueing claiming the sirens are damaging their hearing.
>>I asked a fireman what happens to ammo in a house fire. He said, “It just goes pop, pop, pop. You’d be hard pressed to get hurt by it.”
There are some good YouTube videos of that, for fireman training and such. Unconstrained and in a fire, ammo doens’t do much.