The "Moving Ammo Within Georgia?" thread has me wondering...

[User170512]

That other thread got me thinking. Has anyone had a case, box or storage container of factory loaded ammo discharge or explode while in transit? Not like "totalled my truck, caught fire and my ammo blew up", but "I dropped an ammo can of .45 ACP off the truck and it just blew up." Anyone?

*even more interested in first hand stories, and less in "I heard about a buddy of mine's friend that dropped a crate of 7.62x39..."

This thread, btw: https://www.theoutdoorstrader.com/threads/moving-ammo-within-georgia.2735303/

 

[Gordylew]

While working at a gun range I know of 2 rounds going off when someone dropped them. 2 out of tens of thousands of rounds going into the range.

 

[K79540]

Blowing up?...lol

 

[Gordylew]

Dropped Striking the primer on another round. They just explode like a fire cracker.

 

[Necron 99]

This happened once when I dropped a 10mm on the floor

 

[Tazz]

I’m 63, I’ve been shooting since I was 5 or 6 and I don’t think I’ve ever even heard of ammo going off just from being dropped. I’ve heard rounds go off in a house fire when I was 17, house across the street burned to the ground in the middle of the night. Thank God nobody got hurt or died....

 

[Tazz]

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This happened once when I dropped a 10mm on the floor

Those 10 millies are pretty stout huh? lol!

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

I used to shoot a BB gun at primers of both full packages (of 50).22 long rifle rounds, and individual cartridges of 12 gauge, 45 ACP, and 30 carbine.
The detonation of one round does not set off the others .
Heck it usually doesn't even damage any others.

 

[User170512]

Yeah, I've never seen or heard of any amount of stored ammo just going off when dropped or hit.

 

[drsmile]

Your best source of info on this topic would be Alec Baldwin. I’m sure he would state that primers can spontaneously ignite...