Powder storage - changes to the rules

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#1 Post by dodgyrog »

Has anybody been made aware of the changes in the requirements for storing reloading powders?
Apparently new requirements from the Health and Safety Directorate are in force???
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No. Any idea what they are?
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#3 Post by dodgyrog »

That's what I'm asking!
I heard from an RFD that changes are coming in or are in but I can find nothing on the HSE website.
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#4 Post by Sim G »

I'd take it with a pinch of salt. I can't see anything when trawling around official, organisation or importers sites.

What did shock me was when I ended up on Edgar Bros site. The recommended retail price for Alliant powders averages at £69 a tub!!!
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Did I see somewhere that 777 has been reclassified as an explosive?
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Yep. There’s a thread on here, I’m sure.
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Cumbria Police started this off at a visit to an RFD last week, apparently.
Nothing on the HSE website.
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more made up rules? the containers are perfectly safe. more issues arise from calor cannisters, but there are no laws with those!
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bradaz11 wrote:more made up rules? the containers are perfectly safe. more issues arise from calor cannisters, but there are no laws with those!
actually there are quite a few laws/regs relating to the storage and use of LPG :p
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#10 Post by bradaz11 »

kennyc wrote:
bradaz11 wrote:more made up rules? the containers are perfectly safe. more issues arise from calor cannisters, but there are no laws with those!
actually there are quite a few laws/regs relating to the storage and use of LPG :p
I am forever having to remind customers of that fact wallhead
yeah, but what I mean is no one is turning up at your house, demanding you store it differently, threating to take away all your bbqs etc
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