Making Your own BP illegal?

Jimmy10mm said:
The fellow who invented Pyrodex was blown up in one of his plants back in the seventies IIRC. Reading either Earl Narramore or maybe it was Phil Sharpe, on the making of primers was a real eye opener.They wrote some classic books on reloading years ago. Reading that made me handle any of this stuff very carefully and I wouldn't dream of making my own BP. .
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There is a bit of a difference between a BP plant exploding and a small ball mill exploding. Yes precautions need to be taken but a couple of tires and a few sand bags could effectively contain the blast from a half pound of BP. Which is the most I ever made at a time, last I did it.
 
wittzo said:
It would be illegal to make a gun at high school, because you can't take a gun within 500 feet of a school unless you live next door.
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Not quite correct. The federal Gun Free School Zone Act has an exception for those who have a concealed carry permit:
if the individual possessing the firearm is licensed to do so by the State in which the school zone is located or a political subdivision of the State, and the law of the State or political subdivision requires that, before an individual obtains such a license, the law enforcement authorities of the State or political subdivision verify that the individual is qualified under law to receive the license;
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http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/usc_sec_18_00000922----000-.html

Some states specifically allow firearms in schools, on school property or near schools. I have legally carried, frequently, in public schools in Utah, ranging from elementary schools to universities. I have not seen a Utah law that would prohibit an adult with a CFP from manufacturing a firearm in an adult ed machining class on a school campus. School policy, of course, may be a different issue but it would not be illegal.
 
Pffft! If Captain Kirk can do it, I can do it. He was a ninny. :D
I made flash powder a couple times when I was younger. Made nice firecrackers and didn't blow myself up or burn down the house. I wouldn't attempt such a foolish thing now...goodness gracious, people might think I was a Ted Kazinsky type:rolleyes:
 
make your own saltpeter

Guys,

Check out the link I posted in another thread about Foxfire Vol. 5. Page 247 tells you how to take urine and mix it with manure to make saltpeter (or why outhouses were raided for their contents during the American Revolution). Now I understand why urine was saved by the Confederates during the American Civil War to make explosives. They even had a joke that the patriotic southern belles p i s s e d for the Confederacy while their menfolk fought.

Gary
 
modern pig farming, and fowl farming is a good place to get the manure.

there are many places to find how to refine it.

it can be used as is, but mixed with charcoal it works a bit better, and sulpher lowers the flashpoint.

there is some great info out there.

and as always, PLAY SAFE
 
I think I have that Foxfire.
I can understand wanting to be confident you can feed a flintlock without a supply chain.Sort of a basic skill thing.I don't think you are a nut.
Homebrew pyro is risky.
 
ask the atf

send a letter to the b.a.t.f and ask if the makeing of black powder,for personal use,re enactment,blowing stumps on your land,history lessons,is lawfull and then you will have proof of the current interpretaion of the law,then call the local police,and verify,then youll be sure:cool:
 
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Regarding a change in the law, I didn't see any reference date associated with the link at all.
BATF agents generally don't take enforcement action against hobby black powder makers. Where's the notice or documentation of a law change in Feb., 2010 as being claimed?
 
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Where's the notice or documentation of a law change in Feb., 2010 as being claimed?
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That claim has never been substantiated that I know of. I'm just asking around to see if it's true.
 
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