Man blows up house reloading

[Golphin]

https://saami.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Info-Doc-Smokeless-Powder.pdf


In this respect smokeless powder differs from blasting agents or high
explosives such as dynamite or blasting gelatin, although powder
may contain chemical ingredients common to both of these products.
Smokeless powder does not detonate like high explosives as it has
a controlled rate of burn and differs considerably in its burning characteristics from common "black powder." Black powder burns at
essentially the same rate out in the open (unconfined) as when in a
gun.
When ignited in an unconfined state, smokeless powder burns inefficiently with an orange-colored flame. It may produce a considerable
amount of light brown, noxious smelling smoke. It leaves a residue

 

[ACORN]

Since we're throwing out theories, if there was no gas service, could it have been a home with an external propane tank? Something leaked, fuel and air mixed, something sparked. BOOM.
My Mom and Dad were camping. Mom cleaned up after dinner and apparently while wiping down the stove, she bumped the valve enough for the range to leak. Propane is heavier than air so it filled the cabinets.
Mom went in later to make coffee and when she lit the stove…….boom!
Not a big boom, but enough to blow the doors off the cabinet and cause first degree burns on her legs.

 

[peterGun]

I woke up at 1:00am to what I thought was fireworks, went to the window and realized the red glow was more then fireworks. Neighbors garage was on fire and the popping was ammo.

He's a shooter and reloader and judging the mess had a lot of equipment.


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[ancient-one]

Before I moved I was jarred awake by an explosion next door. Cooking meth was the cause. Totaled the house.

 

[Muss Muggins]

He has not been arrested, and no criminal charges have been filed. Everyone who has postulated otherwise may call their first witness. . .

 

[riverrat38]

Our forum job is to speculate, not prosecute!

73,
Rick

 

[SMSgt]

Maybe it was an overdose of baked beans going off.

 

[vinn]

My GUESS; he was in the basment, with a lit segar when the pilot light on the furnace went out.

 

[BC38]

I'm betting the home owner was reloading cowboy/vintage loads using black powder.

 

[Imissedagain]

Our forum job is to speculate, not prosecute! 73,
Rick

Smart money is on the home being built on an undiscovered pool of phlogiston, leaking up from the Earth's mantle.

 

[stansdds]

Smart money is on the home being built on an undiscovered pool of phlogiston, leaking up from the Earth's mantle.

I had to look up that one. Sure, why not? LOL!

 

[snowman1967]

Everybody seems to be overlooking the fact that this was in a confined space. A room. Like a shell casing. A spark or whatever acted as the primer. Yes, the smokeless powder is "slow burning". However, if it doesn't "explode", then why the loud report when you fire the gun? The "bang" comes from somewhere. The powder is compacted into a cylinder, which has a primer, with a bullet that is pressed into the shell in such a way as to provide a tight seal. The firing pin strikes the primer, which ignites the powder. The resulting gasses from the burning powder build enough pressure to "push", or propel the bullet out of the casing. The resulting release of all that pressure results in the loud report, or "bang", or "explosion". So, the more powder you have, the more energy being released from that ignited powder, the more pressure buildup within a confined space that has to be released somewhere. The roof, doors, windows etc all become the "bullets". No conspiracies. No hidden motives. Simple physics. Simple science.

 

[BE Mike]

Everybody seems to be overlooking the fact that this was in a confined space. A room. Like a shell casing. A spark or whatever acted as the primer. Yes, the smokeless powder is "slow burning". However, if it doesn't "explode", then why the loud report when you fire the gun? The "bang" comes from somewhere. The powder is compacted into a cylinder, which has a primer, with a bullet that is pressed into the shell in such a way as to provide a tight seal. The firing pin strikes the primer, which ignites the powder. The resulting gasses from the burning powder build enough pressure to "push", or propel the bullet out of the casing. The resulting release of all that pressure results in the loud report, or "bang", or "explosion". So, the more powder you have, the more energy being released from that ignited powder, the more pressure buildup within a confined space that has to be released somewhere. The roof, doors, windows etc all become the "bullets". No conspiracies. No hidden motives. Simple physics. Simple science.

I doubt that the room was sealed like a cartridge casing. I've been reloading since the early '70's and I think I can say that your theory is full of holes. Now, if the "reloader" in this instance, had a lot of primers that somehow got ignited, that would be a horse of a different color. My bet is on the "smokeless powder" actually being black powder.https://saami.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Info-Doc-Primers.pdf
Smokeless Powder and The Fire Service – SAAMI

 

[luvsmiths]

Ok - I may as well add my two cents since this has been going on forever now, it seems.....

 

[luvsmiths]

The news just reported filming this outside the house 15 minutes after the natural gas explosion that was fueled by a man reloading ammo with both regular, and black powder, while smoking cigarettes and cooking Meth, after the pilot light on the furnace had gone out.[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBUe_v6Mi70[/ame]

 

[llowry61]

You guys are thinking too small man, maybe he was reloading Howitzer shells. As the Dude said:

"This is a very complicated case, Maude. You know, a lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what-have-you's. And, uh, lotta strands to keep in my head, man. Lotta strands in old Duder's head. Luckily I'm adhering to a pretty strict, uh, drug regimen to keep my mind, you know, limber."

 

[stansdds]

Possible answer:

 

[Golphin]

Everybody seems to be overlooking the fact that this was in a confined space. A room. Like a shell casing. A spark or whatever acted as the primer. Yes, the smokeless powder is "slow burning". However, if it doesn't "explode", then why the loud report when you fire the gun? The "bang" comes from somewhere. The powder is compacted into a cylinder, which has a primer, with a bullet that is pressed into the shell in such a way as to provide a tight seal. The firing pin strikes the primer, which ignites the powder. The resulting gasses from the burning powder build enough pressure to "push", or propel the bullet out of the casing. The resulting release of all that pressure results in the loud report, or "bang", or "explosion". So, the more powder you have, the more energy being released from that ignited powder, the more pressure buildup within a confined space that has to be released somewhere. The roof, doors, windows etc all become the "bullets". No conspiracies. No hidden motives. Simple physics. Simple science.

No way he was that confined with powder unless he squeezed into a metal box filled with powder and welded it shut. It sounds to me there are many here commenting that have no idea about smokeless powder and have never used or been around it.

 

[Rifleman200-10X]

It's pretty ridiculous to claim that any amount of smokeless powder "blew up" a house. Burn like crazy, sure, but explode, no. A few posts said black powder would do so. A huge amount of it, maybe, but a few pounds, not a chance. Just a couple pounds would have had to have been contained in a pretty substantial container when ignited to do any significant damage to a house.

 

[riverrat38]

In the movies, they just put a keg of black powder, with a fuse sticking out the side, under the bridge, and they blew the bridge, the train and all the people into the next county!

73,
Rick