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Two refusals, and eleven good leaves

On this page11
Keep the powder in the can it came in. That is the whole of our advice on that leaf.

The first refusal

Smokeless powder storage. It belongs in the factory container, with the factory label, and not in a jar, a tub or anything else this catalog sells.

The second refusal

Primers. They are impact sensitive by design and they are supplied in trays that hold them separated and oriented. A jar of loose primers is not a storage solution.

Which leaves eleven leaves we are genuinely good at

Brass cases, cast bullets, jacketed bullets, gas checks, shotgun hulls, wads, general reloading components, patches, case lube and bore solvent.

And the archetype fits those well

"Small dry parts. Wide mouth to get fingers in, clear so you can see what is inside." 210 jars against 27 bottles, and 91 clear containers.

It also describes the two we refuse

Which is the problem with an archetype assigned per group: it has no way to say that two of thirteen leaves should be routed elsewhere. The property says it instead.

The law does not help here

Smokeless propellant for small arms is ammunition under the definition, and ammunition and its components are exempt from the federal explosives regulations.

So there is no rule to point at

Which is exactly why this property states a refusal rather than quoting one. An exemption from a licensing scheme is not a statement that a material is safe to put in a jar.

Black powder does carry a number

Commercially manufactured black powder is exempt in quantities not exceeding 50 pounds. That is the one federal quantity figure within reach of this property.

And storage limits come from elsewhere

NFPA 495 and state and local fire codes set the quantities that matter in practice, they vary, and this property does not reproduce them.

Read the powder page even though we sell nothing for it

Because the reasoning is the useful part, and because the same instinct that puts powder in a jar puts primers in one too.

References

27 CFR 555.11 defines ammunition as "Small arms ammunition or cartridge cases, primers, bullets, or smokeless propellants designed for use in small arms, including percussion caps, and 3/32 inch and other external burning pyrotechnic hobby fuses." law.cornell.edu
27 CFR 555.141(a)(4) exempts from the federal explosives regulations "Small arms ammunition and components of small arms ammunition". Paragraph (b) exempts "Commercially manufactured black powder in quantities not to exceed 50 pounds, percussion caps, safety and pyrotechnic fuses, quills, quick and slow matches, and friction primers". Black powder therefore has an explicit 50 pound ceiling and smokeless propellant, reached as ammunition, does not carry a federal quantity figure in this section. law.cornell.edu
The standing instruction from powder manufacturers and the propellant industry is to keep smokeless powder in its original container, with the original label, and not to decant it. The reason given is confinement: the factory container is built to give way rather than to hold, and a strong sealed container changes how the material behaves when it ignites. This property states that as the industry's stated reason. It is not a regulation, there is none to quote because the material is exempt, and we have not independently verified the mechanism.
Written from 27 CFR 555.11 and 555.141, and from the catalog as it stood on 19 October 2026. No storage quantity limits for smokeless powder or primers appear here: those come from NFPA 495 and from state and local fire codes and they vary. The reason given for keeping powder in its original container is the industry's stated reason, not a regulation and not something this property has independently verified. Nothing here addresses who may manufacture ammunition for sale or how any of it may be transported.