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Storage of Cartridges and Small Arms Ammunition

Storage of ammunition and cartridges requires registration with the local Trading Standards Service and must be kept in a Mode A or Mode B storage facility. Mode A storage requires a separate, remote building, while Mode B allows storage within a dwelling in a substantial locked container such as a trunk, box, cupboard or drawer. The container cannot contain other articles or flammable materials and different types of ammunition must be separated. Mode B storage is limited to 250kg of ammunition.

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Storage of Cartridges and Small Arms Ammunition

Storage of ammunition and cartridges requires registration with the local Trading Standards Service and must be kept in a Mode A or Mode B storage facility. Mode A storage requires a separate, remote building, while Mode B allows storage within a dwelling in a substantial locked container such as a trunk, box, cupboard or drawer. The container cannot contain other articles or flammable materials and different types of ammunition must be separated. Mode B storage is limited to 250kg of ammunition.

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Storage of Cartridges and Small Arms

Ammunition
1. REGISTRATION
o Safety cartridges and small arms ammunition can only be kept
in premises which have been registered with the Council. The
Trading Standards Service is responsible for registration, and
application forms can be obtained by contacting us.
o The registration period is 1st January to 31st December. There
is a fee for registering, the amount of which can be obtained by
contacting The Trading Standards Service.
2. STORAGE
o There are two ways of keeping cartridges and ammunition,
Mode A or Mode B.
o Mode A requires a separate building remote from the public, for
further information on this Mode, contact The Trading Standards
Service.
3. MODE B STORAGE
o Mode B allows storage within a dwelling house or other building
but only in a substantial container.
o The container may be either :-
a japanned or tinned iron or steel trunk or box;
a wooden box;
a cupboard;
a drawer.
o Containers must be kept or locked or otherwise secure from the
access of unauthorised persons.
o Cartridges and ammunition may not be stored in a glass show
case.
o The container used for cartridges and ammunition must not
contain any other articles.
o All flammable articles or those which could cause a fire or
explosion must be kept at a safe distance from the cartridges
and ammunition and from any room or container where these
are stored.
o Safety cartridges must not be kept in the same container as
small-arm nitro-compound or non-safety cartridges.
o In Mode B, up to 250 kg of explosive in safety cartridges may be
stored.
o As a guide:
250 kg is 125,000 cartridges at 2 g
(this is the common maximum for shotguns);
250 kg is 192,000 cartridges at 1.3 g;
250 kg is 41,000 cartridges at 6 g
(this is the common maximum for rifles);
250 kg is 166,000 cartridges at 1.5g
(this is the common maximum for pistols).

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