I've gotten by for several years with a "buy & fly" LEUP and a type 3 magazine. It's time for my LEUP renewal and I'm going to erect a wooden shed for storage about 100' from my house.
Question: Do you guys make the whole shed the type 4 mag, or do you build a type 4 mag inside the shed?
Before you start construction, I'd suggest talking to the local agents to see what they will and won't approve. That way, you don't get something done one way only to find out they want it the other.
My back yard is big enough that I can have the set-back allow over 2,000 lbs. That will hold a few M's and N's. Hell, I'll even be able to store one of Anthony's O motors! :-)
2,000 lbs.! Phil's right, You're definitely out of the "weenie" category. If you intend on storing that much, make the shed a magazine. I've been told that a standard household type dead bolt lock meets BATFE requirements, but like Kevin said, check with you local agent.
For what it's worth, I know a guy with a LEUP that has a Type 4 magazine just sitting on a slab of concrete in his backyard. Not the best for a controlled climate storage but motors are cycled in and out pretty quick.
I would put a portable type 4 magazine in the shed. You can make the shed the magazine, but then you've got to line the WHOLE thing with metal and you've got to make it non-sparking.
If you need more than 50 lb, you can put multiple type 4's in the shed (but make sure you get agreement from the BATFE first like everyone else said).
Everyone I know who has gone this route, has put a Type 4 indoor magazine in a shed. This is of course limited to 50 pounds. (60 pounds if/when NPRM 968 is ever finalized.)
A wooden shed (unless metal covered) could not qualify as a magazine. See:
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I know a fireworks club that uses 40' shipping containers as magazines for display fireworks. Get one of those, add the appropriate locks, and you can store all of the motors you will ever need. :-)
Be sure to read and understand the relevant portions of the 27 CFR Part
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You probably need to read _all_ of it. I only recently figured out what was meant by "marks of identification", which are required to be recorded in acquisition records. No definition and it is only mentioned in the section discussing the records required to be kept by manufacturers. For some reason I ignored that section. :-)
I would say it depends on how much you want to store, space-wise, as well as whether you are going for an indoor or outdoor magazine.
If you are building a magazine strictly for your own use and don't plan on storing a lot, I'd go with building a small magazine inside the shed, as it would be less expensive to do so. If you are planning on allowing storage use by others, you might want to consider something larger.
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