Dorset Firearms team

Storing explosives

You can store one or more of the following without a license:

• No more than 10kg of shooters’ powder
• No more than 5kg of -
  • Shooters’ powder, or
  • Any hazard type 3 or 4 explosive, or desensitised explosive, which is not a relevant explosive, or a combination of hazard type 3 or 4 explosives, or desensitised explosives, which are not relevant explosives; or
  • A combination of shooters’ powder and any hazard type 3 or 4 explosives, or desensitised explosives which are not relevant explosives
• 15kg of percussion caps or small arms ammunition (or a mixture of them).

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The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) deals with the licensing of all manufacture, factories, mines and harbours, and all stores holding more than 2,000kg.

Fees for storage

Return forms to:

Firearms and Explosives Licensing Unit, 
Dorset Police Headquarters, 
Winfrith, 
DT2 8DZ.