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Posted: 25 November 2008 03:22 AM |
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| I have been stocking up on brass and primers over the past several months and I have been storing them separately but lately I have been thinking about just priming the brass and storing the primed brass instead. Is there any problem with storing primed brass instead of the brass and primers separately for long term?
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Posted: 25 November 2008 03:35 AM |
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| Nope, keep them clean, dry, and resonably cool. I've got some primed .45 ACP brass from the last "shortage", AKA the Clinton era. Still fine.
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Posted: 25 November 2008 10:28 AM |
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| If one can store loaded ammo for a very long time, why one would not be able to do so with primed brass?
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Posted: 25 November 2008 05:02 PM |
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Remember when you could buy brass either primed or unprimed just about anywhere? Not so much anymore. Once in a while I run across some primed-in-the-package or see them available online, but mostly it's a distant memory.
Loaded ammo seems to keep indefinitely, under stable conditions (not too hot/cold, low humidty); at least that has been my experience over the years, shooting handloads that I rolled several years (up to 25) back, then stored appropriately. Same holds for primers I bought new, then stored for many years before use. Can't say the same for old primers I bought cheap from someone else, though. Had a few problems with some of those.
You should be just fine storing primed brass against the day of the long knives.
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Posted: 25 November 2008 06:29 PM |
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| I have only had one problem with storing primed brass. That is that I fail to store the brass in such a way that I know what primer was used. Some primers are hotter than others and can give different results in the same loads. Other than that, no problems.
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Posted: 26 November 2008 04:42 PM |
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I store my primed brass in ziplock freezer bags and write on the bag what primers were used.
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Posted: 26 November 2008 08:28 PM |
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Although I don't store alot of primed brass, when I do it's ...
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Posted: 5 December 2008 05:32 PM |
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| Along this same line, is it safe for me to store 5,000 primers in their original containers in a .50 cal ammo can with a dessicant. Do I need to worry about/if they go off turning the can into a bomb? I want to store them at a dry room temp. The ammo can with dessicant seems ideal. A 1" wooden box as SAAMI recommends is difficult to make/keep dry with dessicant it seems as they're not air tight. Tnanks for your comments.
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Posted: 5 December 2008 05:49 PM |
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Oldrockchucker wrote: Along this same line, is it safe for me to store 5,000 primers in their original containers in a .50 cal ammo can with a dessicant. Do I need to worry about/if they go off turning the can into a bomb? I want to store them at a dry room temp. The ammo can with dessicant seems ideal. A 1" wooden box as SAAMI recommends is difficult to make/keep dry with dessicant it seems as they're not air tight. Tnanks for your comments.
I never gave much thought (worry) about storing primers in ammo cans. Since I live alone, I don't have to be concerned about fires, etc..
If I'm at home, I won't have anything to worry about if they go off.. I'll never know it.
If I'm away and come back to find smoking rubble, I'll just wait patiently until the empty suit with the smile takes care of me..
The above is only half in jest!!!
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Posted: 5 December 2008 06:50 PM |
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| I can't imagine that storing primers in ammo cans could be any more risky than storing loaded ammo in ammo cans. That being said, I save the GI surplus ammo cans for ammo, and store my primers in a wooden box a friend of mine made for me with his Shopsmith. If I was strategic about packing them in there, I'd guess it could hold 20,000 or so, in their original cartons. Would that I had that many!
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