Chief_10Beers
Blackhawk
Is clear nail polish too Thick?
Sealing you ammo for wet weather
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I use ammo boxes for storage for hunting I never considered wet weather a threat
some use primer sealer. ps
some use primer sealer. ps
I've used red, but not the clear.
A drop is too much for sealing the primer but it's easy to wipe away the excess.
Here lately (meaning for the past 2 years), I've been using a red paint-pen to color the primers on the buck-shot rounds that I keep in the holder on my butt stock so's I can tell it from the #6 shot which is in the same holder.
That works perty-good too.
I routinely re-lube the lead bullets used in my handloads with Alox, so I figure that between that and the factory crayon lube in the groove(s), there aint much danger of water getting to the powder, even in a blinding rain storm.
No idea of how to seal a jacketed bullet.
Hope this helps.
DGW
A drop is too much for sealing the primer but it's easy to wipe away the excess.
Here lately (meaning for the past 2 years), I've been using a red paint-pen to color the primers on the buck-shot rounds that I keep in the holder on my butt stock so's I can tell it from the #6 shot which is in the same holder.
That works perty-good too.
I routinely re-lube the lead bullets used in my handloads with Alox, so I figure that between that and the factory crayon lube in the groove(s), there aint much danger of water getting to the powder, even in a blinding rain storm.
No idea of how to seal a jacketed bullet.
Hope this helps.
DGW
WESHOOT2
Hunter
For my commercial ammo I used (and recommend) George & Roys Primer Sealant.
Chief_10Beers
Blackhawk
is that stuff thin or thick?WESHOOT2 said:
AGE Ranger
Single-Sixer
Years ago I used to use red nail polish but I quit sealing primers. When I learned about reloading (early 80s) while stationed in Florida I was taught to seal primers. But as time went on and meeting with other reloaders found it wasn't really necessary.
The only thing I do now is use a Sharpie to mark my ammo; blue-factory, red-reload, and black for brass I'm not going to reload again.
The only thing I do now is use a Sharpie to mark my ammo; blue-factory, red-reload, and black for brass I'm not going to reload again.
Jimbo357mag
Hawkeye
Midway sells some. http://www.midwayusa.com/product/954332/
You must be expecting to get really wet.
I've fired 22 ammo that had been through the washing machine w/o any failures or squibs.
I've fired 22 ammo that had been through the washing machine w/o any failures or squibs.
WESHOOT2
Hunter
Thick.
Flash
Buckeye
AGE Ranger said:
Ditto, water would have to be pressurized to migrate past a primer. Mil Spec ammo is sealed as a general standard but as a rule, I don't scuba dive when I'm hunting.
Chief_10Beers
Blackhawk
No, I do not want to go SCUBA diving with my ammo, only in wet, rainy, snowy weather. But Hmmmmmm, what if I did lose my ammo in that famous Canoe misshap? :lol: ......................................
AGE Ranger
Single-Sixer
I don't scuba while hunting either. But have gotten wet while hunting in Idaho and several times in Michigan's UP. Some of those bogs/swamps are deceiving. Oh yah, and darn right cold.Flash said:
If you have your famous "Canoe" mishap; my guess if the ammo is retrived ratherly quickly it'll be good. :lol:
Maybe one of these years I'll thrown 12 - '06 rounds in a fish tank and take one out a month to pull apart and inspect.
While 4 wheeling in Aug. I came across 15 factory .270 loads neatly piled in a two track slot. I could see the remains of the factory box and the rounds were stacked just like they would have been in the box. I would imagine that some hunter last fall loaded his rifle and left the rest of the box on his vehicle, where it rattled off somewhere along the way. I would also imagine it had layed there for the better part of a year, thru snow rain and the blazing sun. The brass was tarnished, but I wiped them off and shot them all thru my 270. They all fired and shot a group of about 3in. at 200 yds. I don't seal my reloads either.
If I were to hunt in Alaska say, or the Pacific NW, I'd seal. If I were going on a multi-day pack trip in Montana I'd seal. Waterfowler ? I'd seal. Why not ? It's not that much trouble. Otherwise, I agree, plinking ammo, hunting places were I'll be to home or camp each night, naw.
Rick Courtright
Hawkeye
Chief_10Beers said:
Hi,
Chief, I'm not a canoeist, but isn't that what they make "dry bags" for?
Rick C
stevemb said:
I live in the PNW , in my 60+ years of hunting I have never seen the need to seal ammo. I have hunted all over the state of Washington . And some in Oregon. Also gathered cattle in N.Idaho when it was pouring down rain. Packing a shooter just in case.
Slenk, i'll defer to your yrs of experience in that habitat. Me ? I've had to call AAA too many times. I believe in spare tires, first-aid kits, and if I anticipate multiple days of rain/wet, and away from home, I'll consider sealing primers too. I prefer not to gamble here.
cadillo
Blackhawk
DixieBoy said:
I'm just curious. Have you ever asked your friend what it sounds like firing a .44 mag cartridge when both he and it are under water together?
WESHOOT2
Hunter
But what if you were surfacing from a submarine?
Just sayin', all very hypothetically 8)
