I reload in my shop, which is an unheated basement to an addition on my house. It does get some heat (through leaky ducts from the furnace), so it probably hovers around 50 degrees fahrenhiet in there, and maybe 45 during the coldest nights. I normally do my reloading in the spring and summer, when I do the majority of my shooting.
But, I've been pretty bored the past few evenings and would love to get some reloading done. The heating issues aside (I'll get a small radiant heater), are there major concerns to reloading when all my components will be ca. 50 degrees? I know that in the past, some powders were susceptible to temperature and humidity changes (i.e. reloaded at 50 degrees and fired at 90 degrees could lead to major pressure spikes, etc, etc). Is that still true? Of course, the lead and the brass will have contracted a bit from their summer time dimensions, but will that be sufficient to make any significant differences in things like OAL?
Thanks for any input guys. I appreciate the info.
p.s. I am thinking about moving my reloading into our "other basement" which is heated, but has major humidity issues in the summer - very damp. Seems as imperfect as the current setup.
But, I've been pretty bored the past few evenings and would love to get some reloading done. The heating issues aside (I'll get a small radiant heater), are there major concerns to reloading when all my components will be ca. 50 degrees? I know that in the past, some powders were susceptible to temperature and humidity changes (i.e. reloaded at 50 degrees and fired at 90 degrees could lead to major pressure spikes, etc, etc). Is that still true? Of course, the lead and the brass will have contracted a bit from their summer time dimensions, but will that be sufficient to make any significant differences in things like OAL?
Thanks for any input guys. I appreciate the info.
p.s. I am thinking about moving my reloading into our "other basement" which is heated, but has major humidity issues in the summer - very damp. Seems as imperfect as the current setup.