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Quick Tip: The Do's & Don'ts of Ammo Storage
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hi Stephen Caleb with Brownells here and
today we're going to look at some of the
hows and whys of proper ammunition
storage now we know you've gone out
there and bought a bunch of ammo it's
just that's what's happening these days
so what do you want to do and what don't
you want to do tell me what you don't
want to do first what you don't want to
do is just take the boxes stick them on
your shelf in the basement attic
wherever on the floor really not on the
floor don't put them on the floor and uh
just proper storage is gonna save the
ammo right so right now if you're not
storing it properly you basically just
wasted all the money what happened to
this one that is a an example of a five
five six realm not stored properly okay
a little moisture on under something a
little bit of moisture it was stored in
the in the factory box it didn't come in
direct contact with any moisture but
just some the box itself the cardboard
absorbed a little moist cardboard sucks
in moisture exactly warm humid days
that's the results of a few years of
storage so the idea is to keep things
cool and to keep things dry exactly now
this round will probably fire because
it's a military-type round it's well
sealed and everything it just looks like
garbage and you're gonna have a failure
to extract your feet or something down
the road if you fire enough of these
with gunk on them becomes rubbing wrong
so proper storage is essential for good
reliability so that being said we've got
a couple of ammo cans here it's as
simple as dropping your rounds into an
ammo can as you'll demonstrate as I will
so it doesn't necessarily have to be an
ammo can any standard airtight container
it worked it's fine so a Tupperware
would we'll find anything that seals up
like that if you could keep food in it
fresh it'll keep your ammo fresh yep and
you can just put the standard factory
box in there or if you know me I'd like
to just load my magazines and store my
magazines in the box
that's once you get it in an airtight
container the thing to do is put it
somewhere where it's climate-controlled
where it doesn't get real hot and real
cold
you don't want up and down spikes
especially up spikes the powder used to
load ammunition and the primer compound
is a chemical compound that's that
degrades over time if accelerated by
heat so you're better off leaving it at
room temperature as close as you can
keep it for as long as you can keep it
that way
yep and you can even throw some silica
gel in there as well yeah if you got
some of those packs laying around that
came packed with your stereo gear or
tools or whatever when you got them
shipped just pop those in the oven for a
little bit on warm dry them all the way
out and then pop them in there and
they'll absorb any moisture that got
trapped when you sealed that thing up
the other thing is don't go opening it
up and closing it once a day on copying
with days yeah so basically just it's
now it's ready to just set it and forget
it you're good to go right and for you
real odors the same thing goes for your
primers put your primers on them yeah
that way you don't have to worry about
them because they are vulnerable to
moisture much more so than loaded
ammunition here we're just really
worried about corrosion or something but
enough moisture can actually make your
primers perform poorly or not at all
yeah and I know it's simple but it's a
very common mistake so if you have any
questions about its ammunition storage
or of course any other gun related
questions what's the liver for free to
give a skull in the tech line we'll be
happy to help you yep thanks for joining
us we'll see you next time and keep your
powder dry
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