How resilient is your ammo?

[ageingstudent]

I did an accidental torture test on my ammo. Somehow I missed a speed loader of my .38s in a jacket pocket and washed and dried them at the laundromat . They looked a little worse for the wear but they shot fine and got on paper right around the bullseye at about 30 yards. I was really surprised. I thought sure I would have some squibs. Apparently that powder coating that I use on my lead bullets makes a pretty good watertight seal when you crimp in the cannelure.

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[Certaindeaf]

I did an accidental torture test on my ammo. Somehow I missed a speed loader of my .38s in a jacket pocket and washed and dried them at the laundromat . They looked a little worse for the wear but they shot fine and got on paper right around the bullseye at about 30 yards. I was really surprised. I thought sure I would have some squibs. Apparently that powder coating that I use on my lead bullets makes a pretty good watertight seal when you crimp in the cannelure.

Nice. Whenever I make some keeper loads I seal the primers with fingernail polish/lacquer. Long ago I'd do the mouth too (jacketed bullets) right before closing the bell but what a hassle.

 

[DizzyJ]

Interesting.

 

[ageingstudent]

Interesting.

They looked a little beat up but shot fine out of my sp101. It's the first time I've ever seen powder coating beat off of the edges but it was just the leading edge so they fired just fine and didn't lead the bore. Go figure right? The dryer even deformed the lead on the leading edge and they still shot fine. Crazy.

 

[P7M13]

I shot myself. My skull is so hard the bullet bounced. It was not deformed so I was able to use it in my next set of reloads.
Just a knot and bruise to show for it!

 

[Stomper]

I shot myself. My skull is so hard the bullet bounced. It was not deformed so I was able to use it in my next set of reloads.
Just a knot and bruise to show for it!

Yeah well… you're Godzilla in negative X-ray form, what else did you expect?

 

[ageingstudent]

I shot myself. My skull is so hard the bullet bounced. It was not deformed so I was able to use it in my next set of reloads.
Just a knot and bruise to show for it!

That sucks. Me too but that's a whole different story

 

[P7M13]

Yeah well… you're Godzilla in negative X-ray form, what else did you expect?

I prefer Gojira....
As far as Gojira's jam, I grabbed two legs of 480 by accident once.
Fortunately the clench pulled me away from it and the GFI tripped. The company changed their power feed design after that.
I was lucky - looked like Schwarzenegger for about 30 minutes.

That sucks. Me too but that's a whole different story

Will have to hear that one over beers....

 

[Jay Walk]

Why I don't bother with dehumidifier packets or ammo storage boxes.
.357 ammo in a buddy's parents kitchen drawer for 40 years shot up without incident.