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Buffco
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Reloading in a non climate controlled environment?
Buffco
Posts: 6,244 Senior Member
Do all you guys reload in your house or some climate controlled place? Anyone loading and storing in a shed/barn/garage?
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Denny
AKA: Former Founding Member
I used to reload in my basement, but have been relegated by circumstance (no baasement in the house we're renting here in Las Vegas) to the garage. As you can imagine, it's absolute murder in the summer and I only ever bother late at night. That siad, I have seen no ill effects on the ammo I've produced, BUT I also store all of my power in the house, where it is climate controlled, unless I'm actually reloading.
Actually, now that I think about it-- the powder should be just fine if you keep it in the original container. My concern would be the danger of an explosion if that powder were to ignite in a tightly sealed metal container. In the original container-- it just burns hot and intense. If it is in an enclosed container, the pressure build up could accelerate the burn rate to the point where you might get a kaboom.
If I HAVE to reload in the winter, I hang a chicken light over my seat...
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Like Chief said, temp swings, humidity, and condensation would cause stuff to rust around here pretty quickly.
I run my dehumidifier year round in my basement, (stone walls and concrete floor) and I still get specs of rust on my press if I don't keep it wiped down with oil.
Just tell your wife you wear the pants in the family and dagnabbit you will reload in the living room and then run and lock yerself in the shed outside to reload...:tooth:
Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
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Yeah, the shed. The walls have vapor barrier in place, but the floor doesn't. It's open to air flow too.
Since then, all of my reloading has been in a room in my house, or in my basement. Again, no problems.
About the only thing I can think of, climate wise, that might affect your results, is what humidity might do to your powder. If you're really worried about that, try charging one round at a time, and then seat the bullet, or something like that. My guess, though, is that it's not going to make a big difference for hunting ammo.
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