Parkerized
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It is the best protective lube made.
Do you use sealer or moisture sealer on your reloads?
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For the most part I do not seal my reloads. Handgun are 9mm and .357 Mag, For the 9mm or 38/.357 MAG reloads are used for practice only so no need. My carry ammo for the 9mm's , Kimber Micro 9 and Sig M17 both are carry is Hornady 115gr Critical Defense which come from the factory sealed. For the Model 19, which is primarily used as a hunting backup has Hornady 158 gr XTP which is also sealed at the factory. For rifles I load .223, .308, .270, 30-06 and 300 WM. I do not seal any ammo that I am using for development or simple range practice. Once a load is found and determined to be a hunting load, they get sealed. My preferred method of sealing both the bullet and primer is thinned out clear nail polish. It seeks it's way into the cracks and crevices and dries to seal the cartridge. None of the .223 ammo gets sealed since I don't hunt with it, or if hunting with it a misfire is probably only going to save the life of a woodchuck or coyote. Just mentioning because they have never gotten lucky that way.
azarcher10x
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Ditto!
Nope.
Lenny Foffa
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Only on Magnum Hunting loads that I know I may not shoot for a year or more. All ammo always stored in Plastic Boxes, in a Safe , Clean and Dry aera.
Over the years I've had cartridges turn gooey green from the rain in Alaska, but thankfully the rounds always went off when I needed them. However, I have sealed the primer junction with clear nail polish for the last dozen years or so when I go back up North. It just seems like the prudent thing to do for so little effort or cost. I'd do the same if I was hunting in Lower 48 grizzly country.
Rob L.
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Ditto for me.
Calvin45
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Nope. Have thought about it but in thousands of rounds fired never had an issue, even with ammo that's been outside in -20 and even colder and then come back inside and warmed right up multiple days in a row during Saskatchewan whitetail season. Not one issue. I think most of the gremlins that sabotage our efforts are entirely INSIDE OUR HEAD!
Close (by 1000), explains the dry thing
It does rain here every summer and the wind stops blowing. Of course I usually have to work that day.
I do not but I am aware that moisture content in your powder will effect velocity up to 150FPS depending on the volume of moisture in the powder. I try to expose my powder to the air as short a time period as possible. Sealing the bullet to case neck may be a good idea but not sure what to use that wouldn't effect accuracy, anybody have a suggestion??
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That's my concern with LR rifle ammo. Of course there might be no issue. Before I went to Alaska I waxed my blued steel rig with carnuba wax. Several coats on the steel and I can't remeber what I used on the wood. I'm thinking maybe wax the bullets prior to seating. The wax should just go to sublimation during firing. Just an idea. Could wax the neck bullet area and maybe the primer afterwards. It wouldn't be waterproof but it should repell water. I'm not a rocket scientist, but I play one on TV.
muzzletalk
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Moisture impacting your loads takes time. It's not an instant thing as far as I am aware. If you're going to store ammo then buy humidity control bags instead of applying a product to the round. I don't want to sound like a broken record but I previously posted information about humidity and reloading from Chronoplotter located here " Chronoplotter ".
