Byron Cromwell
10-27-2010, 02:29 PM
Awright:
I just bought the primers. The small pistol (Tula from Graf and Sons) are still in the plastic wrap from the factory, the large rifle are Winchester and sealed in the box but no plastic wrap. They are currently on an upper shelf in a cardboard box inside an unheated building in central Maine. It rains outside but the building is tight, and winters here are cold and dry.
As per insurance restrictions and space requirements, the powder is still new in the sealed cans and caddies, also in the unheated bldg.
Will this kill the powder and primers? I've fired thirty-to-forty year old primers and powder -- opened for that long -- with very few misfires, maybe three out of a thousand, but the stuff was free. I paid for this, however, and I don't want to lose my investment.
Any siggestions?
Byron
I just bought the primers. The small pistol (Tula from Graf and Sons) are still in the plastic wrap from the factory, the large rifle are Winchester and sealed in the box but no plastic wrap. They are currently on an upper shelf in a cardboard box inside an unheated building in central Maine. It rains outside but the building is tight, and winters here are cold and dry.
As per insurance restrictions and space requirements, the powder is still new in the sealed cans and caddies, also in the unheated bldg.
Will this kill the powder and primers? I've fired thirty-to-forty year old primers and powder -- opened for that long -- with very few misfires, maybe three out of a thousand, but the stuff was free. I paid for this, however, and I don't want to lose my investment.
Any siggestions?
Byron