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Thread: Powder Coating and Long Term Storage

  1. 04-26-2024, 04:10 PM #1
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    Powder Coating and Long Term Storage

    Will powder coated projectiles affect the gunpowder in loaded rounds?

    Specifically, asking for long term storage.
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  2. 04-26-2024, 04:35 PM #2
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    Some powders eat away at the PC. Like Titegroup but it takes a long time.
    Stop being blinded by your own ignorance.
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  3. 04-26-2024, 06:18 PM #3
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    I do not PC, but will offer my opinion. It will be better than lubed bullets.

    For SHTF I only trust jacketed bullets for LT storage. Decades of history shows jacketed bullets will not affect the reliability of ammunition. When it matters, why take any risk?
    Don Verna

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    Even if the powder eats the PC it should only eat the bottom of the bullet which doesn't really need PC anyway.

    PC is plastic, it will last millions of years in normal conditions.
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    I'm like Don. The only bullets I keep in 'storage' are jacketed.
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  6. Yesterday, 07:54 PM #6
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    I guess the question is how long you plan on storing your ammo?
    At a couple of days away from 73 it isn't a big weight on my mind.
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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check