Please consider taking part in this poll and providing your advice to others.<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR><BR>FinWhat do you use to remove moisture from your powder and primer storage area or cabinet?NothingElectric device like Moisture KingChemical dessicant like Damp RidNever considered it importantI load as fast as I can shoot!

I use a commercial dissicant. The only reason I do that is because in a past life, I got it free. I have never had enough moisture to turn it even slightly pink in over 20 years.

One smart fellow who is a regular poster in here but I can't remember who, told about how he kept a bowl of rice in the bottom of his gun locker. It was a lot cheaper than other stuff. If it will keep salt shakable, I don't see why it wouldn't keep your powder dry to have a bowl of rice in your powder locker.
I have a large metal locker that I keep bullets, brass, powder, primers, and general reloading stuff in. I keep a tupperware bowl of rice in the bottom of it. With a bunch of holes drilled in the top.

Very smart fellows indeed! Both you and he. I personally forgot about using rice. Despite the fact that I used a baggie full of rice to dry out a cell phone I once dropped into a sink full of water!

Three days later, the phone was a s good as new. Thanks for that suggestion, I hope that these posts are helping someone out there.

This is why I'm a loyal reader of AR. Great, simple solutions to problems all of us encounter. Thanks for the info!

I just keep mine cool and dry.In my shop I try to keep it about 65-75 degrees.

If you ever get new furniture they come with big bags of the desiccant. I use these in my safe and haven't had any problems with corrosion.

TheAC in my shop is 73 degrees 24/7/365. Moisture is no problem.
GOOD LUCK and GOOD SHOOTING!!

This probably has a lot to do with the weather (humidity) in your particular area. My area has very low humidity and mild climate so it has never been a concern. I would imagine in Florida or other areas with high humidity, you would need to use some kind of desiccant.

I keep my powder locker in my basement, which is a constant temperature year round. It is a 2 ft. by 3 ft sheetrock lined 3/4 inch plywood box on casters that I have been using for 5 years. I have reloaded for 36 years and I have never used a moisture inhibiting agent before, however the bowl of rice seems reasonable. Good shooting.

Primers and power stored in separate wooden boxes, in the basement with a dehumidifier machine that keeps my power dry and my tools from rusting.

I keep my primers - all 10K of them in 1" thick walled wooden boxes and add a couple pouches of silica to the container. This keep s it very dry!

Aren't those storage containers supposed to be able to vent in case of ignition?
Thus a old refrigerator with a chain around it so's the door can open a couple of inches would be a better choice.

Primers in ammo cans. Powder in tighty capped original containers. Both in a wodden cabinet in my reloading room, 68 to 74 degrees normal heat/AC.