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Fin

Question:
What do you use to remove moisture from your powder and primer storage area or cabinet?

Choices:
Nothing
Electric device like Moisture King
Chemical dessicant like Damp Rid
Never considered it important
I 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.