Prepping reloads for wet weather - The Firearms Forum

captbrad · 08-30-2012, 12:29 PM

Looking for idea's to make sure moisture can not enter the cases of my reloads thru primer pockets or crimps in inclement weather.

joncutt87 · 08-30-2012, 01:12 PM

You can use fingernail polish on the primers

al45lc · 08-31-2012, 03:03 PM

Or markron custom gun products makes a sealer, it too looks strangely like fingernail polish.
My hunting rounds all get sealed, just in case. I hunt, not just fairweather but all weather. Better safe than sorry.

captbrad · 09-01-2012, 07:03 PM

Thanks for the feedback guys. I thought I heard about fingernail polish but thought I'd ask the pros to be sure.

ozo · 09-02-2012, 10:01 AM

I use red 'cause it's easy to see.
Paint a generous dab on the primer
ensuring it fills the gap, then immediately
wipe [flat] on paper towel.
You can do the same around the case
mouth/projectile area, although I don't bother.

carver · 09-02-2012, 10:15 AM

I don't water proff mine. But then I'm in a different situation than most. Clear fingernail polish works great for keeping screws from working loose as well. Ozo, I will keep the information you have provided in my head, it's a good idea, and you never know, I might need it someday, Thanks!

76Highboy · 09-02-2012, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ozo

I use red 'cause it's easy to see.
Paint a generous dab on the primer
ensuring it fills the gap, then immediately
wipe [flat] on paper towel.
You can do the same around the case
mouth/projectile area, although I don't bother.

I don't know for sure ozo, but it looks like your pretty experienced in the nail polish department.

ozo · 09-02-2012, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 76Highboy

I don't know for sure ozo, but it looks like your pretty experienced in the nail polish department.

I don't use RED on my toenails.........

Don't go spreading rumors that you know nothing about......
Yellows and greens mostly......much more manly !!!

ozo · 09-02-2012, 08:11 PM

P.S. Myles
I only put the polish on the batches I load for SD/HD and such.
Just to keep out the oils,etc. from handling them [rounds].
Unload SD rounds, go shoot the guns, load back with SD rounds....
All the rest get shot too quickly to bother with polish on them.
Now, if I make some to put in ammo can storage, it's different.

ozo · 09-02-2012, 08:16 PM

Highboy, I even paint my cat's toenails.....
and the squirrels outside......

You are right Brother, I am experienced....

al45lc · 09-02-2012, 10:13 PM

Ya'll should use camo nail polish, it blends better!

old semperfi · 09-02-2012, 10:29 PM

i also use clear finger nail polish on rounds that may be in weather on the primers. but if you have a good crimp the bullet is not an issue.i also use red polish on rounds that are for rifles and not to be used in pistols.i paint a red dot on the bullet and the primer if thats the case. old semperfi

08-30-2012, 12:29 PM	#1
captbrad Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Far Eastern Yooper Posts: 4	Prepping reloads for wet weather Looking for idea's to make sure moisture can not enter the cases of my reloads thru primer pockets or crimps in inclement weather. -->

08-30-2012, 01:12 PM	#2
joncutt87 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Kannapolis, NC Contributor Posts: 1,419	Re: Prepping reloads for wet weather You can use fingernail polish on the primers __________________ Four words to live by: aequitas, veritas, decus, sacrificium

08-31-2012, 03:03 PM	#3
al45lc Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: colorful colorado Posts: 1,016	Re: Prepping reloads for wet weather Or markron custom gun products makes a sealer, it too looks strangely like fingernail polish. My hunting rounds all get sealed, just in case. I hunt, not just fairweather but all weather. Better safe than sorry. __________________ You are what you do, when it counts.

09-01-2012, 07:03 PM	#4
captbrad Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Far Eastern Yooper Posts: 4	Re: Prepping reloads for wet weather Thanks for the feedback guys. I thought I heard about fingernail polish but thought I'd ask the pros to be sure.

09-02-2012, 10:01 AM	#5
ozo Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 2,770	Re: Prepping reloads for wet weather I use red 'cause it's easy to see. Paint a generous dab on the primer ensuring it fills the gap, then immediately wipe [flat] on paper towel. You can do the same around the case mouth/projectile area, although I don't bother. Attached Images __________________ http://www.nranews.com/#/nranews, "ozo. you're off your rocker sir." -johnlives4christ http://www.prisonplanet.com/ -America,Bless GOD-

09-02-2012, 10:15 AM	#6
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,221	Re: Prepping reloads for wet weather I don't water proff mine. But then I'm in a different situation than most. Clear fingernail polish works great for keeping screws from working loose as well. Ozo, I will keep the information you have provided in my head, it's a good idea, and you never know, I might need it someday, Thanks! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

09-02-2012, 08:11 PM	#9
ozo Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 2,770	Re: Prepping reloads for wet weather P.S. Myles I only put the polish on the batches I load for SD/HD and such. Just to keep out the oils,etc. from handling them [rounds]. Unload SD rounds, go shoot the guns, load back with SD rounds.... All the rest get shot too quickly to bother with polish on them. Now, if I make some to put in ammo can storage, it's different. __________________ http://www.nranews.com/#/nranews, "ozo. you're off your rocker sir." -johnlives4christ http://www.prisonplanet.com/ -America,Bless GOD-

09-02-2012, 08:16 PM	#10
ozo Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 2,770	Re: Prepping reloads for wet weather Highboy, I even paint my cat's toenails..... and the squirrels outside...... You are right Brother, I am experienced.... __________________ http://www.nranews.com/#/nranews, "ozo. you're off your rocker sir." -johnlives4christ http://www.prisonplanet.com/ -America,Bless GOD-

09-02-2012, 10:13 PM	#11
al45lc Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: colorful colorado Posts: 1,016	Re: Prepping reloads for wet weather Ya'll should use camo nail polish, it blends better! __________________ You are what you do, when it counts.

09-02-2012, 10:29 PM	#12
old semperfi Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: i live in southern indiana,old country boy at heart Posts: 1,506	Re: Prepping reloads for wet weather i also use clear finger nail polish on rounds that may be in weather on the primers. but if you have a good crimp the bullet is not an issue.i also use red polish on rounds that are for rifles and not to be used in pistols.i paint a red dot on the bullet and the primer if thats the case. old semperfi