Wet Bullets

[JTR300]

Hi All,
I’ve been out on the hill and it’s been wet.
The bullets that I’ve not fired have got damp.
What do folk generally do with damp bullets?
Will it affect them?

 

[slider]

Wipe them dry and carry on.

 

[8x57]

JTR300 you're obviously talking about ammunition and not just bullets.
You shouldn't have a problem with damp ammunition, just wipe it off and use it.

However ammunition that has undergone a prolonged soaking such as if it has been submerged for some time should be treated as potentially suspect even if it has lacquer sealed primers and bullets. Then I would set it aside and use it for practise.

 

[mike308]

I was crossing the shallow end of a loch on the way to the high seat when the quick release swivel on my sling broke and the rifle fell into the water, completely submerged. Back to base clean rifle dry ammunition then back out to the high seat After an hour a stag came out of the trees and I shot him with one of the bullets that I dried.
So carry on.

 

[Mike L]

I dropped a round into my fish pond, found it a year later, separated with a kinetic hammer and the powder was bone dry!, re primed the case and used the powder again, worked fine.

 

[VSS]

A box of .22lr ammo that we dropped in a field in the dark one night worked fine when it was found a year later.

 

[norsk]

Microwave them.

 

[shakey jake]

You do like daft comments

Microwave them.

No one should do this

 

[norsk]

You do like daft comments

No one should do this

if you are stupid enough to Microwave your bullets,should you have a gun at all?

Or daft enough to think I was serious honestly Jake.

 

[shakey jake]

if you are stupid enough to Microwave your bullets,should you have a gun at all?

Or daft enough to think I was serious honestly Jake.

Well you said it, and when i saw who i wasnt shocked

 

[norsk]

Well you said it, and when i saw who i wasnt shocked

Put me on ignore fella,save the hassel eh

 

[shakey jake]

Put me on ignore fella,save the hassel eh

I would miss your nonsense then

 

[Lee Enfield]

Just wipe them dry with a cloth and use next time

 

[Keith Edmunds]

I had 5 Nosler E Tips go through a 40 minute cycle in the washing machine. They fired no problem

 

[Foxyboy43]

I dropped a round into my fish pond, found it a year later, separated with a kinetic hammer and the powder was bone dry!, re primed the case and used the powder again, worked fine.

You a highlander then?
Just curious like…..

 

[Keith Edmunds]

I had 5 Nosler E Tips go through a 40 minute cycle in the washing machine. They fired no problem

Just to add context..........Does anyone else have that situation where you say to the wife..."They don't need washing".... (clothes not bullets).....and, unbeknown to you, she takes it upon herself to be "helpful".

 

[Mike L]

You a highlander then?
Just curious like…..

Cornish……… same thing

 

[Klenchblaize]

If the Op is really concerned and wants peace of mind moving forward, the Boots girly department is your best freind:

K

 

[shakey jake]

Just to add context..........Does anyone else have that situation where you say to the wife..."They don't need washing".... (clothes not bullets).....and, unbeknown to you, she takes it upon herself to be "helpful".

My misses wouldnt wash bullets, rounds maybe

 

[norsk]

When I bulk reload prior to rifle matches,I wash off the silicone spray I use as case lube from my loaded rounds with hot soapy water. I put hundreds of rounds in the sink,squirt with fairy liquid,get it soapy and drain the sink. Then dry them on towels in the kitchen floor. Been doing this for years.