I've been reloading a long time. Shotguns, rifles, pistols, black powder, they all have the same choke point. PRIMERS
I've bought a lot of primers and caps in my day. Enough to know that THEY WILL GO BAD if you keep them long enough and don't take some kind of effort to keep them good.
I just always bought them to USE. I never bought them to horde before.
Now if I'm going to buy a lifetime suppley, do ya'll have and good tricks, tips, or suggestions on keeping them good?
My plan so far...
Buy enough primers, large&small, rifle & pistol, and 11 caps to burn all the powder and lead I have now plus a little. Seal them in those pump out bags they sell to freeze food in. I plan to put an extra bag inside each one with the goods to reseal at least once if opened. I know the comercial desecant is best, I was fortunate enough to work in shipping and packing once and collected a lot from the trash from incoming shipments. That stuff still protected some reloading equipment of my for 10 years of storage in a bad enviroment. But... I don't have that option any more. Don't know what it cost. But I thought I'd super dry a couple pounds of rice in the dehydrator and pack a hand full in each freezer bag before pumping the air out and sealiing it. Keep it all in a dark room temperature enviroment.
Any better plans out there for saving primers forever?
I've bought a lot of primers and caps in my day. Enough to know that THEY WILL GO BAD if you keep them long enough and don't take some kind of effort to keep them good.
I just always bought them to USE. I never bought them to horde before.
Now if I'm going to buy a lifetime suppley, do ya'll have and good tricks, tips, or suggestions on keeping them good?
My plan so far...
Buy enough primers, large&small, rifle & pistol, and 11 caps to burn all the powder and lead I have now plus a little. Seal them in those pump out bags they sell to freeze food in. I plan to put an extra bag inside each one with the goods to reseal at least once if opened. I know the comercial desecant is best, I was fortunate enough to work in shipping and packing once and collected a lot from the trash from incoming shipments. That stuff still protected some reloading equipment of my for 10 years of storage in a bad enviroment. But... I don't have that option any more. Don't know what it cost. But I thought I'd super dry a couple pounds of rice in the dehydrator and pack a hand full in each freezer bag before pumping the air out and sealiing it. Keep it all in a dark room temperature enviroment.
Any better plans out there for saving primers forever?