I understand that you should never get oil on ammo. Except for dry wiping them to get mild corrosion products off and storing them as dry as possible, is it possible to put a little g96 on a cloth and lightly wipe the rounds down and then run a blow dryer on the stuff to evaporate any solvents? Would petroleum distillates still get into the primer or at the neck and ruin the ammo?
wiping down old ammo with G96
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What the problem is oil on the brass or in the chamber (when you don't wipe out chamber
with oil there the brass does not expand and grip the chamber (it slides rearward)
when it does not grip the chamber higher than normal rear ward force is exerted on the bolt = (more force on locking lugs)
It is not the oil getting in to contaminate the primer or Powder (that's a secondary issue)
with oil there the brass does not expand and grip the chamber (it slides rearward)
when it does not grip the chamber higher than normal rear ward force is exerted on the bolt = (more force on locking lugs)
It is not the oil getting in to contaminate the primer or Powder (that's a secondary issue)
Agree. Seen it happen with wd40
Tell that to the Iraqis and Afghanistan.
No kidding? The heat in Afghanistan is not like taking a blow dryer and heating up your ammo to 75 or 80+ degrees celcius.
*sigh*
No, that doesn't happen, it's an old reloading myth propagated through numerous books but has no basis in reality.
One theory is it dates from the old black powder days when it may have been true but all factories tumble their loaded ammo to remove oil and polish the rounds before boxing them up. You can look into the hundreds of posts in the reloading section talking about it. There is zero evidence it is true unless you tumble your ammo for days and days.
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Ive done it to no ill effects. A light wipe, didnt blow dry it off.
I find Hornady crass particularly prone to corrosion.
Keep in mind this iafter the season when I know i wont be using that particular ammo for at least 9 months. By then the g96 is no more.
I find Hornady crass particularly prone to corrosion.
Keep in mind this iafter the season when I know i wont be using that particular ammo for at least 9 months. By then the g96 is no more.
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Peoples heads must be catching on fire all the time then 
At 48+ celcius causes tissue damage.
At 48+ celcius causes tissue damage.
THIS!
You do not want to feel oily or slippery ammo into a rifle chamber.
Here is a really good article and test on the subject and while it does indeed confirm that oils/solvents (10 of the commonly used ones anyway, **any product would probably have the same effect) all had the same effect of killing primers with direct contact ie: put into the open primed cartridge. product on the outside of a cartridge had no effect. The stories are quite overblown your ammo would probably need to be soaking in it.
check it out h ttp://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot39.htm
check it out h ttp://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot39.htm
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There are so many misconceptions printed in reloading books it's kind of sad.
I've read about how touching primers with bare fingers will deactivate them, if two primers ever touch each other they will explode, crushing primers will set them off (can happen but not regularly), if you shake a can of FFg it'll explode, if you go 0.1% over maximum loads your rifle will explode and kill everyone in the area, if you go 0.1% under starting loads your rifle will explode and kill everyone in the area, if a primer is set off within a meter of another primer it will cause a chain reaction and blow up your entire city, if you have a drop of oil in your barrel your rifle will explode and kill everyone in the area, if two cast bullets even gently touch they will tumble due to surface damage, if a pointed bullet tip even lightly brushes against a live primer it'll detonate and blow up your house, and various other firearm and ammunition myths. At times I feel that some people approach reloading more as one would approach witchcraft rather than a science.
Fact: the factories (Winchester, Remington, Federal, Norma, Lapua, etc.) all tumble live ammo in special media to remove oil and give them a light polish for visual appeal before packing them for shipping. If it was dangerous, wouldn't they not do it?
Not disputing any of this and certainly not critical of your or other's comments on the subject, however I am not familiar with factory equipment and conditions and it is just not something I am comfortable doing. By the way, I did appreciate some of your analogies.
Peoples heads must be catching on fire all the time then
At 48+ celcius causes tissue damage.
Try it. Brass conducts heat. Your head really does not all that much. Blow a hair dryer on some brass cases for a while and see how hot they get.
A CGN member also did tests on "killing" primers using both water and oil. With water, after the primers dried out, all went off. I don't remember the oil results, but remember that it didn't deactivate as well as people believe.
Primer compound is a water based slurry when put into the primer cups.
