Crosshair
Member
I have been thinking about this for awhile and I need your opinion. We all know that you can buy those Silica gel things for using in your gun case/ammo boxes. I am wondering if one can take the Silica gel packets you get in nearly everything today and use them as a water absorber for ammo/gun storage. I work in retail and throw away ALOT of Silica Gel packets every day, some are quite large. I was thinking about using some small loose weave cotton bags to have it in, then when it gets "full' I dump it out into a pan and dry it out in the oven, put back into the bags, and reuse. Sure I can get small ones at Cabelas for $5, but that adds up when you buy alot of them so I was hoping I could do this to have a good supply of drying agent for "free". Is this a good idea or am I being too cheap?